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So over 10 years ago or so, we used to have a newsletter called Trope Report, which covers all of the changes that happened on the wiki weekly. I have been nostalgic for it recently so I thought of it and it seemed to be a fun way to inform tropers about the changes going on around the wiki.

The sandbox for the project can be found at Sandbox.Trope Report Dummy Edition and the sandbox for ideas/plans can be found on Sandbox.Trope Report Ideas. After a new issue is published, revert the Dummy Edition back to a template using the text on Sandbox.Trope Report Template.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Aug 8th 2023 at 1:16:11 PM

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#2626: Apr 11th 2022 at 4:14:36 PM

Since the Isolated pages list is up for public viewing now, I think we can mention the function and the clean up thread in the description text and projects spotlight (or maybe forum watch if we are struggling to plug in threads for that.)

Macron's notes
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#2627: Apr 11th 2022 at 6:37:11 PM

[up] Can you link me?

Oh, and Piter, it's fine for you to fill your quota as normal. There's no current limit per section, but I usually prefer having 2-4 entries each.

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#2629: Apr 11th 2022 at 7:22:34 PM

[up] Thanks.

The entry for Destino is up, I really like how it came out. I'll start drafting my final entry (The Immortal) in the next few days.


As for the sponsor, how's this for a write up?

This edition of Trope Report is brought to you by Bloom & Doom Seed Co., your most reliable line of defense when fending off the living dead from your front lawn, backyard or roof. Keep your brains protected, or simply spice up your Zen Garden today!

...should it be "Co." or "Corporation"? In August's issue we said "Incorporated" instead of "Inc.", but I'm not sure.

Excessive-Menace Time to SLEEP from the Velvet Cage (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#2632: Apr 13th 2022 at 12:09:08 PM

Looks like it's written as "Co.": [1] [2]

FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#2633: Apr 15th 2022 at 8:26:23 AM

And, my last entry is up. Now I'll wait a little longer before I write Image of the Month.

Is the sponsor good to add too?

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#2634: Apr 15th 2022 at 8:27:30 AM

The sponsor text looks good to me

Macron's notes
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
Excessive-Menace Time to SLEEP from the Velvet Cage (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
Time to SLEEP
#2636: Apr 15th 2022 at 11:04:46 PM

Here's my entry for Action Horror. Any comments before I add it?

  • Vampires, ghosts, werewolves, zombies, demons... all of them are terrifying creatures of the night out for human blood. Normally, people would run away and cower in fear at the sight of them, but not our heroes; no, they will bravely fight against the nocturnal horrors with all of their might! The Action Horror genre, true to its name, combines elements of the action and horror genres to create a blend of exciting, bloodpumping battles and tense, terrifying scares. While launched on March 21st, this genre has plenty of examples itching to be recognized on the page.

Edited by Excessive-Menace on Apr 15th 2022 at 11:05:27 AM

SING TO ME, LEND ME THE SONG OF BLASPHEMY
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#2637: Apr 16th 2022 at 7:22:17 AM

Looks good. [tup]

Since the "Removing the Source pages from Trivia" project is done, I've removed it from Project Spotlight.

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)
#2638: Apr 16th 2022 at 11:26:23 AM

Perhaps as a replacement, we can have the Ukraine War Cleanup? If there's anyone who'd want to try and write about it?

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him
#2639: Apr 16th 2022 at 11:27:48 AM

[up] I already included it last issue. I’ll think of something don’t worry.

Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper Wall
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)
#2640: Apr 16th 2022 at 11:28:47 AM

Ah, right, no problem. [lol]

Sort of funny that I'm sitting here suggesting ideas for a section that used to be mine, but the trope one is more fun and I like doing whatever [lol]

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#2641: Apr 16th 2022 at 11:43:02 AM

I also considered the Abandoned Sandbox cleanup, but that too was plugged before.

We could probably plug a TRS thread that needs help.

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)
#2642: Apr 16th 2022 at 11:45:20 AM

Perhaps... The ones off the top of my head that need some wick work are Foe Yay and Knife Nut and Adult Fear.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#2643: Apr 16th 2022 at 11:56:13 AM

Honestly, the problem that we've been having recently is that we lost a lot of contributors along the way. I've no idea what we're going to do if crazysamaritan ever drops out, Pages Needing Help is probably the hardest section to write for. But I'm staying until the bitter end.

Also, gjjones mentioned this at the start of the month, that too should be added.

I should really make a post or separate sandbox with all the forum threads and projects we plugged, having to check every issue again to avoid duplicated is getting old.

