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IDK if I'd lump CM and MB in (they've got a problem with people not understanding their rules and we don't need to attract people to the threads if they're just going to be treating it like a JFF project) but everything else seems like a good idea.
Trope Report should be there too, it's not a complete joke but it's also a more fun way to learn and contribute.
Edited by WarJay77 Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallSince Im new and have little knowledge of the site I would need each of these things explained in more detail but I really like the concept of this idea. Most wishlist queries ask for minor changes but we are much more interested in new pages and even more so in new ways to add content to the site like the Video section.
Keep more ideas like this coming!
The Community Showcase
was removed from tthe sidebar because there was no updates foor years, and Trope Report, which is almost always at Bulletin, already lists recent noteworthy forums.
If you mean to list select Forum Games and JFF pages, it's best to finalize such list first, then come up with where it should be displayed.
TroperWall / WikiMagic CleanupComing up with additional pages to show off parts of the site is cool, but we more so want new pages that allow users to add more content in some way like the video section did.
Edited by kory Now Monitoring Query Bugs and Query WishlistIf we want more new content for users to generate, then I think we will have to come with something new. No ideas on how that's going to work. I don't think there's any real way to encourage more pages to be created at a faster rate either.
Edited by MacronNotes Macron's notesI don't think there's any real way to encourage more pages to be created at a faster rate either
Of course there is and many ideas are already being worked on. Tropes is a very difficult site to use due to lack of instructions and functionality. Such as the TLP not allowing other page types to be made, having to edit urls, no visual editor or formatting toolbar, Welcome and Tutorial pms. etc
Edited by kory Now Monitoring Query Bugs and Query WishlistI mean, I don't really see how that's going to dramatically increase how many pages get created. However, that's just something that we'll have to gauge over time.
Macron's notesYou don’t see how explaining how the site works to new users and a visual editor and formatting toolbar to make the extremely confusing markup instantaneous won’t increase pages created? Genuinely confused by that statement. But yes we will see over time how much it improves.
Now Monitoring Query Bugs and Query WishlistI said dramatically. I see new users make new pages every day. I personally don't think it's that hard to figure out if you really want to make content here. I do agree that those features would make editing easier though of course.
Macron's notesWell what you and the other trope veterans personally feel is biased because you’ve been using the site a long time. As a new user myself tropes is a very confusing site to use and many things are difficult to figure out. Obviously it’s all possible, but we have to cater to everyone, not just the most passionate or smartest users, but the slowest ones as well. :)
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I heard that apparently the owners what tropers to think big about suggestions, so I'll try. I couldn't think of any additions to the more work side of things that weren't just minor fixes and weren't already mentioned.
Y'know that part of the sidebar that showed fanmade content about TVT like that webcomic which explored tropes in the form of comic strips, or that TV show? How about that, but instead for projects within the site? CM, MB, Trope Pantheons, Self Demonstration for both characters and tropes, maybe even Encounters if that starts up again!
Other things included could be popular forum games about tropes, like the one where you guess which trope page an image belongs to or the more well known Crappy Image Pickin' where tropers pick out joke images for tropes. In terms of pages, there are many Just-For-Fun pages out there that are filled with many jokes.
In a nutshell, basically a place that shows off the more fun side of TVT.