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openHaving difficulty using the SpoilersOff tool Videogame
Hey, I'm currently working on the subpages for the Criminal Case entry, but I can't figure out how to use the Spoilers Off tool. In particular, I can't figure out how to turn spoilers off for the Nightmare Fuel page. It's mostly using the link that confuses me. Would someone be able to help? ^^;
openFan Disliked Explanation misuse?
- "The Beginning of the End" revealing King Sombra's true personality: a Dastardly Whiplash-esque Big Bad Wannabe. Many felt that this not only failed to fix his Generic Doomsday Villain status, but also ruined what had made him memorable before (i.e., coming across as more of a Blue Oni No-Nonsense Nemesis than the other villains). It didn't help that his tie-in comics (the first FIENDship Is Magic issue and the Siege of the Crystal Empire arc) had already developed him into a complex and still-serious Darth Vader Clone with tons of Worldbuilding, yet were completely ignored in favor of this.
Fan-Disliked, yes. Explanation, no. This is a reveal about x, not an explanation for x. Cut?
openIs this actually less of a ZCE? Music
The Awesome Music entry for Visage simply said that every song of theirs are awesome. Then, a troper decided to make it less of a Zero Context Example by adding specific song names. Except... That's not more context, right? Both examples are referring to a specific set of songs, and neither version actually says anything about them.
Edited by JamesJamesopenOnimusha namespace Videogame
Shouldn't Franchise.Onimusha redirect to VideoGame.Onimusha instead of the other way around? Especially because I don't think there's a second medium, much less a third.
Edited by ACWopenTakarazuka Revue
I think Takarazuka Revue is better with the Creator/ namespace because they're a theater company.
Thoughts?
openShantae: YMMV Question Videogame
I have a generalized question regarding changes.
A user had edited out a YMMV part, citing "being attracted to 16-year-olds is not, never was, and never will be, immoral." While I readd the part citing "personal morals should not cloud a YMMV", where would I need to go if this does go into an Edit War, if it doesn't escalate a one-on-one Flame War?
I've sent the user my reasoning as to why his edit was not a good reason to alter a YMMV portion, citing that other people have their own morals with regards to the problem and that it'd not be in good graces to just use one's own morals, but to instead consider other people. Especially with regards to something as concrete as the age of consent laws, I feel you can't just throw your own morals in when something could potentially be against the law.
resolved Should this be cut? Web Original
Characters.Eight Bit Book Club
Three characters, one has only a ZCE trope, another has three tropes with two being ZCE, and the last one has four with two being ZCE while Ms. Fanservice one isn't an example.
All three have a Character Alignment trope which don't belong on a character sheet, especially as ZCE.
In short, the sheet only has two good tropes (and I think they're barely passable), no character description.
Edited by KuruniopenA question regarding the revert tool
A long time ago, some users were granted access to the revert tool. One of those users was Septimus Heap prior to him being promoted to moderator. Is that still being done today?
Regardless, back when it was done, was that sort of privilege also used to scout out for who might be moderator material in case a position opened up?
Edited by TheNerfGuyopenEdit War in YMMV/StevenUniverseFuture Western Animation
On March 21st, Rebel Falcon added an Unintentionally Unsympathetic example to YMMV.Steven Universe Future. I brought it to the Unintentionally Unsympathetic cleanup thread because it read like a knee-jerk reaction and how it talked about Steven's mental health was rather... bad.
The discussion petered out, and Stage7-4 removed it a few hours later citing "Trope misuse", shortly after coming to the thread further explaining that the entry got worse the more it was edited, and they removed because it was greatly misinterpreting Steven's actions and words.
RebelFalcon re-added half an hour ago with a long, heated edit reason.
open Massive Pinochet apologia
By random chance, I happened to stumble upon the Augusto Pinochet page, checked out the editing history just for curiosity's sake and saw some massive apologia issued by tropers antihero276 and AccursedFans.
Permission to undo?
Edited by Forenperseropen Characterization tags
I've noticed that some tropers are removing Characterization Tags whenever they find them, so I wanted to ask: are Characterization Tags allowed when describing customizable characters (e.g. M!Shep, Fem!Shep, etc) or not?
openDisagreement on Natter
obsidiandice has been removing references to individual chapters in Worm and its subpages out of the belief that it's natter, which I think doesn't track because they serve to contextualize when something happens and doesn't take the form of commentary on the work itself.
openUnable to create pages Anime
I want to create awesome, heartwarming, tearjerker pages on My Hero Academia Movie Heroes Rising but they are not there. Is anyone nice to tell me why can't I do that?
openRestoring Deleted Character page
I'm planning on restoring the Swamp Thing (2019) character page that was deleted. Is that allowed?
openMurder By Numbers Videogame
I was planning to make a page for the video game Murder By Numbers, but there's a film with the same name that has a page. Should I stick it under VisualNovel.Murder By Numbers or VisualNovel.Murder By Numbers 2020?
Someone keeps editing Signature Instrument, even though I'm active and go back to edit all my drafts once a day. I know who it is, but I feel a bit shy about naming names.