On this site, I've often ran into the problem of not being able to find anything from a giant list of examples on a trope page because it wasn't alphabetically ordered (this is a bigger problem with example pages because they are so large). This can also cause the problem of duplicate works on the same example section, because a work couldn't easily be found.
Even though I'm a rather disorganized person by nature (my parents told me this all the time), I'm still bothered by the lack of A-Z ordering. I have been ordering some example pages A-Z and I've wondering, has this been a problem for anyone else? Is anyone else bothered by a lack of alphabetization on some pages?
If so, please link me some of those pages so I can reorder them when I feel like doing so.
UPDATE 2/28/22- Check Out Sandbox- Alphabetically Ordering Examples Clean Up
Alphabetizing special cases:
- El Goonish Shive: Place in "E".
- .hack and related articles: Ignore the dot, place in "H".
- ×××HOLiC: Place in "X".
Once examples on a page have been alphabetized, this tag can be added to the top:
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%% This page has been alphabetized. Please add new examples in the correct order. Thanks!
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Edited by Twiddler on Nov 24th 2023 at 6:00:44 AM
the Retromancer
Does Weird Moon really need three identical warnings to be more visible?
TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
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That does seem a little excessive.
(she/her)
Maybe it was a copy paste mishap or something. I'll remove the duplicate notes.
Edited by MacronNotes on Dec 6th 2022 at 10:45:14 AM
Macron's notes
the Retromancer
The edit history says it's intentional, which bothered me anyway.
TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
RE: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15982421300A10166100&page=11
Done the main page.
There was some stuff I wasn't 100% sure how to sort, so I went with what I thought was already there.
I've also taken the liberty of adding comments showing the sorting order (where needed), and dividers for sorts that had more than one category (quite a few of those appear to be sorted by creator, and then work).
EDIT:
- Anime and Manga subpage sorted according to work name (except the last point, which I couldn't figure out how to do, and many of them would need considerable rewriting to sort and be coherent)
- Live-Action films done. I am now three minutes away from cursing the existence of an ordered alphabet, and have a new dislike of method acting.
- Live-Action TV Done.
- Video Games Sorted.
- Western Animation Complete. That should be everything for Development Heaven.
Sorted Heroic Suicide, Godis Evil, and How Much More Canhe Take.
Edited by techno156 on Dec 10th 2022 at 1:33:55 AM
pragmatic scientist
Arbitrary Weapon Range is in need of serious alphabetization.
Humankind is like a train. No matter how powerful the locomotive is, it can only travel as fast as its slowest car allows it to.
The following folders in Pages Needing an Entry Pimp need to be alphabetized:
- Anime & Manga
- Comic Books
- Creators
- Fanfics
- Films — Live-Action
- Literature
- Tropes
- Video Games
lmao
Question since I'm crosswicking for a Web Video work and sorting Web Original examples to other folders where appropriate: Does the "Webcomics" folder come before or after the "Web Animation" folder?
Because, if you take Webcomics as one word, it would go first. I'm not entirely sure about this.
Creepypasta cleanup got two major pages for JTK and Slender
Friends forevermore
Web Animation comes first.
I had a dog-themed avatar before it was cool.
How to Alphabetize Things - "Ignore spaces and punctuation."
lmao
Question, how does one alphabetise the name of a work creator (typically by surname) if there are more than 2 words?
More precisely, would Michael Clarke Duncan be alphabetised under C or D?
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So D it is then. Alright, thank you! ![[tup]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Thumbs_up_emoticon_3268.png "[thumb up]"){kind=small}
Edited by BlackFaithStar on Feb 13th 2023 at 1:13:16 AM
Creepypasta cleanup got two major pages for JTK and Slender
By surname. So the only question is whether "Clarke" is part of his surname. Checking his Wikipedia page, it refers to him as Duncan.
lmao
Just posting to note that this(x6, Pages Needing an Entry Pimp) has been resolved.
- Cast as a Mask needs its examples alphabetized.
Put it in the sandbox.
I know, A Serbian Film is not a trope page, but I wasn't able to find a cleanup thread about alphabetically ordering tropes on media pages.
Someone authorized to edit it (unfortunately I'm not) should maybe take a look at A Serbian Film
writer/producer/director/visionary/troper Ai-Fan The Master Of The Romantic (But Deadly) Drinking Game And Haiku™
the Retromancer
Ask a mod here and be specific which examples should be where.
486-powered rotating frosted cherry Pop-Tart
For a potentially big project like alphabetization, it may be better to sandbox it, then have the mods swap in the sandbox page.
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Why? What's out of order?
I followed Amonimus' advice and a mod solved the problem. Thanks
writer/producer/director/visionary/troper Ai-Fan The Master Of The Romantic (But Deadly) Drinking Game And Haiku™
Uzume's back baby!
I made a query discussing my issue with TheOtherDarrin.Video Games sub page. Unlike the Anime & Manga and Western Animation sub pages for The Other Darrin, none of the examples listed in the Video Game sub page is listed in alphabetical order, making it impossible for people to list or look for examples. It doesn't help that the page hasn't been updated since June 11, with its then-current edit being an example from Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers, and that was 2 weeks ago.
Thank you!
Edited by ToonAbby on Jun 25th 2023 at 9:17:20 AM
"The name's Uzume Tennouboshi! Yeah, it's pretty badass, I know." - Uzume, Megadimension Neptunia VII
Done. But someone else can fix the indentation issues.
Unofficial Wiki Curator for Complete Monster
If a title begins with a hashtag, do we ignore it when alphabetizing?
CM Dates; CM Pending; CM Drafts
Doesn't it just go at the top, similar to what we do for titles that start with numbers and punctuation?
Can I get some help alphabetizing Development Heaven? It'd help me speed along Doing It for the Art's TRS thread.
Edited by FernandoLemon on Dec 5th 2022 at 3:52:01 PM
I'd like to apologize for all this.