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gjjones Since: Jul, 2016
2020-05-28 23:45:17

Hello. I was PM'd by Dirtyblue929 about the situation and while I'm a regular on the Star Wars pages, I will admit that there's something strange going on with Thetropemaster101's edits and PMs. I'll add my two cents on the situation.

So, Thetropemaster101 PM'd me about trying to clean up some edits over the past few months, especially on the recap and YMMV pages where I fixed up misspellings and correct some grammatical errors (all of those pertain to Star Wars). A few days ago, I got a puzzling PM where he asked me to add a bunch of tropes to the YMMV pages shortly after I edited the Trivia.Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie page the same way the troper did to Dirtyblue929.

Maybe a reminder might help...?

Edited by gjjones He/His/Him. No matter who you are, always Be Yourself.
WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
2020-05-29 00:13:39

All I can really add here is that Tropemaster and Manny were not the same people. They were close friends, but that seemed to be the extent of it. At least, if he and Manny were the same person, that was never confirmed AFAIK.

Still, their behavior troubles me too.

This is incredibly minor compared to everything else, but tonight they came to the Family-Unfriendly Aesop thread to try and campaign for it to be YMMV with no actual reasoning given, which isn't very relevant except that it just seems to fit with all of their other weird quirks and their general attitude about things- and it did rub the wrong way, as inoffensive as it is in isolation. I'm mostly only bringing it up for the sake of painting the full picture and not leaving anything out.

EDIT: Can't be too certain since I did clear out my inbox at one point, but I vaguely remember having a PM like this too. Not 100% so I could be misremembering or thinking of something else, but yeah.

Edited by WarJay77 Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
MichaelKatsuro Since: Apr, 2011
2020-05-29 00:53:41

If we're listing things he did, he added the non-character trope Off with His Head! to Anakin Skywalker's character page here.

gjjones Since: Jul, 2016
2020-05-29 00:56:02

I just removed it from the page.

Edited by gjjones He/His/Him. No matter who you are, always Be Yourself.
thecarolinabull01 Since: Jun, 2014
2020-05-29 01:11:46

I got a PM too, exactly the same as the OP.

WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
2020-05-29 01:29:52

They also have a Strange IP history and digging into other bits of their forum history reveals an odd tendency for them to just pop up, make vague suggestions while often ignoring etiquette, and then vanish into the aether.

All of these things are minor on their own but add up to a really weird picture.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
2020-05-29 01:31:03

Huh. Seems like they sent these messages to a number of tropers - I'll consult with staff.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Berrenta MOD (Ten years in the joint)
2020-05-29 06:55:13

Thetropemaster is not under a suspension, so if the edits are fine, he should just do them himself.

If he's checking if the edits are fine with everyone, then I could understand why he's doing that.

MichaelKatsuro Since: Apr, 2011
2020-05-29 07:15:21

But if her were checking that, then wouldn't he just do that—check it? And not right away ask people to make the changes?

Fighteer MOD (Time Abyss)
2020-05-29 07:17:33

Based on their PM behavior and history, I am issuing a precautionary suspension.

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