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.
- The new forum search is now live
- Removed Forums, Discussions, TLP, Reviews, Liveblogs and Queries from the main search.
- Updated New Edits page per Wishlist Request
- Updated Trope Repair Shop thread choices per Wishlist Request
- Updated Image Pickin thread choices per Wishlist Request
- Single word links now properly have {{}} for visual editor
- Main/ removed in links for visual editor
- Made cultist 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
- Added TVTropes visual editor to most edit pages.
- Added Confirm Changes button to source view
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Added WarJay77 & Amonimus to the new engineer role
- Added Mrph1 as a new moderator
- Removed MacronNotes as a moderator per their request
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thumbs_up_emote.png "[thumb up]")
and ![[tdown]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thumbs_down_emote.png "[thumb down]")
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.
- We recently discovered that a non-US IP address was hitting us with thousands of SQL injection attempts, none of which succeeded. They did, however, put additional load on the database. This wasn't intended as a DDoS attack per se but rather an attempt to take control of the site.
- 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.
- 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.
- There is now a subscription option to use TV Tropes ad-free for certain periods (monthly, yearly).
- You can use this link to access the subscription system.
- Subscriptions use a third-party payment facilitator called Stripe. TV Tropes does not collect or store any of your payment information. You will be rebilled at the indicated interval unless you cancel.
- Subscriptions are linked to your account. If you change accounts, or are banned, you will lose your subscription.
- Additional subscription options are being considered or are in development.
- The badge advertised as a reward for subscribing appears not to be working currently.
- To unsubscribe, send a message to "The Staff" via our contact form. Additional cancellation options are forthcoming.
- You can use this link
- Users who received one year of ad-free usage as a perk for contributing to the Kickstarter campaign at the 25 USD tier or higher will no longer have that perk. (The 95+ USD lifetime perk is not affected.)
Jan 25th:
- Fix Podcast query so newest episode appear on home page
- Add save option for users to select which search users want (ours or google’s)
- Remove backslashes from crowner descriptions
- Change account confirmation process so users get verification email right away then can wait for mod approval if needed
- Fix bomb message bug
- Speed up javascript even more (cuts size of code in half, adds http/2 headers to load asynchronously)
- If a guest hits login-protected page redirect to login form instead of giving an error
- 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:
- Added pagination to all namespaces.
- Bug fixes and messaging around editing locked pages.
- Title link edit bug fix in TRS/IP threads fixed.
- Crowner bug fixes (partial fixes deployed, additional fixes in progress)
- GDPR Integration.
- Image Pickin' typos
- Links at bottom of mobile page for "back" and "top"
== 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 ==
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.
Edited by kory on Apr 15th 2024 at 4:28:02 AM
Lost in Space
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
Yes, that's it.
You aren't giving us anything. The payment site is a third-party broker that we get no data from (other than confirmation of your subscription).
I've explained the difference plenty of times. You don't care to listen, which is fine I guess. Your choice.
I can ask to see if the devs will add PayPal to the subscription options.
Edited by Fighteer on Mar 22nd 2019 at 6:06:12 AM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
So, is there a way to disable the "This is page #(insert number here) you have viewed this month without ads" thing yet or are the mods still working on just that? Because with the number of times it keeps popping up for me, I almost feel like I'm one away from winning a free six-inch sub.
Meito Anizawa, Anime Tenchou
Alright, thanks. Mail address verified and yearly pass bought - would have preferred to pay through Paypal but I'm glad to have this option either way.
Also, I see now when I click the "manage subscription" on profile, I just get this popup: "Please contact us here(link to regular contact), to request updates or cancellation of your ad free subscription." Will there also be a way to manage the subscription yourself, for changing sub type or cancelling?
Edited by Zanreo on Mar 22nd 2019 at 11:44:20 AM
"Leftover items still have value!"
I'm helping!
I didn't actually want to set up a recurring subscription, I wanted to buy a single year of ad-free time and decide this time next year whether I want to do it again.
But then, I've never met a subscription model that doesn't work this way, so I'm not that surprised.
Trouble Cube continues to be a general-purpose forum for those who desire such a thing.
^^^ And you, Fighteer, assumed that I'd read every one of those explanations. I haven't read any of them, actually, because I don't come to the forums except to report issues.
But it really doesn't matter, because it doesn't change the material fact that the ads are doing actual harm to your userbase.
I serve at the pleasure of President Pritchart.
I think an update to the pinned post is in order, for the sake of anyone wandering into the thread because of this most recent change.
Lost in Space
FYI: A PayPal option will be added to the subscription platform. I didn't know this, but I've been told that you can use Apple Pay if you're on a mobile device that supports it.
The pinned OP has been updated.
Edited by Fighteer on Mar 22nd 2019 at 7:32:38 AM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Meito Anizawa, Anime Tenchou
Alright, cool - will most likely switch to Paypal for next year's payment
"Leftover items still have value!"
Since I have been redirected to the correct topic, I would like to ask again the question I asked earlier, about if a pay for privileges option like discord nitro was considered instead? Things like allowing us to use gifs as avatars, or embed images externally (provided it isn't abused) and the like instead of nagware over something that used to be done for free?
It is a system that I feel would probably go over better with the average user, and I know for a fact that animated avatars ALA discord would get
Edited by Imca on Mar 22nd 2019 at 4:52:20 AM
Lost in Space
Frankly, I don't know if the developers are willing to support the coding necessary to make that a reality. It certainly sounds interesting, and we can bring it up as a potential future upgrade. One thing that was suggested that I know is on the table is allowing users who have recently edited the wiki to "snooze" the bug for a period of time, on the theory that contributing to our site helps it grow and attract users and thus carries some value. I don't have an ETA on that.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Much like spam/troll accounts that delete or vandalize pages, though, intrusive and/or malicious ads will continue to be created. No practical amount of moderation can stop all of them before anyone sees them. Wiki pages can be reverted, but there's no undo button for someone getting sent to a phishing site, or simply being bothered by flashing advertisements.
