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open Aliens Never Invented Democracy locked page
Aliens Never Invented Democracy was locked with no explanation, I'm guessing is a bug
open Another Locked Page for the Pile Web Original
This time it's Funny.Markiplier
Do we have a thread or someplace to report these things, because it looks like ATT is getting flooded with them and the 1.8 thread probably doesn't need to likewise be flooded.
open Getting a false "No Real Life Examples" block to editing
So, I was trying to edit the Foreign Queasine page to clarify a few ambiguous statements, but it won't let me save the edits. Any reason for this? If it helps, these are the changes:
- Asterix in Britan example: clarified that the British serve their boar boiled with mint sauce, whereas Obelix eats his "normal" boar spit-roasted.
- Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory: clarified that the Oompa Loompa's food is a mash of caterpillars, beetles and bark, and is regarded as disgusting by the Loompas themselves, as they are Reduced to Ratburgers.
- Witches Abroad: Added that "shark meat tasting like boots and piss" is Truth in Television, because shark meat is high in urea (a key component of urine) and in many species it needs to be blanched out to make it edible.
- Also in Witches Abroad, used brackets to explain that cuisse de grenouille is "frog's legs".
- In the Harry Potter example, used brackets to explain that Bouillabaisse is seafood soup.
- Expanded the "civet coffee" example by explaining that "naturally processed" means "eaten and then excreted".
- Made the Frasier entry have its series link in the open, instead of being hidden behind "the Cranes", added sub-entry noting that Daphne's English cooking in general is hated for being English by everybody bar her family.
- Expanded the lamb's fry entry to explain it's deep fried lamb's testicles.
- Expanded the Fallout entry to list some of the stuff the Wastelanders eat, namely radroach, bloatfly, two-headed cow, and mutant fruits & veggies.
- Exanded the Scooby Do example by explaining crubeens and farl is batter-fried pig's feet and soda bread.
openWMG Grease Film
Every entry on WMG.Grease relates to the movie's cast members, rather than the musical itself. Should the page go on the cut list?
openSwaziland to eSwatini
Took me here from the Locked Pages thread.
As Swaziland changed its name to eSwatini this year, with two videos announcing it, is it okay if we rename it to eSwatini?
Edited by alnair20aug93openLocked Page
Signature Style has gone and locked itself, after I tried to make a minor change (and got told that I was trying to insert an HTML, which is verboten, which I wasn't), and it refreshed itself a couple of times.
openYMMV/Sinestro Print Comic
The YMMV page for Sinestro (the comic book) is currently occupied by YMMV from Sinestro (a self-demonstrating page). In a case where there is both a work page and a self-demonstrating page, which should get the YMMV?
Edited by StrixObscuroopenBeach Episode, plus I Thought it Meant
On the playing with page for Beach Episode, one of the Invokeds was "Let's go to the beach to spot some interesting marine life.", but they Pot Hole'd it to Is That What Theyre Calling It Now. As an asexual science nerd, it kinda irks me to think that some people might not want to literally look at interesting marine life.
Also, I wanted to add something to I Thought It Meant, but noticed the page was locked. Why?
openAwesome Ranma Moments Page Locked? Anime
I was trying to edit the Crowning Moment Of Awesome page for Ranma ½ last night, but it would refuse my edits, saying "you cannot add HTML to the source code". Today, the page is just completely locked. Is this normal?
openEditWar
I edited an example on the Seasonal Rot page because an entry had been made without taking into account a discussion that had already occurred on the YMMV.RWBY Discussion Page, so I put it back to the agreed wording and pointed out the discussion's location in my edit reason. On the YMMV page, only Volume 5 had been agreed and I suggested there that perhaps it should be re-opened to discuss whether or not Volume 4 counted.
However, igordebraga immediately re-added Volume 4 to the entry without taking the entry to discussion.
Edited by WyldchyldopenArchive for FanFiction.Net?
I'm doing a rehaul of FanficRecs.Steven Universe, and I was wondering... Since the Wayback Machine doesn't work with FFN, are there any other places that would archive the stories?
The characters page for Metro 2033 is locked with no explanation.
Edited by borgjones