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Edited by GastonRabbit on Apr 30th 2025 at 11:56:51 AM

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Hi
#15501: Sep 27th 2017 at 7:13:13 PM

[up] ~BURGINABC: Your suspension is for Edit Waring the Love It or Hate It example on YMMV.Yooka Laylee. That is an In Universe Examples Only trope and was not appropriate to add to that page.

BURGINABC Since: Jun, 2012
#15502: Sep 27th 2017 at 8:02:10 PM

Oops, I mistakenly thought Love It or Hate It was classified as an Audience Reaction appropriate for the YMMV page. I guess not.

But wait, how was I edit warring? I don't remember adding the example more than once...

Edit: Wait, was there an edit war already ongoing on that page or something?

If there was, I didn't know about it, I was just listing (what I thought was) an audience reaction that hadn't been listed yet for some reason even though it seemed to be a major pattern in the reviews I'd seen.

Re-Edit:According to the history page, I do seem to have added it twice, but I don't remember doing that intentionally.

I remember in the past I've run into an obscure bug apparently caused by two people clicking the edit button at the exact same time causing the edit lock to fail, so both users are allowed to open the editor at once, and then the second user to click the "save changes" button overrides the first one's edits.

I think I must have went to make another edit (the tweak to the existing Game-Breaker example) at the same time Ferot Dreadnought went to remove the Love It or Hate It example.

Last time this happened to me I received an angry PM as a result of accidentally steamrolling someone else's legitimate edits. That misunderstanding was amicably resolved without moderator action, but this time what I steamrolled was a removal of something I added, which unfortunately looks like an edit war...

In other words, I think this is an unfortunate case of something like The Database Hates Me masquerading as edit warring.

edited 28th Sep '17 10:38:59 AM by BURGINABC

Chardust Since: Feb, 2016
#15503: Sep 27th 2017 at 9:23:27 PM

I would like to appeal for the end of the suspension of my editing privileges. I was originally suspended for poor grammar in a pair of edits in the pages linked to https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/StevenUniverse. I don't remember when I was suspended but it was somewhere between 3 weeks to over a month. I want to apologize for ignoring a warning of my misuse of language while editing that could lead to frustration while reading the edited pages and wish for the return of my ability to edit. I am sorry to take so long for my appeal and wish to know of any other editing mistakes I may have made.

Fighteer MOD Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#15504: Sep 29th 2017 at 6:51:08 AM

~Chardust: Unfortunately, that post itself has problematic grammar, showing that the suspension was merited. We require an acceptable standard of English to edit the English language portion of the wiki. If you want to get other tropers' help proofreading your writing, you may post in this topic. You can also seek advice outside TV Tropes. Regardless, you must demonstrate improvement to be allowed to edit again.

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SeptimusHeap MOD from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#15505: Sep 29th 2017 at 8:05:22 AM

~BURGINABC: OK, I shall unsuspend you. Don't add tropes without reading the trope page, however.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
A wandering user
#15506: Sep 29th 2017 at 9:22:47 AM

This is Luigi, after some days of deep thinking...I've decided that while I'll never give up with my idealism and optimism, I'll now decide to keep the users in the on-topic thread to explain their own worries and I'll try to listen this. No more false promises, I'll do for real this time, from the bottom of my heart, I truly will try for real.

The only good fanboy, is a redeemed fanboy.
RonnieR15 Ronnie from Earth Since: May, 2013
Ronnie
#15507: Sep 30th 2017 at 10:59:34 AM

Hello, I'm not entirely sure why I've been suspended, could you please tell me?

Berrenta MOD Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#15508: Sep 30th 2017 at 12:39:27 PM

~Ronnie R15

You were making redirects in an invalid namespace. There were other issues, like how they're plural redirects. Plural redirects are completely pointless as you can search for the singular form just fine and can always format a link if you want a plural form.

brb1006 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#15509: Sep 30th 2017 at 2:00:49 PM

It's been almost a year since I last checked this thread. Since my suspension, I decided to take a break from Tv Tropes and mostly visited the WDW Magic forums. I had since gotten better compared to how my previous activity on this site and even worked on my spelling errors. I hope someday, I might finally get lifted from my suspension.

RonnieR15 Ronnie from Earth Since: May, 2013
Ronnie
#15510: Sep 30th 2017 at 3:49:07 PM

@ Berrenta: I'm assuming you're referring Mummies; which I already know about, but what else is there?

