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Edited by Mrph1 on Mar 29th 2024 at 10:55:20 AM
Lost in Space
Option 1 has been executed as requested.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Susjection!
Can one of the mods unhook the crowner on the image suggestions thread? It's a month old and all the =/> 2:1 suggestions have been added.
Hi
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
That would've been nice to know when it happened. :-/ It's been closed and unhooked.
This TLP is one for an already-existing trope, and is entirely blank otherwise. It was likely created by an inexperienced troper hoping to promote their online animation. It needs an early discard, and probably a check on the people who hatted it.
Edited by GoldenCityBird on Oct 16th 2021 at 6:10:34 PM
TRS Wick Cleaning
The Moron
Another random question - does the typical text format work in Hollers? For example, if I'm hollering one post but I link to another in the holler text like so, does it show up like that on the other side?
Edited by STARCRUSHER99 on Oct 16th 2021 at 4:37:29 AM
Lost in Space
Yes, Hollers accept standard markup.
Edited by Fighteer on Oct 16th 2021 at 4:42:34 AM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Lost in Space
I've discarded and locked that junk TLP. The two tropers who hatted it were its sponsor (SuperLH) and sebastian36, who doesn't seem to have any relationship.
~sebastian36: Is there any particular reason you added a hat to that thing?
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Goku Black
So mods can tell who hats something on tlp.
Always thought it wasn't possible .
"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."
I'm helping!
It's a recent change.
Trouble Cube continues to be a general-purpose forum for those who desire such a thing.
Hey I know it's Sunday, but could y'all please deal with Autistic Kid 2003? As stated in this ATT, they're editing up a storm and making a mess of the wiki, changing images all over the place, serial tweaking like crazy, and gushing on main pages, among other things.
Lost in Space
So what do people think of flat-out blocking any account that declares a mental disability in their username? Anyway, got that one.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Professor Gigachad
That seems like a bit much I don't understand why people would put that in their username though.
CM Sandboxes, MB Sandboxes
A procrastination in of itself
While a strait up block probably isn’t needed I do wonder if the “What to do if you’re suspended” page should include a note that autism and similar conditions don’t make people exempt from the rules.
I don’t expect anyone to actually read such a note, but it might help by enabling the mods to go “As the What To Do If You’re Suspended Page Says, while we’re welcoming to everyone here you don’t get to break the rules or ask for extra chances just because you have a Neurodiverse condition”.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Lots of coffee
I know it's probably a joke,, but as somebody who used "autistic" in her username on other sites because I am autistic and it heavily contextualizes me interests... let's not ban people calling themselves autistic in their username, please.
Honestly that should just go without saying.
Edited by mightymewtron on Oct 17th 2021 at 4:23:30 AM
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Agreed with mightymewtron. Not every person that does this will be acting in bad faith—that’s correlation, not causation.
Lost in Space
I find that there is a definite correlation between misbehavior and usernames that include the words "fan", "trope", etc., plus declarations of neurodivergence. Anyway, I was mostly joking.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Oversized Garden Ornament
(Nevermind)
Edited by GnomeTitan on Oct 18th 2021 at 10:47:11 AM
Can a mod take a look at this ATT query regarding an edit war on Metroid - Samus Aran? The troper in question is displaying some concerning behavior, culminating in creating a new account for the following stated reason:
Discarded and Feeling Blue
Speaking of ATT, there's a lot of queries over there that need a mod's involvement to get them resolved. Many of them have been up for at least 3 days at this point, and they're getting pretty big.
Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
I remember asking for a holler button in ATT but one of the mods vetoed it.
That's a shame, since it's situations like this where they would have come in handy.
Lots of coffee
Well, mod inactivity would affect the ability to check Hollers and ATT anyway.
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Discarded and Feeling Blue
The holler system is pretty ass anyway, so I don't want to add to the clutter by also having everyone holler about every single ATT report.
There's like 2 crowners over at TRS I've been trying to get hooked and neither crowner I've sent has been seen, so, yeah... I'm not blaming the mods here (like I said, the holler system kinda sucks and they're bombarded with hollers constantly so it's an issue), but I am saying that my faith in the holler system isn't the best and I'm not sure if it'd help anything for ATT.
Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
Thanks Fighteer, I assumed the previous threads were locked but still figured one would specify that when closing a duplicate, especially when the other threads were closed for something this thread did not allow. I get why a positivity-only thread has its own issues though.
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.