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Edited by GastonRabbit on Oct 11th 2024 at 3:20:25 AM
Umh I've never heard of that. I've seen many people including mods like septimus do it too.
"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."Hmm, I could have sworn there was an ATT query recently that touched on that subject, and I thought a mod said something along those lines.
But perhaps I’m misremembering it, because now I can’t find it.
It is forbidden to carry on a discussion about an edit in the edit reasons - such discussion should go to the discussion pages or the forum. But AFAIK, it's allowed to put in a reminder that the example should be discussed elsewhere. The purpose of such a comment is to prevent further discussion in the edit reasons, and to prevent an edit war.
Edited by GnomeTitan on May 18th 2021 at 4:34:53 PM
The purpose of edit reasons is to communicate. Obviously. If there is a need to have an extended conversation, the edit reason should direct people to a Discussion page, forum thread, or Ask The Tropers.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"![]()
I think that is perfectly reasonable, yes.
Since I got no response, I will ask about this
once again.
I decided to TLP an index
for tropes that were created from Trope Repair Shop projects, like Crazy Is Cool, Disco Sucks, and Endearingly Dorky. There was discussion
over whether this index belongs in Main or Administrivia. It was suggested that a moderator should chime in and that this thread should be used to ask which namespace they think this index belongs in.
Also, I hope you don't mind me expressing sympathy for a banned troper. Even if it was for the sake of his mental health, it's a shame that A Guy had to be banned. He made really good points. Ah well.
We haven't discussed it internally. I, personally, don't see the point at all. The index won't help our audience understand the trope better. As a "history of the wiki" thing, I guess it would be Administrivia/, but I don't see much point in collecting that information in one place, anyway. At best, it can be used to show that TRS actually does get things done and isn't always for cutting articles, but I doubt that evidence would actually convince people with that opinion anyway.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.I mean, the same argument could be said for Renamed Tropes if you put it that way. I think the index is useful enough even if it is mostly just a historical record.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallOkay, quick question since this was on my head.
Saying something like "stop or I'll tell the mods" against the rules?
In my opinion, yes (the exact formulation "stop or I'll tell the mods"). It's basically a threat. And you have no guarantee that the moderator will agree with you, anyway.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanI feel like it should be just because of the way it treats the moderators like some weird ‘other’ you tattle on people to.
The mods aren’t a threat you use to get others to do what you want, if people are breaking the rules then holler the mobs, if people are getting close then say “I think this is getting close to breaking the rules, let’s take a step back before the mods have to get involved”, using the mods as a threat contributes to the idea that they’re some kind oppressive force rather than fools the Admins tricked into trying to herd this circus,
volunteers from the community doing their best to help manage the community.
Edited by Silasw on May 19th 2021 at 8:07:13 PM
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranI would just like to point out that Fighteer is once more at the Jim Sterling thread, provoking people and starting fights and generally acting in ways that any other troper would have already been both thumped and suspended from the thread for. People in the thread itself have gotten tired of Fighteer doing this and would like the thread to go back to normal.
His presence in the thread since the last video is pretty much purely a litany of insulting strawmans. He seems to be under impression that anybody anti-capitalist is a full-out tankie and is free game to bash.
Edited by Adannor on May 19th 2021 at 9:03:05 PM
And his behavior on that thread was brought up less than two days ago
and just sort of feel by the wayside without official word of any kind.
Edited by sgamer82 on May 19th 2021 at 11:04:07 AM
It's interesting how the difference between "dogpiled for an unpopular opinion" and "disrupting a conversation" is which side the various participants are on.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"![]()
After considerable pushback to his behavior, but yes. He has said he'll retire from the thread until the next Jimquisition video, i.e. until next monday.
You managed to anger an entire thread thrice, Fighteer. This is hardly a matter of simple opinion.
Edited by OdysseusOfGaming on May 19th 2021 at 3:06:14 PM
And this hasn't exactly been an isolated incident, though at least this time Fighteer didn't try to use his Mod status to shut down all dissent.
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Oh, I'm quite aware, but the supposedly offensive posts I made kicking off this dogpiling were not personal attacks. I just reviewed them. They offended people because they were contrary to their beliefs, and we never promised anyone a space free of criticism or contrary views. The Jim Sterling thread is not the Anti-Capitalism Clubhouse. Go make one over in Troper Covens if you want. I promise I will never touch it.
Edited by Fighteer on May 19th 2021 at 2:10:47 PM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Edited by sgamer82 on May 19th 2021 at 11:14:54 AM
This is getting heated and ugly, and I am both neutral and not involved in this debate.
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Then why comment on it?

Mods have mentioned before that there shouldn’t be ANY conversation in Edit reasons, even things like reminders to go to Discussion.
Eh? I do put warnings to take things to discussion rather than edit warring all the time.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman