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Bumping so the moderators see this thread with all the information gathered instead of the other, longer ones that they may overlook.
Bump X2. Also, the offending troper had the gall to claim that "TV Tropes has poor representation of British Media and failed to present Brit culture in a positive way
", which a ten-second glance over this list can disprove his accusations in an instant.
Bumping as well. This troper seems to be very problematic, with lots of editing problems and a bad attitude about it all. Something should probably be done.
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One more bump just to ensure this gets seen
I apologise for what’s gone on and I will make the necessary amends
Alright, there are two threads dedicated to the same problem Troper and it's getting a little ridiculous, so I'm gonna consolidate everything and file an official complaint.
A troper named DL 32918623 (edit history here
) has been bouncing up this page recently because of a film called Brotherhood and its sequel, of which the pages consisted of nothing but an image that had been tweaked upwards of thirty times. It was reported here
, at which point it became clear that the troper in question had blanked the page in an attempt to move it somewhere else and replace it (instead of using a disambig), only to then leave the blank page while tweaking the image constantly. This was not an isolated incident, as they created multiple subpages
filled with blank folders and a few images. When confronted with this, they complained
(twice
) that the pages had been cut without giving them notice and proceeded to point the finger at pretty much everyone involved, including sending someone a notifier
for removing a page from the index ahead of cutlisting it and outright accusing the site
of not properly representing British culture (as commented below), then created another thread
to help clean up their mess.
There's also evidence that they plagiarized
The Other Wiki in their page for the musician Stormzy; their response
to the accusation suggests that the bio is, in fact, plagiarized, though they’ve now apologized and claimed it was “a mistake”.
Overall, the issues involved include creating stub articles, blanking pages, adding unapproved images, inappropriate notifiers, plagiarism, serial tweaking, complaining when no one else would trope the works they like, opening two separate threads calling for backup to trope pages, being evasive and confrontational when confronted with their issues, and deflecting blame to the site itself for their own mistakes.
Edited by STARCRUSHER99