This is the thread we use to talk things over with people who have received a suspension notice. A lot of the time the notice goes out just so we can explain how seriously we take certain things, not because we want the person to feel bad and go away.
If you're suspended, give What to Do If You Are Suspended a read, then post here to begin your appeal. We try to respond to appeals in order via batch posts every few days. If a moderator has responded to your appeal, you will receive a notification in your private messages, even if you're suspended from PMs.
The Forum Rules
apply here.
Don'ts
- Don't be rude. Rule 1 applies here, too.
- Don't try to negotiate your suspension outside of this thread, such as by sending Private Messages to moderators or posting elsewhere. Such activity may be thumped or otherwise removed, and may warrant an additional suspension block if it keeps happening. All communications have to take place within this thread.
- Don't respond to other suspended users. This is a place for you to discuss your suspension, not others'.
- Don't post multiple times about your appeal if it hasn't been a few days since your last reply from us, since it makes it more difficult to compose responses. If you've posted, we're likely looking at it, and kindly request you to be more patient.
- Don't make another account to try and get around your suspension. This is called ban evasion and will get you bounced. (Again, read What to Do If You Are Suspended if you don't know what these words mean.)
Edited by Synchronicity on Jul 15th 2023 at 11:35:01 AM
vigilantly taxonomish
That was refreshingly straightforward. Goodbye.
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I don't understand why I'm being ignored.
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
>@Justin - I don't think you quite understand what I'm saying. It doesn't matter how wrong the other guy was or if he was breaking the rules, too. That only works in preschool.
If someone else won't stop edit warring, then you let the staff know, either via PM or through Ask The Tropers. Someone else breaking the rules is not an excuse for you to do the same.
I didn't think bringing staff into an argument as stupid as this was a good idea.
I never even knew that tv tropes had rules. Can I please edit again?
Cutmaster-san
@rodney: We're reluctant to overrule The Fast One, and he probably missed your earlier posts.
@Justin: If you don't bring the staff in, it just turns into a endurance match for who can be the most stubborn. That's no way to get good work done.
@kirbystarwarrior: Can you explain why "I don't find them heartwarming" doesn't count as an acceptable reason for deleting entries?
I'm bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me.
Ravenous Sophovore
@Magnum 12: I looked into the history, and it does seem to be that we had a misunderstanding. Please use edit reasons next time you do the actual work, okay? Not everyone is going to know what is going on when something is seemingly deleted.
Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.
Still waiting for a decision. My appeal's on page 18.
I serve at the pleasure of President Pritchart.
I just didn't think they were heartwarming. The entries I deleted were (In my view) funny instead of heartwarming, or just pointless to put on it. And like I said before, I didn't know tv tropes had rules, and boundaries besides deleting pages as a whole.
Cutmaster-san
You are aware that "heartwarming" is subjective, yes? Just because you don't find something heartwarming doesn't mean that it objectively isn't.
I'm bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me.
@Ironeye And I didn't know that. I didn't know the heartwarming entry was subjective until now. Like I said before, I don't know the rules of tv tropes.
Cutmaster-san
Alright, I've let you back in. Make sure to go ahead and read the rules—you're not going to get a third chance.
I'm bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me.
Hi, I cant edit anything for some reason. I think I might have mispelled something somewheres or used improper grammar. It is also possible someone didnt like my Naruto review. Please help so I can keep contributing. Thanks.
Ravenous Sophovore
According the the ban notice, you were banned for being a vandal. Sound familiar?
Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.
I think the last thing I did was write character descriptions for K On or something similar- they were apt descriptions you must admit. Someone disagreed and banned me on the spot instead of telling me why they thought why my description was wrong. I did not use bad language so maybe I didn't dot a t. Ive watched a lot of K On though so I'm not a newb to the manga. Weird.
Hello
I just found out editing has been turned off for me.
Is there any reason why? I have no idea why it was.
The last few posts I made were rock less springtime of youth's YMMV page and Internet backdraft/politics
edited 7th Apr '12 12:52:36 PM by anoni
You were edit warring and removing tropes from a YMMV page.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
@shimaspawn
edit waring? or were you talking to the troper above me?
I really wasn't informed of any reason why my editing was shut off. All it said was "Sorry, Editing has been turned off for you." This is the first time it's happened for me
I didn't remove any tropes on a YMMV page, and I don't know what edit waring is. But if I get my editing ability back I'll make sure not to do it again
edited 7th Apr '12 3:05:38 PM by anoni
if that's not what I got my editing shut off for, what was it then?
Hello, I think I've been suspended, owing to the fact that I keep getting a message saying "Sorry, editing has been turned off for you."
Other than that, I've received no particular warning, or ultimately a reason for exactly Why I seem to have been suspended. Why was I suspended? I would like to appeal this.
Particularly because I was given no reason or warnings or something. I haven't been involved in any ugly flame wars.
I have received a PM about adding too much to "The Sociopath", which admittedly was way to much info and should have been in notes, but none of this was a warning about suspension.
In general I do tend to make long entries, but my general idea was that if people didn't like it or think it was up to standards, it would just be removed (its not like I fought to keep anything in).
Please, I haven't been fighting anyone and would *gladly* follow the admins reprimands, its just that I was never specifically reprimanded or warned about anything in particular. If I had been, I'd follow whatever instructions I'm given. I'm not looking for trouble, just a guy who likes his TV shows.
Lost in Space
@arcsin: Does this look familiar, in respect to Characters.KOn? "but gradually gets reduced to a pedophile who stalks the girls and forces them to dress up in fetish clothes. Is possibly a lesbian."
Oh, and Characters.Sora No Otoshimono: "The typical boring high school student who just wants a quiet life. Slightly differentiated from every other harem lead by the fact that instead of being a celibate virgin, he's actually perverted. The only problem being that he's not perverted as in lovable leech pervert, he's perverted as in registered sex offender pervert."
So, yeah, what in balls made you think those were ever the kind of edit we'd want on this wiki? I'm honestly not sure why Eddie even allowed you to post to appeal; I suppose there's at least a slight chance that you were genuinely ignorant instead of a deliberate troll...
@anoni: I'm going to guess it was adding back They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot to YMMV.Digimon Xros Wars The Young Hunters Leaping Through Time, although I'll be honest, it looks like there was a lot of edit warring over that, and Eddie didn't say precisely which thing he suspended you for (something he needs to work on). I'll help check.
@Remember5th O November: Ah yes, you. I had to cut something like 10 paragraphs of prattle from The Sociopath, most (but not all) of which you added. I wanted to talk to you about it. I think you misunderstand what we're here for — we want to talk about tropes and their use in media. We don't want to engage in pages and pages of psychoanalysis better suited for a research paper. Nobody wants to read that. Okay? Promise to lay off and I'll restore your privileges.
edited 7th Apr '12 8:20:04 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
@Fighteer
Really? I thought he removed They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot because it wasn't explained why it was a waste of a good plot. So I explained why people feeled that way. Thank you for checking up on it.
edited 7th Apr '12 8:05:11 PM by anoni
Lost in Space
Well, for lack of a decent explanation why, you're off the hook. Restored, with apologies.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Still waiting.
I serve at the pleasure of President Pritchart.
Yes, I won't do that again. Even I gaped at the page when I was done and realized it was far too long, I just figured the mods would delete it if it broke rules (which they did, and I didn't fight to restore it or something). I'll keep things shorter and descriptive.
