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This thread is for requesting edits or unlocks to Locked Pages or for requesting locks. It can also be used for technical requests to moderators such as:

  • creating new pages in the Main/ and other restricted namespaces without going through Trope Launch Pad
  • moving discussion pages
  • moving reviews

Please keep the following guidelines in mind:

  1. Check Locked Pages and Permanent Red Link Club first. They can provide guidance on what are good and bad requests.
  2. Include working links in your request to the page(s) in question.
  3. If asking for edits, state your changes exactly as they should appear on the page, including proper Example Indentation, namespacing, and pothole and quote formatting. And make sure that what you want to add is actually a valid example.
  4. We do not edit archived articles, even to correct links.
  5. If you need to have the capitalization of a page title or namespace of a work fixed, ask here.
  6. If you need to remove a ghost wick, go here.
  7. To request a page to be moved along with its history, go here.
  8. The Complete Monster and Magnificent Bastard tropes aren't currently adding or removing examples. Wick changes and other minor corrections to the locked trope pages can be made via this thread, but more significant changes will be declined.
  9. Inappropriate pages that keep being recreated, pages banned under The Content Policy and subpages that are disallowed (like Headscratchers pages for tropes) are valid reasons for requesting page locks.

NOTE: Edited with OP's permission.

Edited by Mrph1 on Oct 22nd 2024 at 8:06:39 PM

borgjones Since: Mar, 2018
#19851: Jan 8th 2019 at 11:14:57 AM

Is it possible for the Robin Thicke page to be unlocked? The furor about everything seems to have died down, and I unknowingly made an informative page for him in the Creator namespace without knowing it.

ACW from Arlington, VA (near Washington, D.C.) Since: Jul, 2009
#19852: Jan 8th 2019 at 11:20:45 AM

Mods can't edit locked pages? That could be problematic [lol]

SomePerson Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
#19853: Jan 8th 2019 at 11:56:05 AM

On UsefulNotes.The Great Comics Crash Of 1996, paragraph 10, the phrase, "demanded they be 'adult' and taken death seriously" should use take instead of taken.

Have you seen my comic yet?
ACW from Arlington, VA (near Washington, D.C.) Since: Jul, 2009
#19854: Jan 9th 2019 at 8:23:24 AM

A few minor rewrites when you can edit locked pages again.

Film K To R:

  • The Rock: Captain Frye and his henchman Captain Darrow attempt to extort money by threatening San Francisco with VX nerve gas. While their superior, Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, wants to distribute the money to families of soldiers whose deaths went unrecognized and without compensation, they only want it for themselves and deliberately provoke a massacre of a Navy SEAL team just because they like killing. When it becomes apparent Hummel is bluffing, they act swiftly to remove Hummel from command and eventually kill him while proceeding with the attack. Even when it becomes apparent they've lost, Frye and Darrow try to send a rocket at the city armed with poison gas to kill every civilian they possibly can and provoke the army into killing the 81 tourists they have locked in Alcatraz to ensure a lack of witnesses.

Video Games A To K (EXA_PICO tree):

  • Ciel nosurge: Revelt, head of Tenmon, one of the two leading groups of Ra Ciela, in actuality is one of their biggest problems. Building himself as a man for the people due to his technology, Revelt has always wanted to be in the top and would use any means necessary to get there. Separating his own daughter Nay's body and soul to place Ion, a girl with more potential, in her body, endangering Ra Ciela as a side effect. He would then train her to become the perfect candidate for the next empress of Ra Ciela, through years of physical and emotional torture. He then forced his other daughter Renall to befriend Ion and betray her if she ever tries to disobey. Once Ion is ready to be made Empress, Revelt started making deals with other antagonists in order for Ion to gain support and make herself look better to the people. Once Ion began to resist Revelt's hold on her after realizing his true actions, he decides to drop all formalities and starts using force. When Ion and her friends fight back, Revelt ultimately decides to screw over his people by trying to use song magic to teleport himself and his followers away from Ra Ciela to a new planet while leaving it to be destroyed, and then guaranteeing its end when he shot down Dr. Clacket, the only person who knows how to save Ra Ciela, and forced him to perform a Heroic Sacrifice to end Revelt. A selfish, ambitious man, Revelt destroyed his own home just because society didn't follow him.

Edited by ACW on Jan 9th 2019 at 11:23:37 AM

Levitator Since: Mar, 2017 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
#19855: Jan 9th 2019 at 12:49:08 PM

Can you unlock Captain Marvel YMMV here? There was some drama, but not enough to justify a cut.https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/YMMV/CaptainMarvel2019

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#19856: Jan 9th 2019 at 3:46:05 PM

No. We are establishing a policy of hard-locking all YMMV articles for upcoming major works. The misuse is just too great.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
ACW from Arlington, VA (near Washington, D.C.) Since: Jul, 2009
#19857: Jan 9th 2019 at 4:13:37 PM

[up] Is that new? I don't recall that before.

Anyway, at Fan Works, at Crossovers, for Gravemoss, please change "Hrothbert of Bainbridge, aka Bob" to "Bob the Skull"

Lymantria Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph from Toronto Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph
#19858: Jan 9th 2019 at 5:00:28 PM

[up][up] When was that decided on?