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)
#2644: Apr 16th 2022 at 11:57:23 AM

Yeah, I suggested that once too. I guess there's nothing wrong with duplication, but there are so many project threads...

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
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)
#2645: Apr 16th 2022 at 12:12:54 PM

Ooh, what about Isolated Pages watch?

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#2646: Apr 16th 2022 at 12:15:38 PM

I mentioned the Isolated pages clean up thread not too long ago on this thread so I can make an entry for that.

There's also the Fixing Creator Pages to remove personal tropes clean up thread that was revived last month. I don't think we plugged that thread in before.

Edited by MacronNotes on Apr 16th 2022 at 3:17:29 PM

Macron's notes
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#2647: Apr 16th 2022 at 12:29:56 PM

Okay, here's every single thread to ever get posted on Project Spotlight. I was just jotting these down on notepad, so I didn't snag links.

    Trope Repair Shop 

    Projects: Short Term 
  • Abandoned Sandbox Cleanup (Sep 2021)
  • Americentrism (Nov 2021)
  • BoJack Horseman Clean-up (Feb 2021)
  • Buffy The Vampire Slayer Cleanup (Sep 2021)
  • Crazy Awesome Dewicking (Jun 2021)
  • Mondegreen Cleanup (Jun 2021)
  • The Nostalgia Critic cleanup (Feb 2021)
  • One Piece cleanup (Mar 2022)
  • Plot Hole Cleanup (Nov 2021)
  • Power Rangers Cleanup (Jul 2021)
  • Removing complaining in Star Wars subpages (Jan 2021)
  • Role-Ending Misdemeanor cleanup (May 2021)
  • The Simpsons cleanup (Aug 2021)
  • SpongeBob SquarePants Cleanup (Aug 2021)
  • Star Trek cleanup (Mar 2021)
  • Super Sentai cleanup (Aug 2021)
  • Tropes Needing TRS cleanup and discussion thread (Mar 2022)
  • Tropes On A Bus Cleanup (Nov 2021)
  • Ukraine War Cleanup (Apr 2022)
  • Undertale Cleanup thread (Feb 2021)
  • Wikiword / custom title discussion thread (Dec 2021)
  • X Killer Cleanup (Jun 2021)

    Projects: Long Term 
  • Alphabetically ordering example pages (Jul 2021)
  • Cliche Storm cleanup (Sep 2021)
  • Color Tropes Cleanup (Jan 2021)
  • Complete Monster (Apr 2022)
  • Condemned by History cleanup thread (Jan 2022)
  • The Copy-Paste Cleanup Thread (Dec 2021)
  • Ensemble Dark Horse Cleanup (Apr 2021)
  • Fan-Preferred Couple Cleanup (Feb 2021, Oct 2021)
  • Fanservice Tropes Cleanup Thread (Jul 2021)
  • Foil Cleanup Thread (Oct 2021)
  • Formatting cleanup in general (Feb 2022)
  • Getting Crap Past the Radar cleanup (Sep 2021)
  • Haiku-Wiki Cleanup (Jan 2022)
  • Headscratchers Cleanup (Apr 2021, Nov 2021)
  • Image Links Clean-up and Maintainance (Aug 2021)
  • Memetic X Cleanup (Feb 2022)
  • Moral Event Horizon cleanup (Oct 2021)
  • NATTER ALERT! (Jun 2021)
  • Oh Great a Snark Cleanup (May 2021)
  • P5 Cleanup pile and lewdness issues (Oct 2021)
  • Recap Cleanup (Aug 2021)
  • Roleplay Namespace Cleanup and Maintenance (Dec 2021)
  • Seasonal Rot / Sequelitis / Audience Alienating Era Cleanup (Mar 2022)
  • Shout Out Cleanup (Jan 2022)
  • Wall of Text cleanup (Jan 2022)
  • Writing Pitfall Index cleanup (Nov 2021)

    Other 
  • Badass tropes (Mar 2021 — now morgued)
  • The ComicBook/ Namespace (Jun 2021 — Wiki Talk)
  • Moments Images Cleanup Thread (Feb 2022 — Image Pickin')
  • Punctuation Cleanup Effort (Apr 2021 — link was actually a Rickroll)
  • We're Still Relevant, Dammit! discussion (Oct 2021 — Trope Talk)

Edited by FernandoLemon on Apr 16th 2022 at 4:36:11 PM

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#2648: Apr 16th 2022 at 12:57:34 PM

Any open threads (Ace Attorney still is, I'm not sure if Sonic and Pokemon ones are still ongoing) to re-sort videogame character profiles, from factions to first appearance, worth mentioning?

