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Hey tropers, we are working hard on making consistent progress with the wiki and being better about updating everyone with what we are doing. Updates are listed under each staff member that worked on them. Expect to see more frequent updates on this thread moving forward. Please comment below if something was not fixed properly.

Note: Use Query Wishlist and Query Bugs for requesting new features and reporting new bugs, thank you!

Updates are also listed here in the actual Changelog.

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     Release: Sep 8, 2025 
Kory:
  • The "New Search" has now been removed.
  • Various bug fixes: Bug 1, Bug 2, Bug 3

     Release: Sep 2, 2025 
Kory:
  • The root page system has been removed
  • Namespaces have been removed from the titles for all pages, to turn them back on go to your profile and click on Show Namespaces
  • Red/green/blue linking is now done every minute with a script instead of done on the fly on every page load so it may take an extra minute or two on article pages to see a link change colors
  • Number of queries needed to load article pages reduced from 25-31 for non-users and 47-51 for users to 7-9 and 20-24, respectively.

     Release: Aug 8, 2025 
Kory:
  • Adds search bar, sorting arrows for the date and title and editor mode to user likes page to make managing them much easier. Editor mode mimics the exact same functionality as the followed pages, but now with a search bar and filters.
  • Adds button to convert followed pages to likes on user likes page and followed pages
  • Add separate toggles in your profile to hide like system on posts or articles

     Release: July 10, 2025 

Kory:

  • added trending searches to the main site search when the field is blank (see pic below)
  • fixed formatting issue in the app Bug
  • fixed links in User Likes page. Bug

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_6_430.png

     Release: June 26, 2025 

Kory:

  • Added like-dislike system to the Forums, Queries, Discussions, Reviews, Articles and the Trope Launch Pad. Users seemed to enjoy using this in the app so we are test-running it on the desktop site to see how it goes. We are hiding dislike numbers for now and taking the youtube-approach, if you think it would be better to show the dislike numbers let us know in the comments below.
  • Added User like page to track all of your likes.

     Release: Jun 3, 2025 

Kory:

  • fixes New Edits order by for 'today' filter Bug
  • makes TLP voting history viewable by all users ATT
  • fixes timezones for user forum posts Bug

     Release: May 28, 2025 
Kory:

  • The New Edits page timeframe has now been increased from 3 to 30 days. The pagination is capped at 300 so if you aren't filtering by anything you'll still only see the last few days, but when filtering you'll be able to see 3-4 weeks back now.

     Release: May 21, 2025 (V 3 App Update) 
Kory:

———NEW FEATURES IN V3————:

  • Search on page feature for articles, article history and article edit pages.
  • Guest Mode so users don't need an account to browse the app
  • Tabbed browsing (also show preview of where link goes when holding down. )
  • Added ability to go to any page in pagination by clicking on it
  • Ability to rewind or fast forward videos by dragging the progress bar
  • Article pages now track scrolling position when you click back


———GENERAL BUG FIXES————:

  • If you go to article from search when its a tab, then click search icon it does nothing
  • Back slashes were appearing in badge descriptions
  • When deleting badges, it doesn't visually remove last badge when only one is left to delete.
  • After doing a search on the main search screen the keyboard pops back up
  • When the article page has a link in the caption, it grabs that link instead of the image link.
  • Removed space when inserting forum emojis
  • Editing crashes on big pages
  • Fixed quotes in video descriptions being converted to HTML entities on bottom of article pages
  • Clicking video examples on article pages always showed first video
  • Clicking video examples on article pages after navigating shows previous video examples videos
  • HTML entities appearing in article titles
  • Italic and CamelCase text still smaller than rest of text in notes
  • Bold text and links appearing bigger than rest in quote blocks
  • My Queries page time is bugged
  • Japanese and other foreign languages appearing broken in Article Randomizier
  • App crashing when clicking on the user menu on start up
  • Made unfollow button less distracting on followed threads
  • Fixed auto-scroll when opening reply box everywhere and added auto-scroll on submission forms for Queries and TLP drafts.
  • User queries don't show newly created queries without replies at top
  • Fixed followed pages last edit times not changing for each users timezone
  • When folders were open by default the icons were upside down and the highlighting was off in night vision
  • Links in H1 headers inside folders appeared faded in night vision.
  • Can't get to main page from edit history. Link now added in title.
  • Categories on home page has backslashes before quotes.
  • Duplicated pagination above results on Queries, TLP and Reviews
  • Added " -page X " to title when pagination is above 1 for Queries, TLP and Reviews.
  • Fixed searches in Queries, TLP and Reviews not showing results after navigating to another page in pagination if the new search didn't have that many pages of results
  • Removed scrolling animation when clicking on threads you've previously read
  • Entire search entry is now clickable on main search screen
  • If you go on article history text will start randomly getting selected, even if you didn't press down on the screen
  • Added refresh ability to main forum screen
  • Added same read-functionality to main forum screen as the desktop site (grays out when you've seen latest threads)
  • Adds loading icon on submit button to all reply and edit submissions
  • Scrolls screen down when clicking on edit boxes in all areas
  • Fixes scroll positioning when clicking on reply boxes in all areas
  • Fixes loading circle getting stuck when uploading images on edit pages and clicking cancel


