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Berrenta
MOD
(Ten years in the joint)

I would like to report Tropers.Lady Jane Grey due to issues with Handling Spoilers, Parabombing, and Word Cruft. Their edit history
.
I messaged them today regarding the Word Cruft, but not only have they not replied, but they have continued making edits without correcting the mess.
The example I messaged them about is this one added to Casanova Wannabe yesterday
:
* Alito in ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'' tries to charm and romance Katori, ultimately seeing Yuma as a rival for her affection. (Ironically, Yuma [[ChasteHero doesn't see her that way at all]].) His lame, hammy, and sappy attempts fall flat and come off as silly. (Seeing as [[AntiVillain he's a Barian]], it's rather awkward anyway; he doesn't even recognize Yuma as an enemy until ''after'' seeing him as a rival for Katori.)
Parabombing is present in this example. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't parabombing count as Word Cruft? And does it really fit the trope itself?
Another example has to do with Handling Spoilers. On the 23rd of July
, they added this to Literature.Harry Potter And The Chamberof Secrets:
* LeeroyJenkins: [[spoiler:At first, it is assumed that Hermione was petrified because she acted like this, looking for the Chamber alone and unprepared. In truth, the Trope is ''seriously'' subverted. She ''was'' prepared, the reason she wasn't ''killed''.]]
We have improper capitalization, you can't "seriously" subvert a trope, and examples shouldn't be whited out, even if the trope itself remains visible.
Just today
, they added four examples to IneffectualSympatheticVillain.Comic Books:
* The there was Signalman. Supposedly, he was a crook who figured he needed some gimmick to be successful, so taking inspiration from the Bat-Signal, he embarked on crimes where, like the Riddler, he left clues for the hero. But signals just don't grab a fan's attention as much as riddles do, and his costume looked like some kid scribbled all over it. * Calendar Man started out like this. Julian Gregory Day (three puns in one there) committed crimes on holidays with an appropriate theme. (Like dressing as Uncle Sam on Independence Day and robbing historic museums.) And he made really bad puns doing it. Still, in recent years he's become a little more serious and seen in darker stories, becoming a ''little'' better and less of a joke. * Charlie Brown, the notorious Kite Man. ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Not making this up]], this lame ShoutOut even crashed into a tree in one story and yelled "Rats!") Obsessed with kites, he committed crimes with a rocket-powered hang glider, until he was killed off and [[OldShame never mentioned again.]] * One would think that a character designed by legends Bob Kane and Bill finger would be A-list, but the Penny Plunderer was anything but. Joe Coyne (uh, yeah) was a newspaper seller who was fired for stealing pennies, and turned to crime over an obsession for them. But it gets worse. This was the ''original owner of the giant penny'', the one in the Batcave. DC was so embarrassed by this story, they gave it a RetCon that made the villain RetGone, attributing the giant penny to Two-Face and banishing the Penny Plunderer from canon.
Parabombing is present. Additionally, a typo in the first example, which I'm assuming to be "then" instead of "the", makes it come off as natter.
On the 21st of July
, they took the properly indented Sad Clown trope and put it under Non-Ironic Clown as a second-level bullet. Both are ZC Es.
Looking through my messages, I thought I had messaged them about Handling Spoilers, too, but it would seem I messaged someone else about it instead. The message regarding Word Cruft at least still stands.
Edited by TheNerfGuy