Edited by Amonimus on Apr 16th 2022 at 10:58:50 PM

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#2649: Apr 16th 2022 at 1:15:03 PM

By the way, I'm also done sorting through Forumwatch. Here they are.

    Wiki and Forums 

Trope Talk

  • Duplicate tropes cleanup (Oct 2021)
  • Landslide Election - Real Life criteria (Jun 2021)
  • Making up for lost LGBT tropes (Feb 2021)
  • Trope Idea Sounding Board (Mar 2021)

Wiki Talk

  • Believer Magazine published a story on the history of TV Tropes (Apr 2021)
  • Bringing back Trope Report (Jan 2021)
  • The ComicBook/ Namespace (Aug 2021)
  • The Encounters namespace, should it be revived in some way? (Mar 2022)
  • New Work Page Workshop Thread (May 2021)
  • On creating a timeline for TRS changes and the like (Mar 2022)
  • On news network pages (Jan 2022)
  • On Yack Fest and Recent Events (Feb 2021)
  • Outdated Pages (Jul 2021)
  • Project Thread Community Issues (Sep 2021)
  • Redirect discussion thread (Nov 2021)
  • Reviving Trope-tan (Feb 2022)
  • Should The New Twenties pages exist? (Apr 2022)
  • X Meets Y Nuances (Dec 2021)

Content Violation Discussions

  • Replacing the 5P system (Apr 2021)

    Real-ish 

On-Topic

  • COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic (Apr 2021)
  • The General Religion, Mythology, and Theology Thread (Dec 2021)
  • The General US Politics Thread (Feb 2021)
  • Job search strategy discussion thread (Nov 2021)
  • LGBT Rights and America (Jun 2021)
  • Male Roles Vs. Female Roles in Fiction (Jan 2021)
  • The Space Thread (Mar 2021)
  • Taliban in control of Kabul (Sep 2021)
  • The Video Game Industry (Feb 2022)

Writer's Block

  • Free Idea Dumping Ground (Oct 2021)
  • Villain Critique Thread (May 2021)
  • The "What's a good name for this?" thread (Jul 2021)

World Building

  • Describe Your Magic System in a Few Sentences (Jan 2022)
  • Sci-fi Weapons, Vehicles and Equipment (Aug 2021)

    Media 
  • Dune (Nov 2021)
  • The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (May 2021)
  • General Sonic The Hedgehog thread (Jul 2021)
  • General V-Tuber thread (Aug 2021)
  • Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (Dec 2021)
  • Marvel's What If? (Sep 2021)
  • Metroid (Oct 2021)
  • The Owl House: a horror-comedy Disney series (Jun 2021)
  • Pokémon General Thread (Mar 2021)
  • Pokemon Legends: Arceus (Feb 2022)
  • Spider-Man General Discussion (Jan 2022)

    Just For Fun 

Yack Fest

  • Ah criminy, the SHIPPING thread... (Feb 2021)
  • Good Name For A Rock Band (Jul 2021)
  • Joke thread (Apr 2021)
  • Not hating Scrappies v2 (Jan 2021)
  • Observations you've made about this site/forum/wiki (Jan 2022)
  • Post your random thoughts. (Sep 2021)
  • The strangest thing you've said today... (Nov 2021)
  • Youtube Comments Win. (Mar 2021)

Forum Games

  • A fandom thread for a show that doesn't exist. (Dec 2021)
  • ITT: We Make Obscure References. (Apr 2022)
  • Order vs Chaos (Aug 2021)
  • YIAY (Feb 2022)

Troper Covens

  • Crazy cat people, unite! (Oct 2021)
  • Dinosaur nuts emerge! (May 2021)
  • Transgender Tropers, Aggregate! (Jun 2021)

    Other 
  • Let's Play Super Mario 64! (Apr 2021 — Live Bloginations)

FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#2650: Apr 16th 2022 at 1:43:21 PM

Okay, my thoughts.

  • Isolated Pages: should definitely get a mention.
  • Aversion cleanup: should get a mention, we just need to get gj's attention since he's the one who wanted to plug it.
  • TRS threads: any could probably get a mention since there are so many wicks to clean up, though some look like they're almost done.
  • Creator Page cleanup: good to plug too, but I don't think it's as important as the others.

We're not lacking in Projects to plug, we just need to get our stuff together.

What about Forumwatch? I could probably plug a Forum Game if we really need something, but not sure what else we could add? Any upcoming games or movies we could point to the thread? Any interesting Yack Fest or On-Topic conversations?

Edited by FernandoLemon on Apr 16th 2022 at 7:25:27 AM


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