——NAME THAT TROPE IMPROVEMENTS / BUG FIXES:———

  • Fixed issue with game getting stuck on question 20 of 20 for new games
  • Fixed score not being reset per game when playing multiple games
  • Fixed answer field on last question not clearing if you skip it
  • Fixed Encoding issue in trope descriptions when answer is revealed
  • Fixed Rapidly clicking skip or submit adding multiple attempts
  • Fixed user avatar not showing when clicking on them in scoreboard
  • Disabled longest word and word order hints for single-word tropes
  • Changed main scoreboard to top 100
  • Your rank now shows on bottom of scoreboard
  • Reduced total questions to 10 per game

     Release: Apr 14, 2025 
Kory:
  • Authors of forum threads can now edit their own titles and toggle their own headers (pin first post to top so you can see it on pages 2+ for pagination)

     Release: Apr 1, 2025 (V 2 App update) 
Kory: NEW THINGS ADDED IN V2.0:
  • Added/Fixed Night Vision mode (the toggle wasn't supposed to be there in v1.0 as we had only just started on it, now finished)
  • Added random trope / media buttons and search icon to header
  • Added ability to swap out 3 tabs at bottom with whatever pages you want under, see Troper Settings > Tab Options
  • Added "Name That Trope" Game
  • Added "Article Randomizer" tool - another browse feature
  • Added like/dislike buttons to forums, discussions, Trope Launch Pad, Queries and Reviews (experiment, only in app currently)
  • Followed pages now showing the correct info about recent edits and put in compact view
  • Added subpage icons to article pages
  • Added Refresh button at bottom of forum threads and TLP drafts
  • When refreshing, Forum threads now auto scrolls down to latest read comment and to the top for followed pages and threads


BUG FIXES IN V2.0

  • Fixed Night Vision
  • Fixed App crashes when clicking change password
  • Fixed App crashing when opening an external link
  • Fixed App crashing when going to categories in Badge Shop
  • Reduced frequency of ads on home page (a bug was causing it to display more often than intended for some users)
  • Donated Users are now ad-free in the app (for those old Kickstarter users with the lifetime ad free pass)
  • Fixed privacy policy link on subscription page
  • Fixed All forums only show 25 threads per page instead of 50
  • Fixed when entering a space after your username on login the app says wrong credentials (same with forgot password / forgot username / change email)
  • Fixed Uploading image when editing blanks the post / errors
  • Fixed thumped main posts not showing as thumped
  • Fixed no size limit restrictions for articles images
  • Fixed upload image to correct table so users can see that they uploaded it on image list
  • Fixed Cut list allowing multiple submissions of same page
  • Fixed Redirects not working in some cases
  • Fixed Image captions appearing below spoiler warnings
  • Fixed Search bug with returning blank results half the time
  • Fixed bug causing sound in other apps to stop when opening our app
  • Fixed Notifications for threads not refreshing page if already on that thread
  • Moved link icon on article pages images to bottom right instead of top right so its less distracting
  • Fixed all posts not showing who is a mod
  • Fixed italicized text appearing smaller inside notes or in dialogue quotation.
  • Added links to articles for titles of TRS/IP threads
  • Added TRS/IP banners to article pages
  • Fixed some forum emojis were appearing on their own lines
  • Fixed Emoji symbols being too small
  • Fixed pages repeating themselves when clicking “back”.
  • Fixed clicking on “forums” link in thread headers doesn’t always go the main forums.
  • Now shows who is a mod in the inbox + reply screen.
  • Fixed articles blinking wrong page image
  • Fixed some articles not displaying correct page info

     Release: Mar 20, 2025 
Kory:
  • fixes announcement banner cookie expiring early and showing the app announcement again
  • fixes view markup crashing if the comment is too big
  • fixes TLP history not showing the users replies bug

     Release: Mar 18, 2025 
Kory:
  • fixes TLP drafts not showing as launched or not showing the draft link in the discussion tab due to various characters like exclamations and question marks in the titles
  • excludes colons and semicolons from pings (mod request)
  • adds the ability to add multiple crowners to the same thread
  • unhook crowner is now on each individual crowner and only removes that crowner
  • changes View Markup button in TLP to be a pop up modal instead of a separate page and adds a copy button
  • adds View Markup button to Forums, Discussion and Query posts

