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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

Ayumi-chan 3rd happiest man in Connecticut from Iacon City (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
3rd happiest man in Connecticut
#7951: Jul 30th 2025 at 12:03:54 AM

Launched now.

Twiddler. One grammar check please. You can grammar check the June newsletter another time.

Edit: restarted the sandbox.

Edited by Ayumi-chan on Jul 30th 2025 at 4:11:53 PM

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Ayumi-chan 3rd happiest man in Connecticut from Iacon City (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
3rd happiest man in Connecticut
#7952: Jul 30th 2025 at 12:04:19 AM

~Twiddler. Messed up the ping.

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AquaEclipse hiding a clown costume under my lab coat from the rabbit hole of academia Since: Jul, 2018 Relationship Status: Chat, is this real?
hiding a clown costume under my lab coat
#7953: Jul 30th 2025 at 2:29:27 AM

As I mentioned, Kill the Brainwashed is a reasonably new trope (launched July 17th) but has an issue with crosswicking — should that be put under New Tropes or Pages Needing Help?

EDIT: Can someone help me take a look at Functional Genre Savvy to see if that's Pages Needing Help (7 on-page examples, 119 wicks, launched 2011 at latest) or if it should be sent to TRS?

Edited by AquaEclipse on Jul 30th 2025 at 5:36:54 PM

they/she/xyr; editor of Minecraft SMPs
Ayumi-chan 3rd happiest man in Connecticut from Iacon City (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
3rd happiest man in Connecticut
#7954: Jul 30th 2025 at 7:55:08 PM

Here are my write ups. Might add more in the future.

For Works Needing a Page

For non-English works:

Edit: grammar

Edit 2: Searching up August birthdays lead me to Jonathan Togo's page. Should I make a write up for him?

Edited by Ayumi-chan on Jul 30th 2025 at 11:01:32 PM

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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)
#7955: Jul 30th 2025 at 8:15:17 PM

[up][up] Mmm... I'd put the first under New Tropes and send a crosswicking notifier. Not sure on the second.

[up][tup]

I got my trope in earlier. Will add some other stuff tonight.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Ayumi-chan 3rd happiest man in Connecticut from Iacon City (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
3rd happiest man in Connecticut
#7956: Jul 30th 2025 at 8:51:08 PM

Here's my PNH Creator entry:

  • August's birthday is Jonathan Togo, an American actor best known for CSI: Miami. However, this was the only thing in his description alongside his marriage and could use more work.

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AquaEclipse hiding a clown costume under my lab coat from the rabbit hole of academia Since: Jul, 2018 Relationship Status: Chat, is this real?
hiding a clown costume under my lab coat
#7957: Jul 30th 2025 at 10:52:44 PM

[up][up]I've already sent a crosswicking notifier previously, but no response, should I send another?

Edited by AquaEclipse on Jul 31st 2025 at 1:53:15 AM

they/she/xyr; editor of Minecraft SMPs
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)
#7958: Jul 30th 2025 at 10:53:21 PM

M Mmmm.... your call, then.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Nethilia Girl Gang Disaster (she and zie) (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: A gay little love melody
Girl Gang Disaster (she and zie)
#7959: Aug 1st 2025 at 6:10:30 PM

I'll be able to add a new work (I'm working on the page now while I'm out of town, but crosswicking is crap on my current setup). Will keep pulse on IP forum.

I focus on obscure 1990s or graphic Middle Grade Literature novels and dolls. (She or zie, not they.)
Ayumi-chan 3rd happiest man in Connecticut from Iacon City (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
3rd happiest man in Connecticut
#7960: Aug 1st 2025 at 10:55:44 PM

~Twiddler. We need a grammer check and pin for the July newlestter since we are late.

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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)
#7961: Aug 1st 2025 at 10:57:06 PM

At this point I honestly think instead of waiting for the big grammar check at the end (since that always seems to delay us) we should just be doing general grammar checking throughout the month. And I know these are archives, but if it got pinned and then someone saw a grammar error, I don't think anyone would oppose us making those edits after the fact?

Just looking for ways to streamline things so we fix our current schedule issues.

In any case, I added my entries; a trope (Smoking Gun Control), a work that needs a page (Brew) and then a forum thread I remembered and like.