Berrenta MOD Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#15511: Sep 30th 2017 at 6:36:16 PM

There was also Mama Bears.

RonnieR15 Ronnie from Earth Since: May, 2013
Ronnie
#15512: Sep 30th 2017 at 7:02:46 PM

[up] Well is there anything else? I mean just having two examples and then getting suspended with no warning seems to be a bit much.

Berrenta MOD Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#15513: Sep 30th 2017 at 7:49:36 PM

The main point is that you were creating redirects in an invalid namespace. Specifically, the Trope/ namespace, which doesn't exist.

Redirects to tropes use the Main/ namespace. Originally, users could create redirects, but due to the updated software, users would need a moderator like myself to create redirects for them, as attempting to make a Main/ page, redirect or otherwise, will send you to TLP. We won't accept all redirect requests, though. Redirects to work pages use the same or related medium as the work itself, and those can be made at will.

Are we clear on this?

edited 30th Sep '17 7:51:31 PM by Berrenta

RonnieR15 Ronnie from Earth Since: May, 2013
Ronnie
#15514: Sep 30th 2017 at 7:57:21 PM

[up] So it's just tropes that I can't make redirects for?

Berrenta MOD Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#15515: Sep 30th 2017 at 8:45:00 PM

Pretty much.

You can make redirect requests to tropes in the Locked Pages thread. It's in the FAQ forum, just like this thread.

So if you understand, I will lift your suspension.

RonnieR15 Ronnie from Earth Since: May, 2013
Berrenta MOD Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#15517: Sep 30th 2017 at 9:51:26 PM

Good to hear. Lifting.

seminoles8 Since: Nov, 2012
#15518: Oct 1st 2017 at 10:29:34 AM

Why have I been edit banned? Because I’m not the one who’s edit warring the page, nor have I requested that to happen. It’s actually this troper Sonof Akatosh, who keeps insisting that the page entry for Lizzy should stay listed as being Peet’s wife, despite having no comment that provides any evidence on wether such claim is correct.

Really, how was bringing this up grounds for suspension?

Fighteer MOD Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#15519: Oct 1st 2017 at 1:15:29 PM

It's apparent that you have some kind of mad-on for Lily Peet, which is quite consistent with some of the past behavior that you've been in trouble for. Your comment in the edit history for that article is transparently homo-/trans-phobic. So, we'll be dis-inviting you from our site. Goodbye.

Edit: Turns out you were also a ban evasion sock. We missed it before, but we won't again.

edited 2nd Oct '17 6:36:39 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
jahman Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
#15520: Oct 1st 2017 at 4:02:26 PM

Not suspended yet, I think. I would like for it not to come to that, if possible.

robowil Since: May, 2017 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#15521: Oct 2nd 2017 at 5:11:25 AM

I would like to edit the wiki again. I didn't know I made a mistake, and I want to help complete some pages. I am also willing to add more tropes to the Surf's Up 2 page. Thanks, robowil.

Robowil
SonofAkatosh Since: Jan, 2012
#15522: Oct 2nd 2017 at 6:23:33 AM

Hi, I was recently suspended, can I please know why?

Fighteer MOD Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#15523: Oct 2nd 2017 at 6:33:24 AM

~Jahman: Your suspension is for grammar problems. While I see that you posted recently in the Help with English topic, doing so once is not enough if you are going to keep making errors when you edit the wiki.

Also, don't use the wiki to get proofreading help. This especially means adding commented-out examples. Never do that.

You will remain suspended until you can show, in the aforementioned help topic, that you can write grammatically.


~Robowil: You are using a browser plugin that performs text substitutions. These vandalize any articles that you edit. You must remove all such plugins from your browser or disable them on tvtropes.org if you want to edit.


~Sonof Akatosh: You were also edit warring on Lily Peet. Fortunately, unlike the other troper, you weren't making hateful statements, but the principle stands. If you find someone acting in an inappropriate manner on the wiki, and you can't resolve it through discussion or private messages, bring it to moderator attention. Arguing with them in the article itself is pointless.

edited 2nd Oct '17 6:35:22 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
SonofAkatosh Since: Jan, 2012
#15524: Oct 2nd 2017 at 7:06:01 AM

I'll keep that mind in the future, in which case, may I have my suspension lifted?

Fighteer MOD Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life

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