     Release: Mar 4, 2025 

Kory:

  • Allows Tropers/Sandboxes/TroperWall namespaces to have hyphens and underscores in titles for users with underscores in their names
  • Adds CSS to mine/replies buttons on queries to show when they are pressed
  • Fixes green links capitalization issue Bug 1 Bug 2 Bug 3
  • Fixes TLP drafts showing "nuked" when they were actually launched because they weren't inserted into launches table from a previous glitch Bug 1 Bug 2 Bug 3 Bug 4
    • note: may still not work for tropes that had a name change
  • Adds "to" page in the page mover tool edit history as well as adds the time/date to the revision table when moved Wish
  • Makes it so wiki words properly show as a valid link with the underscores for users whos names contain them
  • Fixes TLP draft history not showing on discussion pages due to previous glitch of not being inserted into launches table. Bug
    • note: may still not work for tropes that had a name change
  • fixes links not properly showing as green/red/blue in edit reasons for Review Changes and article history. Bug
  • fixes TLP drafts showing launch button before 3-day wait period. Bug 1
  • fixes TLP history for users showing some drafts as nuked when they were launched due to previous glitch of not being inserted into launches table Bug 1 Bug 2 Bug 3
  • fixes incorrect URL capitalization without redirecting. Bug 1 Bug2
  • fixes forum suspension effecting TLP Bug
  • fixes resend email verification not working Bug
  • fixed issue with visual editor showing it was on when it was off and visa versa.

     Release: Feb 26, 2025 

Kory:

  • fixes pings from grabbing commas Bug
  • pulls user timezone to correctly display time in forum_troper_posts Bug
  • fixes Query 'Mine' and 'Replies' filters not working with the other filters Bug
  • Adds top pagination to Queries, Watchlist, troper posts and troper edits Wish
  • fixes the editor so we don't allow new pages with hyphens or underscores unless its a troper page Wish

     Release: Jan 30, 2025 
Kory:
  • TRS/IP threads created will trigger a NULL edit with a link to the thread on the article history
  • TRS/IP threads created will also trigger a PM to be sent to all followers of that page
  • TRS/IP threads created will have the banner appear at the top of the page with a link to the thread so you don't have to manually add it anymore
  • TRS/IP threads will be able to attach multiple articles to each thread using the add/fix title option. (And yes this will also trigger the NULL edits and PMs to be sent for all articles attached)
  • Followed pages of TRS/IP threads will show a link to the thread right below it as long as its in TRS/IP.
  • Threads you create in the forums are now auto-followed
  • We now have Apple and Google login support

     Release: Jan 14, 2025 

Kory:

  • Trope Finder icon replaced with magnifying glass: Wish
  • Number added to edits : Wish
  • Typo in error message “cannot contain special chatacers”
  • Added “none” option to root pages system
  • Bogus page with space: Bug
  • IP thread cap raised to 75 per mod request
  • ‘Required’ attribute added to several pages forms
  • Disables submit buttons for 10s and shows loading icon when clicked to prevent rapid double posting Wish
  • Pagination added to contributor page Wish
  • Ability to vacate herald positions: Wish
  • adds username to denial email per mod request

     Releases from 2024 
Dec 23: Kory:
  • TRS thread cap raised to 200 per mod request
  • Fixed markup showing in edit reason Bug
  • Changed "confirm changes" button to "review changes" to be more clear

Dec 20: Kory:

  • fixes pagination not showing in PMs when searching/filtering
  • adds additional "notifier" filter for PMs
  • adds additional edit reason per mod request Wish
  • prevents Mod Jabberings forums from showing up on the home page in recent forums activity

Dec 11: Kory:

  • Added Wick Check button that grabs a random sample of the wicks (50 or square root of total count, whichever is greater) on related pages
  • Slightly reduces size of search bars to fit on smaller phone screens
  • Fixed no results preventing inbound count from showing

Dec 9: Kory:

Dec 5: Kory:

  • Moved Write a Review button to top of overall reviews page (ex: Rings of power)
  • Limits text shown and puts a ...Read More button instead on overall reviews page. (ex ^)
  • Fixes character counter for posting and editing a review and increased to 8,000 per site owner
  • Changes some text from the about reviews page (removed note about spoiler font being turned off, it works just fine in reviews so you can do spoilers and the markup to hide them if you want)
  • Fixes backslashes being removed in TLP drafts and ATT posts/replies (Bug)
  • removed ghostwicks moderators couldn't fix in Main namespace ghost wick removal thread

Sep 30: Kory:

