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MOD NOTE: TROPES BLANKET-BANNED FROM HAVING VIDEO EXAMPLES:


It's been discussed a lot at the Video Uploading thread that a lot of poor videos are slipping through the cracks, and that a clean-up effort is necessary if we are to combat the problem.

Common issues are:

  • Videos spoiling major events from a work
  • Videos not actually fitting the trope they're attached to
  • Videos in which the important part doesn't happen until halfway through, with the length being ultimately pointless
  • Videos that use the entire work, breaking copyright; this can be done either with one video showcasing an entire short video, or multiple videos that add up to using the entire work in piecemeal.
  • Videos lacking the proper media source, or any media source at all.
  • General quality problems, like audio issues or artifacting.

Videos must also be actual videos — a video file containing a static image or slideshow (e.g. a sequence of comic panels) should not be approved.

So, we've got our work cut out for us; but this is at least a place to discuss problems and come to solutions.

Some helpful links:

Please take video moderation requests to this thread.

Edited by WarJay77 on Nov 19th 2024 at 9:27:05 AM

Monolaf317 Graar! from Canada Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow
Graar!
#1576: Mar 27th 2021 at 3:14:55 PM

[up] Yeah, like those surprisingly-good-yet-obscure cartoons

I have things to do and daddy issues to repress!
Pokemon439 Since: Mar, 2020
#1577: Mar 27th 2021 at 5:34:05 PM

Fair point I forgot about works that don’t have pages perhaps a better solution would be to be able to add them in if someone forgets to or something.

PlasmaPower Piece of Cake. Since: Jan, 2015
Piece of Cake.
#1578: Mar 27th 2021 at 10:40:32 PM

Badass Decay, another YMMV trope, has video examples that aren’t in-universe reactions.

It doesn’t help that that trope is typically used for complaining too.

Thomas fans needed! Come join me in the the show's cleanup thread!
Pokemon439 Since: Mar, 2020
#1579: Mar 28th 2021 at 10:35:32 AM

So good news today was finally able to delete all those broken video attempts I did some months ago seems you just have to wait for some time and eventually you will be able to delete your broken videos such as ones with too much mojibake in them just thought I share this to those that don’t know this.

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
#1580: Mar 28th 2021 at 10:48:09 AM

I suspect it's less "you will have to wait for some time" and more "a bug got fixed today".

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
Pokemon439 Since: Mar, 2020
#1581: Mar 28th 2021 at 12:07:31 PM

[up]Fair point I wasn’t sure if it was that or something else still I thought it would be best to share it to those that didn’t know.

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
#1583: Mar 29th 2021 at 6:28:51 AM

It was uploaded under Repeat Cut for the purposes of demonstrating Repeat Cut, which it does. That it also demonstrates one or more other tropes does not mean it cannot be uploaded under Repeat Cut.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
Agent2583 Secret Agent2583 from [CLASSIFIED] Since: Sep, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Secret Agent2583
#1584: Mar 29th 2021 at 9:51:28 AM

There is a video example on Potty Failure, despite that trope being banned from having video examples. I've brought it up in the moderation chat.

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)
#1585: Mar 29th 2021 at 10:56:55 AM

Is it banned? In TRS we removed a lot of tropes for the list for being added to the list without much discussion or process.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Agent2583 Secret Agent2583 from [CLASSIFIED] Since: Sep, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Secret Agent2583
#1586: Mar 29th 2021 at 11:01:30 AM

We did remove the tropes from the ban list but we kept the original 4 tropes that we banned from having Video Examples

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)
#1587: Mar 29th 2021 at 11:05:36 AM

Right, I just wanted to make sure Potty Failure was still one of them.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#1588: Mar 29th 2021 at 11:30:48 AM

I assume it's banned cuz it's considered too gross and might attract fetishists, similar to why the image is on "Don't change the pic."

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
PlasmaPower Piece of Cake. Since: Jan, 2015
Piece of Cake.
#1590: Mar 31st 2021 at 1:01:43 PM

the SpongeBob SquarePants video on Jerkass Ball just seems there to complain. Just look at the video description.

  • The normally chipper and excitable SpongeBob undergoes several levels for this episode, to the point he outright scolds Gary for being mean to the monstrous Puffy Fluffy despite the fact he ignored the warning it hates other pets, to the point of punishing him after he saves his life. This even occurs when he saw the pet in its true form. Face it, he got what he deserved.

Also, someone went and uploaded a Potty Failure example from Pingu to the page.

Edited by PlasmaPower on Mar 31st 2021 at 5:06:23 AM

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Agent2583 Secret Agent2583 from [CLASSIFIED] Since: Sep, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Secret Agent2583
#1591: Mar 31st 2021 at 2:00:33 PM

[up] Already reported it to the Video Moderation Requests to have that video removed due to the video violating the No Video Examples, Please! rule

Dghcrh You can't escape this monster from Small country that looks like a fish Since: Dec, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
You can't escape this monster
#1592: Mar 31st 2021 at 2:28:49 PM

Could the Pingu video count for Artistic License – Ornithology/Biology or is it still too inapproapriate?

I'm mainly a fan of underrated media.
Agent2583 Secret Agent2583 from [CLASSIFIED] Since: Sep, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Secret Agent2583
#1593: Mar 31st 2021 at 2:38:32 PM

Frankily, I don't really know. All I do know is the video is from a Banned Episode

callmeamuffin Just getting into Utena... (he/they) from the kitchen (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Thinkin' about you, muffin
Just getting into Utena... (he/they)
#1594: Mar 31st 2021 at 4:07:05 PM

The problem with the Pingu video on Potty Failure is interesting... I heard there was a system that could identify tropes which don't allow video examples.

Edited by callmeamuffin on Apr 2nd 2021 at 5:29:57 AM

Working on Sandbox.The Amazing Race TV Tropes Edition.
callmeamuffin Just getting into Utena... (he/they) from the kitchen (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Thinkin' about you, muffin
Just getting into Utena... (he/they)
#1595: Apr 1st 2021 at 4:45:21 PM

Bump

Edited by callmeamuffin on Apr 1st 2021 at 9:45:46 PM

Working on Sandbox.The Amazing Race TV Tropes Edition.
Agent2583 Secret Agent2583 from [CLASSIFIED] Since: Sep, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Secret Agent2583
#1596: Apr 2nd 2021 at 5:16:49 AM

I've mentioned the name of the video because the video wasn't deleted.

callmeamuffin Just getting into Utena... (he/they) from the kitchen (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Thinkin' about you, muffin
Just getting into Utena... (he/they)
#1597: Apr 3rd 2021 at 3:15:05 PM

(I am now asking the moderators)

Was the troper who added the video example to Potty Failure notified (by the moderators) that the trope doesn't allow video examples?

Edited by callmeamuffin on Apr 3rd 2021 at 9:20:27 PM

Working on Sandbox.The Amazing Race TV Tropes Edition.
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)
#1598: Apr 3rd 2021 at 3:21:45 PM

[up] we can't notify people we can't identify. Videos don't tell you who uploaded them.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Pokemon439 Since: Mar, 2020
#1599: Apr 4th 2021 at 2:15:47 PM

Okay so on the Vomit Indiscretion Shot there is a video example on there that seems to be of poor quality it’s the one from Arthur titled simply Arthur and it seems to be of poor quality to some extent at least having a very visible watermark and audio that just sounds off in a way that’s hard to explain. What do you all think? Should it be removed?

antenna_ears from California Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
#1600: Apr 4th 2021 at 2:37:14 PM

[up] Well, one of the watermarks is the PBS logo, so it might just be a channel bug?


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