Edited by WarJay77 on Aug 1st 2025 at 2:06:53 PM

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
AquaEclipse hiding a clown costume under my lab coat from the rabbit hole of academia Since: Jul, 2018 Relationship Status: Chat, is this real?
hiding a clown costume under my lab coat
#7962: Aug 3rd 2025 at 12:13:29 PM

For either New Tropes or Pages Needing Help, depending on whether one can find another trope for the latter:

  • One of our more recent recruits, Kill the Brainwashed, has been possessed by a demon and scared off countless other tropes, with only ten brave soldiers being willing to stand by its side through the storm. Perhaps instead of destroying it like its name suggests, we ought to extend more helping hands to banish the demon. With its plethora of on-page examples left unlisted on work pages, performing the Ritual of Crosswicking should resolve this recruit's possession problem. [PNH version]

Edited by AquaEclipse on Aug 5th 2025 at 12:25:55 AM

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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)
#7963: Aug 4th 2025 at 1:18:04 PM

I can get behind putting it in PNH, there's always more new tropes that can go into the other section.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
plakythebirb The Unwilling Cycle from The Deep South (Handed A Sword) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The Unwilling Cycle
#7964: Aug 8th 2025 at 10:06:29 AM

Would "had a one-hit wonder in 2016" count as obscure enough for Obscure works? I'm thinking of doing an entry for Jon Bellion, but I'm waffing a bit on whether he counts as obscure or not since he had one song get popular, but only one.

Welcome To Ideals' World
Ayumi-chan 3rd happiest man in Connecticut from Iacon City (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
3rd happiest man in Connecticut
#7965: Aug 8th 2025 at 6:56:45 PM

[up] I could get behind that.

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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)
#7966: Aug 8th 2025 at 7:07:46 PM

Fine by me.

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
#7967: Aug 8th 2025 at 7:12:15 PM

I see ~Twiddler is active again so I figure I'd ping one last time for a grammar check. If they don't respond, we could collaboratively do it perhaps.

Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper Wall
Ayumi-chan 3rd happiest man in Connecticut from Iacon City (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
3rd happiest man in Connecticut
#7968: Aug 8th 2025 at 7:52:03 PM

[up] Any help on your end is great mayor grin.

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Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#7969: Aug 9th 2025 at 12:52:41 AM

Mostly done.

~Coachpill, what do you mean here by the bolded part?

  • July often signifies independence and victory. Though Tamburlaine de-emphasizes the former by showing how much the titular shepherd believes in his rise from banditry, the latter leads to Tamburlaine tragically isolating himself from the citizens of the very places he takes over. With an inspiration in Timur the Lame that is largely refined to the 16th century, the entries on the page can avoid being a victim of the same fate if Tamburlaine's quests are contextualized.

AquaEclipse hiding a clown costume under my lab coat from the rabbit hole of academia Since: Jul, 2018 Relationship Status: Chat, is this real?
hiding a clown costume under my lab coat
#7970: Aug 9th 2025 at 1:05:48 AM

Should we add User Likes upgrades to the Changelog?

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Ayumi-chan 3rd happiest man in Connecticut from Iacon City (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
3rd happiest man in Connecticut
#7971: Aug 9th 2025 at 1:35:29 AM

[up][up] If you have the time, you can also grammar check the entries in the sandbox so we can launch the page faster.

[up] I don't mind adding that.

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Nethilia Girl Gang Disaster (she and zie) (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: A gay little love melody
Girl Gang Disaster (she and zie)
#7972: Aug 11th 2025 at 3:22:27 PM

Added my Obscure Work for the page I launched; it doesn't really need tropes, because I got it up to over 50 all by myself.

I'm leaning towards this for Image of the Month for Genius Serum but will wait until the crowner is called officially.

I focus on obscure 1990s or graphic Middle Grade Literature novels and dolls. (She or zie, not they.)
Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#7973: Aug 11th 2025 at 7:43:52 PM

Took my best guess at the Tamburlaine entry. I'm still not sure what parts of it are trying to say (what does believing in one's rise from banditry have to do with independence?) but that's the best I can do with it.

I'll just declare it done and lock the page, pending further clarification.

Coachpill Taxidermy (he/him) from Gen Z Since: Aug, 2022 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
Taxidermy (he/him)
#7974: Aug 11th 2025 at 8:40:57 PM

Looks like I'm a bit late, but:

I meant "confined to the 16th century", not "refined". Idk if that helps clear things up, but I'm talking about how it fits the typical medieval style.

As for the "independence" thing, that's probably irrelevant. I think I was going to find a way to better tie that in to what I was talking about, but just never got around to it.

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Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#7975: Aug 11th 2025 at 9:42:33 PM

Alright, I'll just leave it as is, then. Already worked around the first thing by just referring to it as a 16-century play (so adding that it fits the style of that period wouldn't be adding much on its own, as you'd expect a 16th-century work to have the stylings of a 16th-century work), and the "independence" thing is too baked into it to remove without rewriting most of it from the ground up.


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