  • hardcodes redirect to Tech Wishlist Wish
  • Adds ability to upload .webp image types Wish
  • Per mod request makes this list of links orange:

Ask The Tropers
You Know That Thing Where
Index Index
Media Finder
Query Bugs
Query Wishlist
Tech Wishlist
Trope Finder
Trope Launch Pad
Wiki Talk
You Know That Show
YKTTW
Family Friendly
Home Page
Trope Talk
Cut List
Ask The Tropers
Wiki Tech Wish List
TV Tropes

Sep 17: Kory:

  • TLP comments and Laconics now show proper red/green/blue links Bug 1 Bug 2
Wish 1 Wish 2
  • Adds bold font and green checkmark to unread followed pages just like the forum threads Wish
  • Fixes Image View button on followed pages. now correctly shows all the pages you follow as images
  • Removed the image view from the bottom of the profile settings page. Wish

Aug 23: Kory:

  • Added Adept as a new moderator.
  • Removed sandboxes from the most popular pages and google search after discussions with the moderators and the site owner.

Aug 19: Kory:

Aug 2: Kory:

UPDATES TO THE CUTLIST

  • Regular users can now submit challenges (with the reason required)
  • Challenges will automatically be added to that pages discussion page
  • A link to that discussion page will appear below the challenge button if there is one
  • Challenges are much more noticeable Wish

July 30: Kory:

  • adds two new engineers, MyFinalEdits and GnomeTitan. Congrats!!
  • adds common edit reason, "Cutting complaining / gushing"

July 22: Kory:

  • fixes confirmation modal in P Ms showing up as NULL: BUG
  • Adds confirmation modal to unfollow threads WISH
  • Adds pagination to followed threads (50 each page) WISH

Once all the big things are done i can do more work for the followed threads / pages. List of improvements requested in this thread

July 16: Kory:

  • Added new page "Most Popular Pages This Week" which shows the top 5% of pages for the previous 7 days on TVTropes based on views from google analytics. (updates daily at 2:30 am)
  • Adds link to it in the header and replaced indexes. Indexes is now located under Crucial Browsing in the side bar on desktop.
  • Adds Rank # under follow buttons for the top 1,000 pages on TVTropes. The top ten will appear in green and the rest in grey.
  • Properly updates the Image Fixer Tool views. (also updates daily at 2:30am)

June 24: Kory:

  • Raises the size that images are resized from 1000 to 1200px Bug
  • Adds mod tool for removing the image banners on edit pages for special cases Wish
  • Excludes character pages from getting the Low Res Image banner
  • Lowers minimum required to upload images to 400px for character pages, however 800px is still recommended if you can find one.
  • Fixes night vision for low res/no image banner Bug
  • Fixes formatting on page type per namespace page Bug

June 21: Kory:

  • Excluded more page types and groupnames from getting the no image/low res image banners (redirects, disambigs, examples not in characters or recap, Summary, Troper Wall, Image Source, Quote Source, and when creating a new page)
  • Makes banners less in-your-face
  • Fixes image uploader not letting images with capitalized extensions through

June 20: Kory:

  • The image uploader for articles now has a minimum requirement of 800px width (We want images that are at least 800px wide so they look good on high resolution devices and follow guidelines by Google. Even if images are not displayed that big on the page.)
  • We now have a new tool page for finding articles with no images or low res images based on popularity this week, newest or all pages. (located under Resources > Tools in the sidebar)
  • Edit pages with images less than 800px or no image will get a banner stating as such
  • The Liveblogs section has been removed

June 18:

From the site owner:

"We added a concept for a "root page", which is a groupname that is considered more top level than the other groupnames in a title. For example, Series/Smallville which is the works page will be the top level for all the pagse with the title "Smallville" including Characters/Smallville, Awesome/Smallville, etc. so they'll all link back to the series page at the top. This also applies to trope pages where it will be the root page for the subpages with the same title (ie: Main/Wendigo will be the root page for Quotes/Wendigo). A root page is automatically selected based on the following hiarachy.

After that it will just select the first works page it sees. If there is no works or Main page in the title then it won't have a root page. The automatically selected root page can be changed by a moderator. Please let us know if a page needs to be changed. We'll setup a page to make it easier to submit requests if we find many need to be manually updated. A root page will also link to its index if available. For example, Series/Smallville will link to Main/Series to make a clear path from say it's character list back to the series page and back to the index.

The main purpose of this is for google SEO and for newer users to more easily navigate the site."

June 7: Kory:

  • New Articles link added below new edits in sidebar and mobile dropdown.
  • New Articles page now shows last 500 pages created manually and via the trope launch pad
  • Various SEO hotfixes

Apr 15: Kory:

Apr 10: Kory:

  • Removed Forums, Discussions, TLP, Reviews, Liveblogs and Queries from the main search.

