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Fighteer MOD (Time Abyss)
2018-03-14 13:34:51

The only official namespace for our users' private pages is Tropers/, full stop.

TroperWall/ is something unofficial that cropped up when we locked Tropers pages to anyone but their owners, due to some rather vicious vandalism. We don't "support" it, but we have no problem with it. Anything else is subject to being cut at a whim if it contains content that violates our rules or good taste.

For example, I've seen a lot of Characters/ subpages for tropers, which they use to describe their OC's and stuff. The fact that this kind of self-indulgence makes me want to puke aside, it causes the wiki software to treat wicks from those pages as if they were legitimate instead of part of a Troper page (wicks from the Tropers/ namespace aren't counted). It's also a technical violation of our rule that Unpublished Works be documented in Darth Wiki.

So, no, please do not stash your original writing as subpages of your Tropers page. That's right out. Use Google Drive or something. We also don't care about how clever your personal quotes are; that's just Troper Tales in a different hat. Either you're quoting yourself (vain, much?) or you're quoting your work, which should go in an article for that work or violates the Unpublished Works rule.

Edited by Fighteer "It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
WhirlRX Since: Jan, 2015
2018-03-14 15:20:49

So Sandbox is also a no go?

Zyffyr Since: Apr, 2010
2018-03-14 15:37:51

A Sandbox is potentially a different thing. It really depends on what you are using it for.

DracMonster Since: Jan, 2001
2018-03-14 16:47:56

Sandbox should be ok. It gives you a workspace for rough drafts that you don't have to keep cutlisting.

Edited by DracMonster
Fighteer MOD (Time Abyss)
2018-03-14 18:59:57

Sandbox is sandbox. It's there to draft articles or play around, and articles in it can be deleted whenever, so it's not a big deal. Which is not to say you can store all your OC's and auto-erotic troper tales in a Sandbox matching your handle and expect nobody to notice.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Someoneman Since: Nov, 2011
2018-03-14 19:08:49

I noticed some tropers have Darth Wiki pages. I'm assuming this isn't kosher.

The pages are Spiri Tsunami, Snicklin, and Mr Brownstone

Fighteer MOD (Time Abyss)
2018-03-15 16:00:16

I suppose you can message them asking them to preserve the content if they want to keep it, then cutlist them. I wouldn't prioritize it over other cleanup efforts, though.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
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