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AlirozTheConfused Bibliophile. from Daz Huat! Since: May, 2010
Bibliophile.
#1: Oct 19th 2010 at 7:44:32 AM

I love the ptitle system. It's one of my favorite things about Tv Tropes.

Without it, how would we be able to use punctuation in titles?

edited 19th Oct '10 3:09:08 PM by AlirozTheConfused

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spasticgecko Dat Troper from Maryland Since: Oct, 2011
Dat Troper
#2: Oct 19th 2010 at 12:03:37 PM

I'd like it more if I remembered how to make it work.

HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
Gristknife
#3: Oct 19th 2010 at 12:04:17 PM

What are they?

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Ironeye Cutmaster-san from SoCal Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
Cutmaster-san
#4: Oct 19th 2010 at 12:05:43 PM

Pages with names like this: Ptitle32kl1nkj. They're used for titles that need punctuation. (That one is "Mage: The Ascension", for example.) Fortunately, Eddie is currently working on phasing them out.

edited 19th Oct '10 12:06:17 PM by Ironeye

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Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
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#5: Oct 19th 2010 at 12:06:15 PM

You are insane, Aliroz.

Hungry: They're for titles with punctuation, like His Master's Voice. Note stupid URL.

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Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
"In distress", my ass.
#6: Oct 19th 2010 at 8:45:51 PM

Gecko, couple of ways of doing it, but the easiest is using the special linking code.

[ =~Checkhov's Gun~= ] (spaces added to break the auto-linking) results in Chekhov's Gun, for example.

edited 19th Oct '10 8:46:57 PM by Nohbody

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CentralAvenue Literally A Princess from The Palace of Serenity Since: Sep, 2014
Literally A Princess
#7: Oct 20th 2010 at 8:02:49 AM

Fast Eddie breaks truce with ptitles, vows to exterminate them for the good of the wiki. "Unptitler" weapon rumored to be under construction
6:28 PM Oct 8th via web

Oh, the anticipation...

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Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#8: Oct 20th 2010 at 8:08:51 AM

If it's what I think it is, it has already been done and I applaud wildly: Check the history for Mahou Sensei Negima!: It's All My Fault trope was in that infuriating "ptitle in pothole" format, it's no longer now, yet the change doesn't appear in the history.

One should never have to type a ptitle in the source, except for redirects. Either the ptitle should be in normal ptitle format, or it's a pothole and therefore should not be a ptitle (as per the "no ptitles in potholes" group).

edited 20th Oct '10 8:10:47 AM by Medinoc

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CentralAvenue Literally A Princess from The Palace of Serenity Since: Sep, 2014
Literally A Princess
#9: Oct 20th 2010 at 1:04:46 PM

I think the tweet was referring to this. From what I understand, the idea is to scrap the ptitle system entirely in favor of an automatic substitution using regular Wiki Words for links.

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Ironeye Cutmaster-san from SoCal Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
Cutmaster-san
#10: Oct 20th 2010 at 1:19:35 PM

Yes, that's what the tweet is talking about. Making a working version of that system is currently Eddie's primary project.

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HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
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#11: Oct 20th 2010 at 2:42:09 PM

I like to pronounce it pih-tid-eles.

Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.
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