Mar 21: Kory:

Mar 19: Kory:

  • Single word links now properly have {{}} for visual editor
  • Main/ removed in links for visual editor
  • Made cutlist reason mandatory
  • Uploading thumbnails for videos fixed
  • Renamed "Wishlist" to "Tech Wishlist" everywhere
  • Renamed "You Know That Show" to "Media Finder" per crowner on this thread
  • Youtube embedded videos fixed

Mar 15: Kory:

     Releases from: 2023 

Dec 21: Kory:

  • Capitalized all common edit reasons
  • Added pagination to article history pages (old links should still work based on #edit in url)
  • Removed link to reddit (not associated with TV Tropes)
  • Fixed spelling error on profile page. bug
  • Added titles to individual queries. wish

Dec 14: Kory:

  • Search by troper with auto-complete and search by content added to article history pages
    • (NOTE: auto-complete only pulls last 2 years of tropers)
  • Added Show and hide buttons on edits for easy viewing
  • Added edit reason hover tooltip for easy reading when collapsed
  • Added estimated number for Added, Changed and Deleted text for each edit.
  • Page title visible when editing a page
  • Edit timer duplicated on bottom of edit pages
  • Checkbox system added of common edit reasons that auto populate input field
  • Editor character length counter added to edit pages
  • Markup help dropdown added to edit pages
  • Fixed edit links not properly linking beyond the first 15 edits
  • Edit reason box is now expandable

Nov 7: Kory:

  • Fixed PM notifications from blocked tropers still showing up
  • Fixed pagination icons showing up when there was no results in your inbox and followed pages
  • Added filter options for PMs to sort by sent, received, discussions or pings
  • Added checkbox system to select and delete PMs individually or all at once
  • Added the ability to preview PMs on hover
  • Added search bar with filter to search by troper or by content
  • Added mod and engineering icons next to troper names
  • Added notification icon next to ping and discussion notifiers

Oct 24: Kory:

  • User queries page is now properly sorted by the latest reply
    • Added drop-down menu for each query type
    • Added extra "status" column
  • Adds status drop-down to Trope Finder, You Know That Show… and Ask The Tropers useable by the original poster and moderators.
    • when set to “resolved” it will lock the query automatically.
    • Added ability to sort by Open and Resolved queries
  • Added a report button for queries and their replies.
  • Added a report button for the TLP drafts and comments.
  • You can now view others query activity through your own queries page after you've edited the URL. user_queries.php?for=TroperName. This will be made into a button on the troper page in a future update
  • Adds the ability to ping other users in Query Forums, Trope Launch Pad, Reviews and Discussions on trope/media pages when you're posting a new comment.

Sep 12: Kory:

  • Added WarJay77 & Amonimus to the new engineer role
  • Added Mrph1 as a new moderator
  • Removed MacronNotes as a moderator per their request

Aug 13: Kory:

  • Adds separate follow functionality for discussion pages. Wish
  • Makes discussion button bold if discussions exist for that page and the user hasn't seen it yet. Wish
  • Pulls discussion button outside of the “more” dropdown by increasing buttons by 1
  • Sends the author a PM when someone responds to their discussion
  • Discussion pages are now sorted by latest reply and then latest discussion posted
  • Added mobile menu to recent videos pages
  • Adds "mine" and "replies" filters to query pages that work with current filters for extra sorting options.
  • Adds the user join date and signature line to query forums, Trope launch pad, Discussions and reviews as well as their replies.
  • Adds text option for user join date chosen in your profile. add more options here
  • Sets the relationship status to "NULL" for the "-not set" option so it actually stops it from showing in the forums
  • You can no longer like your own queries
  • Fixed delete button being covered in avatar gallery

July 17: Kory:

  • For Edit History, edit reasons on the bottom will only show when the edit is greater than 600 pixels
  • Removed duplicate Report Bug button in mobile dropdown
  • Fixed unsaved changes warning popping up for TLP, Query and Discussion edit screens.
  • Removed 3 bulletin limit

July 5: Kory:

