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We have resolved that a work that would otherwise be a webcomic would be using the Manga/ namespace if it receives an anime adaptation. But does this prevent indexing the work concerned in Main.Webcomics, or one of its sub-lists?
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Hello,
I've been working on the work page of Zebra Girl for a while now. Recently I decided to create a "characters" page for it (here). Since this is the first time I'm doing this, I met two problems, and I seek your wisdom and input in order to improve the pages:
- I moved several tropes to the "characters" page. However, I'm not exactly sure what is the actual policy when it comes to tropes which can be listed both on the main page and on the characters page (for YMMV or Trivia tropes, it's easy, the website itself warns the editor if some of those aren't in the right section). Should I do my best to keep those tropes listed on both pages if possible and writing more detailled examples on the characters page? Should I not bother with listing a trope in the main page if it can be listed on a characters page, or is it the other way around?
- Spoilers. The comic is over 15 years old, and some events of the story affected the plot greatly (namely, Sandra going nuts, becoming an evil and cruel demon and hurting everyone for her own pleasure, including her former friends; it takes a rather long story arc for her to realize what she has done and become The Atoner... kinda. On a side note, the cast page of the webcomic doesn't hide this fact). It is not exactly a Foregone Conclusion, but everything prior to this led to this specific turn of events, and a good part of the tropes refer to this. So I'm beginning to wonder if I should just remove any spoiler tags related to this, in order to make the articles easier to read.
Thank you in advance for your time and advices.
Edited by NonoRobotopenNo Title Webcomic
ComicBook.PS 238 Though in the Comic Book name space, is cropping in Webcomic sections as well. Since it started in print before being going online, which section should it be under?
I only ask because Webcomic.Girl Genius is also an example of something that started in print, but is now online.
Edited by TheUnsquishedopenNo Title Webcomic
I'm worried. Someone removed my Goku versus Superman DMOS for Death Battle. His excuse was that it had too many caps and italics, never mind OTHER tropes doing the EXACT SAME THING. Anyway, I reposted, but removed the italics and the caps, but now I'm afraid he's going to delete it AGAIN. Isn't DMOS supposed to be OPINION? He says my only complaint was that Goku lost, but that is MY right to say if I consider that a Dethroning Moment of Suck, isn't it? And I see lots of DMOS around that are far less specific than mine, and yet he STILL deleted!
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How do we request a title change for a work page, and a redirect, when a serial work changes its name without rebooting into a new series? (The work in question is the webcomic Heavenly Nostrils, which the Go Comics syndicate yesterday renamed Phoebe and Her Unicorn.)
Edited by AliceMacheropenNo Title Webcomic
There seems to be a (sort of) duplication of pages. There's a AxisPowersHetalia.South And Southeast Asia, as well as an AxisPowersHetalia.South And South Eastern Asia. The images used are different, though, and the latter hasn't been indexed.
openNo Title Webcomic
Alice Twilight page blanked Netherworld Chronicles. I suspect this is a creator trying to remove their own work, given that it's pretty much the only one they've ever edited.
openNo Title Webcomic
Okay, I've been wondering about this for a while. Am I the only one who remembers namespace buttons for Referenced by..., Trope Co, and Useful Notes that were implemented for a very brief amount of time a few months ago?
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This is kind of an odd one in that I know what the trope is, and what it was called. I remember there being an opposite trope to Girl on Girl Is Hot called Guy On Guy Is Ew, talking about how since most writers are straight males, girl on girl is more common than guy on guy. Only it seems to have vanished. Was the trope deleted, am I misremembering the name, or is this a case of the Mandela Effect?
(Told to post this here)
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Question about Weblinks Are Not Examples. I've been working on a cleanup of Moonstuck, which is utterly covered with links to comic pages. I know examples that are just links to comic pages need actual examples written for them, but are there any situations in which it is ok to leave the link as a supplement, or should that be avoided?
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I tried to edit a page on [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/Questionablecontent], but whenever I do, someone (Westrim) deletes it because he doesn't think its in-character, when it is. Can someone do something about this?
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Homestuck Has the following text at the end of the description section:
"Homestuck is freely available and there's no barrier to reading it, save for its sheer length, so every single spoiler tag has been removed on every page; even visiting the character index contains spoilers."
Is this actually a policy now? Should I start going through every webcomic entry, or the entry of anything that's "free", and start removing spoiler tags? If not, why is ''Homestuck" different?
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Can a webcomic have Getting Crap Past the Radar as an example? obviously there is no overt radar here (well, its sponsored on hiveworks so presumably does need to stay pg-13, but i digress) in this case (Paranatural) the author chooses to make the comic family-friendly, no one even swears and the main characters are 12, so it is very suprising when he throws in a reference to flipping someone off. However, is it really GCPTR? does a self-imposed radar count?
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- Tear Jerker: Mr. Rexley's wife is killed before his eyes.
Was this only removed from the YMMV page for Anthronauts because Lord Voldemort put it there?
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We have an edit war on the entirety of the Make Your Move article here. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/MakeYourMove
The character page has directly introduced morality despite it being real people, with the actual people involved having an edit war over it. The other pages are edit wars over works these people have made. This has gone on for months. Please delete the article, or at least the character page.
1240 UFP is removing the markings from commented out Zero Context Examples on Zoophobia, without bothering to fix any of the examples.