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Edited by Mrph1 on Mar 29th 2024 at 10:55:20 AM
Hi
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
Not a bad idea. ![[tup]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Thumbs_up_emoticon_3268.png "[thumb up]"){kind=small}
Heh, whereas I kindled a love of typography a few years ago, and now I can’t just read a piece of text without considering the font and punctuation. I’m very sensitive to the minute differences in length between the various horizontal lines. Even or especially when the main difference between unspaced en and em dashes is the minute spacing around the em, as it is in the site’s Helvetica as rendered on my phone.
We used to have such a thread but it became swamped with folks requesting changes to custom titles even though the functionality exists just for that purpose.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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Main.Bibble Bobble was cut for being a main redirect to Administrivia.Bibble Bobble... despite that being intentional, since it was meant to explain why Bibble Bobble showed up on the crowners, and be more easily linkable from the bibbled crowners. There was even a note on the page about it.
I left a note on the discussion page when it was on the cutlist, but it was cut anyway. I guess you can still see the Administrivia page on the redlink page, but still, wish this was further discussed.
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
I asked to restore it in the Locked Pages thread.
Edited by PurpleEyedGuma on Jul 3rd 2021 at 11:29:30 AM
Sounds good on paper (he/him)
I agree that the Main.Bibble Bobble redirect shouldn't have been cut.
Patiently awaiting the release of Paper Luigi and the Marvelous Compass.
I'm helping!
++ to Main.Bibble Bobble being a rare actually-useful namespace redirect.
Trouble Cube continues to be a general-purpose forum for those who desire such a thing.
Sounds good on paper (he/him)
Here's a link to the previously mentioned Locked Pages post.
The Moron
This might not be the place to ask, but is there any reason why MagnificentBastard.Film wasn’t cut? The page has been split between live action and animated movies, so as it stands the page is now stagnant and won’t be updated again, so it’s gonna be outdated fast. It’s not even indexed anymore, so it’s just hanging in the aether
Related second question - should it redirect to something instead if it’s not eligible to be cut?
Edited by STARCRUSHER99 on Jul 4th 2021 at 7:13:40 AM
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Unrelated, but since there's nowhere else to say this, I'll just say that I like today's featured trope. Very clever.
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I like the "Featured Trope" thread idea.
The Moron
Alright, I requested the redirect on the Locked Pages thread citing that response, but is there a reason why it wasn't cut? I assume it's inbounds, but I just wanted to be sure.
I think I'd redirect it to MagnificentBastard.Live Action Films, since the namespace Film refers to live-action films, and live-action films made up the vast majority of the page's examples.
Edited by Twiddler on Jul 4th 2021 at 7:56:31 AM
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
But the Media Category refers to both.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
The Moron
There’s precedent for that redirect with Monster.Film
,: Good points.
Or you disambiguate them.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
That wasn't an abbreviation but a pre-existent term, and nobody has explained why it is harmful. People are too trigger happy with cutlisting redirects, in general.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Oversized Garden Ornament
There are a few abbreviations and acronyms which have become so common and entrenched that they have in a sense become words in their own right. RTFM is one example. PC (in the sense of ”personal computer”) is another. To disallow using them as redirects would be counter-productice.
I assume the ”no abbreviations” rule is aimed at abbreviations used as fan jargon (or, even worse, made up on the spot) which are not common outside of a small community.
Redmess
There are also acronyms which have become so entrenched that people have forgotten that they are acronyms, like laser.
Optimism is a duty.
RTFM is so not on the same level as PC or laser. I highly doubt most people outside the world of tech support have even heard of it.
But whatever, not something I care enough about to pursue.
I'm one of those people who use them interchangeably because I genuinely can't tell the difference.![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]")
This discussion did make me realize that we might be missing a "Custom Title Maintenance" thread to catch issues like these.
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