  • increases upload image size to 5mb and max-width to 1000px
  • Edit reason on edit history duplicated on the top for convenience. I will make only one edit reason appear for smaller edits in a future update. Wish, Wish, Wish
  • Fixes missing buttons on mobile dropdown. Buttons that were in the "more" dropdown weren't being pushed to mobile dropdowns. Wish, Wish
  • Adds “Mod tools” “page type tool” and “bulletins” from sidebar to bottom of page in mobile view.  Wish
  • Adds post number back to just the main forums. Wish
  • Changes the TLP flag icon to a bookmark + adds tooltips of "Show bookmarks" and "bookmark”. Wish
  • Adds unsaved changes warning to various input fields when leaving the page (editing a page, sending pm, new discussions, new trope drafts, forum posts, editing a trope draft, posting a to do list, editing a to do, posting a new query and their replies).
  • adds "back to profile" button on avatar page.
  • adds title tooltips to the upload image and view avatar gallery buttons on your profile.
  • Adds link to directory thread on Ask The Tropers.
  • Removes synopsis page type. Wish
  • Added all “moments” as options in “Create New" dropdown. Wish
  • Fixes wording mistake in wishlist header.
  • Adds link to Reviews to mobile menu.
  • Put Administrivia and FAQ links on side bar under “tips” dropdown.
  • Put “tips” drop-down from sidebar under main mobile drop-down menu.
  • Fixes CSS for "posts" on the main forums. the 's' and 'ts' were being pushed to a separate line when you shrank the page and sometimes even when full screen. Wish
  • Moves changelog link in side bar and adds it to mobile menu.
  • Minor changes to Changelog page.
  • Inserts previous updates from Wiki Talk thread into changelog.
  • Fixes duplicate rows in the troper table + adds default creation date to prevent further “0000-00-00” creation dates.

May 24: Kory:

  • Fixed wishlist and bugs pages not showing results when their statuses are set to "working" or "closed"
  • Added Link to wiki tools in sidebar under "tools" dropdown
  • Changed flagging icon of thumbs up back to flag for TLP and made button highlight when you click on it.
  • Adds wishlist to sidebar

Apr 28: Kory:

  • Added link to your troper page through the dropdown menu.
  • The descriptions for "on the rocks" and "on the tropes" in the community showcase were swapped.
  • For IP threads that start with the Just A Face And A Caption, Suggestion, Does Not Illustrate, Duplicate Image, Changed w/o discussion, and NSFW/Image Macro thread reasons, the "save draft" button now works.
  • Allowed PM banned users to view their PM
  • The issue helper now displays previews of the notifier messages properly.
  • Added transparent backgrounds to the [tup] and [tdown] forum icons.
  • Allowed multiple cut requests to be accepted/declined at once.
  • For regular users, now the launch button on a draft appears only when it has five MORE hats than bombs (before it showed up when a draft had five or more hats).
  • Prevented edit-banned users from launching TLP drafts.
  • Wicks for disambig pages now have green text.
  • Content Violations will prompt non-logged-in users to do so.
  • CV and FAQ forums now have morgues, and locked non-stickied threads are now morgued.
  • Deleted button has been removed from crowners.
  • Disambig redirects fixed and also made green.
  • Folders in the forums that wouldn't open/close properly now fixed.

     Releases from: 2020 
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  • The administrators activated additional security measures on our Cloudflare firewall that have had the unintended side-effect of causing frequent ReCAPTCHA prompts for users. We are aware of this problem and working on a resolution.

     Releases from: 2019 
Apr 10th:
  • Improvements to new user registrations and the user experience when suspended or banned. See this post for details.

Mar 21th:

  • The adblocker bug (popup message) will now appear for logged-in users after a certain threshold of page views has occurred while blocking ads.
    • You may snooze the bug for up to 7 days at a time if you have contributed to the wiki (by editing articles) recently.
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Jan 25th:

  1. Fix Podcast query so newest episode appear on home page
  2. Add save option for users to select which search users want (ours or google’s)
  3. Remove backslashes from crowner descriptions
  4. Change account confirmation process so users get verification email right away then can wait for mod approval if needed
  5. Fix bomb message bug
  6. Speed up javascript even more (cuts size of code in half, adds http/2 headers to load asynchronously)
  7. If a guest hits login-protected page redirect to login form instead of giving an error
  8. Further improve new search results for articles and forum posts

Jan 10th:

  • Forum crowner styles and layouts should be back to normal, mostly.
  • Crowner voting doesn't change the icon to a weird swirly-eyed face when you click on the arrows.
  • Moderators can edit locked articles again.
  • The edit lock icon now appears and performs correctly on all views of an article, not just the primary one.
  • namespace_index.php pagination now works as expected.
  • [Moderation] Moderators can now view substantially more accounts queued for approval, so we shouldn't lose them any more.

