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Edited by GastonRabbit on Oct 11th 2024 at 3:20:25 AM
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Worked for me too. Thanks a ton Zuxtron!
Edited by themayorofsimpleton on Dec 13th 2022 at 5:29:18 AM
Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper WallYeah, I'm on my computer now and it seems to be working fine. On mobile was the problem.
I’m gonna put some Gloom in your eye.So I guess it's a cache problem then?
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.
If anyone is still having problems, yes, clearing the browser cache should work. Things are fine for me even without clearing my cache.
Edited by GastonRabbit on Dec 13th 2022 at 4:32:22 AM
I got a rock for Halloween.
Berserk Button: misusing Nightmare Fuel
I don't think this is really worth putting on the TV Tropes Timeline or recording anywhere. It's just a minor technical hiccup that lasted about an hour.
Yeah, it's not on the same level as the hard drive failure, and either way, I've thought for a while that the timeline could stand to be trimmed to remove non-major events. (Though this is just me speaking as a user and not as a mod.)
Edited by GastonRabbit on Dec 13th 2022 at 4:33:22 AM
I got a rock for Halloween.I'm on mobile, which is where the problems are occurring for me.
EDIT: Okay, it's all good now.
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Dec 13th 2022 at 2:36:19 AM
It worked, thanks Zux!
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Yeah, when I said that I was mostly pondering if things would worsen (as in, if it would be bad enough to land in the timeline). Yeah, I know, I shouldn't be pessimist. I am trying to be more optimistic in life.
Edit: Now, I am just curious, anybody has an explanation for what just happened with the site?.
Edited by megagutsman on Dec 13th 2022 at 2:53:02 AM
The admins were making changes to the site's JavaScript and something went wrong. They ended up rolling back the changes for now.
I got a rock for Halloween.It's almost always gremlins.
I didn't choose the troping life, the troping life chose meThe fact that they were changing it at all makes me wonder what they were trying to do. I guess we'll have to see if anything changes.
TroperWall / WikiMagic CleanupMostly it is because they've been busy with other jobs and now they're able to focus more on this project. The near future is going to see mostly "the parents came home after a weekend and started complaining about the kids not keeping the house clean while they've been gone".
If the admins are the parents, does that make the mod team the kids and the tropers the rat’s under the floorboards?
We're more like the older kids that get tasked to watch the little ones while the parents are at work.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"The tropers are the kids, the mods are the babysitters.
Hope shines brightest in the darkest timesBabysitters get paid, though. The analogy isn't perfect.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"The mods are being paid in "exposure". And sometimes, gratitude.
Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.To be frank, my online rep could do without the exposure of being a TV Tropes moderator. A lot of folks don't like me.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Hello, I don't mean to impose here if the mods are already aware of this, but the Cut List is getting pretty backed up and there's a lot of stuff in there. Figured I'd say something in case no one realized it, but it'd probably be a good idea to clear that out before it gets even more filled. Thanks!
Oh, sorry, I didn't realize all the cuts were so recent. Sorry about that, I'll keep that in mind next time I have a concern!
Edited by STARCRUSHER99 on Dec 15th 2022 at 3:24:37 PM
All the cuts were done less than 24 hours so I wouldn't be concerned if it hasn't been a few days. I'll clear some of the stuff out.
Macron's notesI can't come up with a good reason to be concerned about the backlog, and I did see it grow up to a few times longer.
TroperWall / WikiMagic CleanupHello, everyone. We'd like to welcome Twiddler as our newest addition to the mod team!
Macron's notesAyyyyy, that's awesome.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallQuite unexpected even.
(Also should it be announced in ATT just in case for visibility?)
TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup

On a whim I decided to try opening TV Tropes on Google Chrome instead of Firefox. It worked. So I decided it must be a browser thing. So I cleared my TV Tropes cookies/cache on Firefox, relogged in, and now it works.
If you're having problems, try clearing your TV Tropes cookies/cache.
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.