...or by constant pop-ups telling you to turn off your adblocker or buy a subscription. I can't claim to know what would convince more people to donate to the site, but I can assure you that using the peskiest type of unwanted web-content to persuade people who installed software specifically to prevent that sort of thing is not a good strategy. Most of them will either modify the software to block the pop-ups, or just use TV Tropes less often, if at all. Irritation doesn't tend to make people feel generous.
>>Most of them will either modify the software to block the pop-ups...
Check 
Edited by eroock on Mar 22nd 2019 at 4:48:28 PM
Reporting in: I don't use adblock but do use Privacy Badger which blocks some ads as a side effect of blocking trackers (it does not aim to block ads and support any ads that don't suck up user data). This does block ads on TV Tropes (which I don't mind as I too have had a number of bad experiences with bad browser-hijacking ads). For whatever reason I have not seen the ad popups in a good long while (perhaps since the update?).
Nevertheless, I'm glad there's a way to support TV tropes that's an alternative to ads. Thanks for adding that. 
STOP. RESETTING. MY. DISPLAY. OPTIONS.
The "please whitelist us" popup appearing on every fucking page is a serious annoyance. Know Your Meme has a similar "whitelist plz" popup that's way more intrusive (thing takes up practically the entire screen) but much less annoying because it only shows up on some pages.
Maybe some system like "the whitelist popup only shows every 10-15 pages" or "the popup, once dismissed, won't reappear for X minutes" would make it more agreeable.
Also seconding the sentiment that the more insistent a site is that you not block its ads, the shadier and more malware-laden the ads are likely to be.
This place is careless.
The fact the pop-up keeps count per month is what bothers me the most. Am I to assume that I'm going to be locked out if it goes over 1000 or something?
RLL
Disasturbator
> I to assume that I'm going to be locked out if it goes over 1000 or something?
We need to sticky this,no one is being locked out regardless of how many times the message appears
New theme music also a box
The pop-ups encouraged me to finally whitelist the site. Now I use Privacy Badger on this site to block ads without the pop-ups. :^)
In all seriousness, constant pop-ups to even registered users are absolutely terrible, and it's actually likely to have a detrimental effect. People will either manage to find loopholes or outright leave the site, further cutting into precious revenue.
I like Imca's idea of a Discord Nitro-esque subscription, possibly allowing access to more site themes, GIF avatars, more forum emotes and more. This allows you guys to have another stream of revenue and not annoy your userbase. Seriously, if you don't want your userbase to get cut, then please remove the incessant pop-ups.
And don't even get me started on mobile...
Edited by canidApath on Mar 23rd 2019 at 9:50:19 AM
So basically from what I’ve been reading is we either have to buy an ad-free subscription or those who use Adblock are screwed? I’m sorry but all I’m seeing here is discussion after discussion about different advertisement methods on this site rather than any straight answers.
You have to either whitelist the site and see the gigantic distracting ads, pay for an ad-free subscription, or have a banner on every page needling you about how many pages you've viewed with adblock on. It's annoying, but I wouldn't go so far as to call it "screwed".
Fresh-eyed movie blog
Adding more customisation options to those that spend money on the site is definitely a better option than having harassing pop-ups on every page. Maybe stuff like letting paying users customise the colours of their screen (kind of like how we have a night vision mode we could have a red vision mode and so on) or custom fonts for forum posts or something. Cosmetic DLC is really really big so there will be a whole bunch of people that would spend money to get little things.
This kind of reminds me of The Sims Resource - a site known for its truly horrendous advertising (we're talking autoplaying ads, pop-ups, pages that took ages to load because of the sheer number of ads on each page, etc). The site implemented a pop-up that delayed any mod downloads if you were using an ad-blocker, and it was so annoying that not long after this was implemented a browser ad-on (TSR Ad Skipper) was created that was specifically designed to bypass this pop-up. This was a very long winded way of saying that if the calls to whitelist the site are too obtrusive then users will try and get around it using new ad-blockers (hello Privacy Badger) rather than pay simply out of spite.
So I disabled my Ad Block and the result was ads lagging the hell out of any TV tropes page I entered. I'm sorry but to be completely frank all this is doing is pissing off people who either don't have the money to pay the ad-free subscription or shouldn't even have to because why should they pay a monthly/yearly fee when a simple browser extension could remove ads for free? I get it that the site needs money to run but constantly bombarding your users with the "go ad-free subscription"? You guys shot yourselves in the foot here and its doing way more harm than good.
Seconded. I personally have a policy of blacklisting any site with unskippable and undismissable anti-adblock measures like RockPaperShotgun because I'm against ads on principle, so asking me to disable my adblock is pointless because I'm not going to click on any ads anyway, so whining that you aren't profiting off of me is a waste of both of our time.
I'm gonna add to this.
I've been trying to get Firefox to show ads on TV Tropes, but all it does is prevent the ads from showing and as a result the pop-up keeps appearing on the screen. Even after disabling uBlock, even after uninstalling it, the stupid pop-up keeps appearing. If it doesn't manage to show up then there's gotta be something wrong with it, and the admins should address this issue. If not, I'm just gonna stick to using mobile if problems still arise with desktop.
Already found the "associate email address" link in Administrivia and entered my address... and just to make sure, the mail you get IS supposed to say "click this link to finish creating your TV Tropes account" just like it presumably would for a newly registrered account?
Edited by Zanreo on Mar 22nd 2019 at 11:02:55 AM
"Leftover items still have value!"