Jan 8th:

  1. Added pagination to all namespaces.
  2. Bug fixes and messaging around editing locked pages.
  3. Title link edit bug fix in TRS/IP threads fixed.
  4. Crowner bug fixes (partial fixes deployed, additional fixes in progress)
  5. GDPR Integration.
  6. Image Pickin' typos
  7. Links at bottom of mobile page for "back" and "top"

     Releases from: 2018 

== KLINT ==
1. Fixed article image max-widths for good this time, hopefully (350px max width)
2. Passwords are no longer displayed in plain text, after successfully being changed from profile page
3. Fixed username links on Cut Requests page
4. Users can now delete liveblog comments
5. Starting a new forum thread will now apply forum markup correctly
6. Fixed word-wrapping for long text links (no longer break to a new line)
7. Fixed edit functionality for posts in discussion threads
8. Fixed double posting issue on query pages for certain tropers (shoutout to instanityprelude)
9. Fixed “save draft” functionality in forums (now saves the whole post, instead of up to the first line-break) (also will now delete the saved post after successfully posting)
10. Fixed spacing around featured trope images on homepage
11. Tuned up WMG Headings style
== END: KLINT ==

== KLAYTEN ==
1. The "Alternate Title(s)" section on the individual trope page no longer touches the ad on mobile.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou
2. The infinite scroll feature on the browse page is active again.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/browse.php
3. There is now a space between "On Topic Conversations." and "You".
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/createconversation.php?topic=85yve01xv34d73ppv15ghva4
4. Small typo of "Ineligable" instead of "Ineligible".
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/mods.php?a=Main.YesPrettyCure5
5. "Television" link under "Media" tab on side bar now links to "https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Television" instead of "https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Television". https://tvtropes.org/
6. Font size for "Latest Trope Edits", "Latest Forum Activity", and "Launch Pad Activity" is now larger on the home page for mobile.
https://tvtropes.org/
7. We hid the comic viewer on the main page until we finish the replacement.
https://tvtropes.org/
8. Now only Tropes will appear on the home page under "Newest Trope".
https://tvtropes.org/
9. For Google Analytics, we split the categories for guests versus members so we can track who visits our site the most.
No Link.
== END: KLAYTEN ==

== RICHARD ==
1. Fixed last modified date that was previously showing much longer times than there actually was since the last time an article was modified. Previously said, "11 years ago" as the last modified date : https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OutOfFocus
2. Got rid of bloated 3rd party adblock message and created our own to alert non-members when their adblock is on. To test, visit any two pages, while not logged in with your adblocker on.
== END: RICHARD ==

== CHRIS ==
1. Enable caching system for server - If you are NOT logged-in you'll receive a cached page from the server which can be as old as 3 minutes old. Unless you submit a form then it will bypass the caching system. This should greatly reduce the server load so it doesn't have to dynamically build the page for every pageview millions of times per day. The future versions should cache trope/forum pages for everyone and then rebuild it only when something changes.
2. Remove unused pixels (ie: comscore, retargeting, etc.)
== END: CHRIS ==

== TOM ==
1. Fixed 'Avatar sharing bug' where users were able to share avatars with other users that did not have the 'avatar sharing' feature enabled in their account.
2. Re-enabled the 'Main' namespace in https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php and paginated the results.
3. Redirect pages can now be edited without an error being displayed.
4. Protection against cross-site scripting like this: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/%22%3E%3Cbody_____onload_=___alert%28%27xss%27%29%3E
5. Setup new email account to contact Moderators and made changes to the 'Contact Us' form to support it. 6. Cutting a page no longer deletes links to it's related pages.
7. Fixed errors in the error log and slow query log.
8. removal of all anti-vandalism page-locking code.
== END TOM ==

     Current & Future Dev Projects: 
Kory: Complete (awaiting review)

  • Added the Preview button, image upload button, Markup Help and emoji bar to the TLP, Discussion pages, Query forums, and Reviews. Also fixed the folders not opening in previews. Wish 1, Wish 2, Wish 3, Wish 4
  • Badge shop redesign and making all badges except awards free to add. Wish
  • Your Badges, signature line and account join date will appear on all comments in the TLP, Query forums, Discussion pages and Reviews. Signatures will be able to use markup and emojis.
  • Revamped the Troper page to show your badges, avatar, title, signature, site usage stats and adding an activity drop-down with links from wiki tools.
In Development:

Edited by kory on Sep 11th 2025 at 3:05:11 AM

Rhapsody Since: Jun, 2014
#651: Aug 4th 2020 at 4:22:52 AM

A few pages I couldn't edit previously are now working fine for me. Previewing didn't work for me yesterday but worked fine for me with another page today so the situation has improved [tup]

mimitchi33 Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: I've been dreaming of True Love's Kiss
#652: Aug 4th 2020 at 10:19:30 AM

The Captcha seems to have disappeared for me.

Piterpicher Veteran Editor IV from Poland, for real (Series 2) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Veteran Editor IV
#653: Aug 4th 2020 at 10:26:34 AM

Me too. That's just great, I was sick of seeing planes and bikes (even if I didn't edit much, two pages of CAPTCHA per edit can easily get on one's nerves).

Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods of Incremental)
DBZfan102 Disciple of Woolsey from Sobral, CE, Brazil Since: Nov, 2018 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
Disciple of Woolsey
#654: Aug 4th 2020 at 10:33:00 AM

I was editing quite frequently and had been unable to edit the OlderThanTheyThink.Video Games page. Thank god it's (apparently) solved.

"I think if you're capable of entertaining people, then you are doing a good thing. - Stan Lee
wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#655: Aug 4th 2020 at 12:46:40 PM

I bet the issue on that page is/was "Maze War and Spasim in 1974". :p

... Oh, I got blocked trying to post that. Okay algorithm, have your sacrificial https:// .

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
ccorb from A very hot place Since: May, 2020 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
eagle108 Since: Aug, 2009
#657: Aug 5th 2020 at 12:16:52 AM

Got my edits for Shadiversity and Kancolle in without captcha issues, as well for Ghost of Tsushima, both preview and saving.

Excessive-Menace Time to SLEEP from the Velvet Cage (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
Time to SLEEP
#658: Aug 5th 2020 at 2:16:56 AM

Got a CAPTCHA when I copy-and-pasted a profile in the Trope Pantheons Forum again.

SING TO ME, LEND ME THE SONG OF BLASPHEMY
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#659: Aug 6th 2020 at 12:21:21 AM

Got one when posting a long response to a Review, and this time it came with 4 pages rather than 2...

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Malady (X-Troper)
#660: Aug 6th 2020 at 4:42:30 AM

I think people should link to the page that caused them so we can figure out causes since it's rare now?

Edited by Malady on Aug 6th 2020 at 4:42:47 AM

Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576
snivyTsutarja Since: May, 2018
#661: Aug 6th 2020 at 10:38:28 AM

Will the Captcha's affect my stuff in any way, or should I be fine if I do them?

Serac she/her (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
she/her
#662: Aug 6th 2020 at 10:41:30 AM

They haven't negatively impacted me at all. In fact, I've deliberately answered them incorrectly and they still let me edit pages.

Primis Since: Nov, 2010
Oceanstuck Dark Sun, what choices have I...? from see handle Since: Feb, 2017 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#665: Aug 6th 2020 at 4:59:25 PM

A recurring bug on this site has the footer way too high up. A refresh usually fixes it.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#666: Aug 6th 2020 at 5:21:09 PM

I've deliberately skipped some of the squares on captchas and still gotten them to work. There does seem to be a threshold to how wrongly you can answer them and still pass, however.

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#667: Aug 6th 2020 at 5:22:26 PM

Hmm, next time I'll purposely choose only wrong answers and see what happens.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
ssjSega Since: Sep, 2017
#668: Aug 6th 2020 at 7:32:27 PM

Encountered a captcha when I tried to use the Misuse: Berserk Button thread. I was able to post fine, but it was my first time having to deal with it in a forum post.

Edited by ssjSega on Aug 6th 2020 at 7:32:17 AM

mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#669: Aug 6th 2020 at 9:11:14 PM

Forgot to mention that I finally got a captcha on the TLP, but that's probably because I was making a new draft. It doesn't show up when I comment or anything, or even when I edit my existing drafts.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#670: Aug 6th 2020 at 9:28:46 PM

Weird, I didn't get a Captcha on my new draft.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
#671: Aug 7th 2020 at 8:35:44 AM

I'm experiencing random breakages. The bottom status bar sometimes aren't displayed on the forums, and also buttons randomly don't work when composing replies (including emoji and the Post buttons).

Fjón þvæ ég af mér fjanda minna rán og reiði ríkra manna.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#672: Aug 7th 2020 at 9:31:05 AM

Post editing was triggering the security checks. This has now been removed. Please let us know if you get more ReCAPTCHA prompts from it. We're looking at the various other POST forms on the site to make sure we can exempt them as well. Most of the hacking attempts were targeted at GET parameters, which shouldn't be an issue for a legitimate user.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#673: Aug 7th 2020 at 8:04:03 PM

I just got a captcha doing a quick edit on a forum post. Didn't get a captcha the first time I published the post, just doing the edit less than a minute later.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Arivne Since: Jan, 2001
#674: Aug 8th 2020 at 5:10:51 PM

I am repeatedly getting a captcha while trying to edit one of my posts on Get Help With English Here, specifically this one.

I was able to add the original post no problem.

Malady (X-Troper)
#675: Aug 8th 2020 at 5:30:01 PM

Is indexing sorta broken?

I'm trying to remove the Everything's Better with Spinning index as seen on Spinning Out of Here, but it's not going away even though I broke that redirect and re-saved the page type.

Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576

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