Join the Five-Man Band cleanup project!
nombretomado (Season 1) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#19859: Jan 9th 2019 at 5:05:03 PM

We have not made this a posted formal policy. However, a repeated, demonstrative need for it has been making for so regular a practice it has become hardly distinguishable from such.

Lymantria Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph from Toronto Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph
#19860: Jan 9th 2019 at 5:18:39 PM

What incidents resulted in its creation?

Join the Five-Man Band cleanup project!
nombretomado (Season 1) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#19861: Jan 9th 2019 at 5:39:28 PM

Captain Marvel, Infinity War, Super Smash Bros Ultimate are the most recent cases I can think of.

Klavice (Elder Troper)
#19862: Jan 9th 2019 at 6:53:24 PM

Can a mod lock all the Woobie pages for this thread so we can tell what examples have been approved and which have not?

The thread in question: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15391212720A38366900&page=1

naturalironist from The Information Superhighway Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
#19863: Jan 9th 2019 at 6:58:46 PM

I posted this in the Woobie thread but never got a response- how was the decision made to give The Woobie the Complete Monster treatment? Is the misuse that extensive that edit locks are necessary?

"It's just a show; I should really just relax"
nombretomado (Season 1) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#19864: Jan 9th 2019 at 6:58:57 PM

Just to be clear - you're asking for all The Woobie subpages to be locked on a...temporary basis, while you do the initial clean-up? Or permanently, as in Magnificent Bastard and Complete Monster?

Klavice (Elder Troper)
#19865: Jan 9th 2019 at 7:15:27 PM

Tropers are adding Complete Monster characters to Jerkass Woobie. So yes I would say the misuse is pretty prevalent. And yes, the lock would be temporary.

Edited by Klavice on Jan 9th 2019 at 7:17:19 AM

Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#19866: Jan 9th 2019 at 9:49:06 PM

Just an edit for Fallen Creator with an entry that needed some factual corrections:

  • An earlier example for Star Wars is Kevin J. Anderson. At the time of publication, his Jedi Academy Trilogy was well received, (plus creating a huge part of the EU), he was riding high on his Tales of the Jedi comics for Dark Horse, he was heavily involved in reference books such as The Illustrated Star Wars Universe and the original Essential Guide series and he edited the still-popular Tales From anthology collections. Following this, Anderson wrote the critically panned Darksaber, widely considered one of the worst Star Wars novels. Anderson soon became involved with the Dune'' novels, penning multiple novels with Brian Herbert that were loathed and panned by critics and fans alike. Nowadays, he is far more well known for his later failures than early successes.

Edited by Lightysnake on Jan 9th 2019 at 9:50:03 AM

miraculous Goku Black (Apprentice)
Goku Black
#19867: Jan 10th 2019 at 12:47:46 AM

So this is an interesting question. Was permission ever granted to actually do said cleanup on the Woobie pages as I don't think it was ever asked for and the cleanup just.....began without the question of whether its actually needed at all. I don't think a page lock like that can happen due to the sheer number of pages as well as the fact (Dozens. Possibly a hundred) that this cleanup thread wasn't actually agreed upon beforehand first on whethe it's actually even needed at all.

Edited by miraculous on Jan 10th 2019 at 2:39:21 AM

"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."
Klavice (Elder Troper)
#19868: Jan 10th 2019 at 9:43:29 AM

I didn't realize you needed permission. I apologize. But at the same time, the fact characters like Lotso are being listed under Jerkass Woobie when they were never meant to be sympathetic is an easy reason for why the cleanup was needed. If the pages aren't locked, that is fine, but I feel this cleanup was necessary, if only so we don't have every single character ever as a woobie regardless of their backstory. I am simply trying to do my part.

Edited by Klavice on Jan 10th 2019 at 1:33:29 AM

nombretomado (Season 1) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#19869: Jan 10th 2019 at 11:17:03 AM

Locked pages glitch should now be fixed. We will catch up shortly.

ACW from Arlington, VA (near Washington, D.C.) Since: Jul, 2009
#19870: Jan 10th 2019 at 11:34:46 AM

Just make sure that the italics around Dune are closed.

Edited by ACW on Jan 10th 2019 at 2:34:52 PM

crazysamaritan NaNo 4328 / 50,000 from Lupin III Since: Apr, 2010
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
#19871: Jan 10th 2019 at 1:01:57 PM

Please move the contents of Literature.Liar to Main.Liar.

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
ACW from Arlington, VA (near Washington, D.C.) Since: Jul, 2009
StarSword Captain of USS Bajor from somewhere in deep space Since: Sep, 2011
Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#19874: Jan 10th 2019 at 4:07:26 PM

Headscratchers.The Flash 2014 got locked for being too big and needing a split. I made a sandbox splitting the folders between season, and Septimus told me to bring it up here. The idea is to put each season on its own page, and have the main page just be the links.

Edited by Discar on Jan 10th 2019 at 4:09:04 AM

Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.
wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#19875: Jan 10th 2019 at 4:24:01 PM

[up][up]Add to that Sold Their Soul For A Donut and Sold Their Soul For A Doughnut.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.

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