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I've finally psyched myself into making a profile page, but belatedly realized that I have no idea how to go about doing so— I've checked the 'basics' page and searched through earlier questions, but I just can't seem to find the answer. If it's not too much trouble, I could use a hand...
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I have a couple of additions to indexes to propose.
Should Unacceptable Targets be added as a self-censorship trope alongside Too Soon on the Censorship Tropes index? I tried throwing this in the discussion page, but it got lost in the noise, I guess.
While the Reincarnation page doesn't have much focus on the religious aspects of the trope, should we add it to the Religion Tropes index anyway?
Sorry if this shouldn't go here, but in my mind messing with the indexes is a Big Thing.
openNo Title Literature
Anyone familiar with The Crystal Star feeling up to, well, fixing it up a bit? I've never read it myself, but there seems to be a consensus that it's pretty bad. However, the page's description really seems like a Take That! to the book, and doesn't provide much information other than that the page's writer thought that it was bad.
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Oh man. I don't know what I've got myself into.
I just made the Goal in Life page, and I have no idea how to find all the examples necessary to make it respectable. Considering how widespread it is, I have to ask your help with this one. Again, because I suck.
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So, I've decided to make a Contributor page for myself, and as such, I decided to make a forum post. When I click the link from the handle though, I get redirected to the page for The Pretender, the TV show. After that, I decide to make a page through the Wiki Sandbox, which made a new page, but it still seems to be linked to the tv show's page.
In short, I was wondering if anyone can help me with making a Contributor page that is not connected to the show's page (so that way I don't make an edit that causes catastrophe)?
Edited by ThePretenderopenNo Title Live Action TV
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/el.php?findfor=theschwab34
and his newly recruited friend https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/el.php?findfor=Confession0791
Can someone tell this guy to stop inserting incorrect trope usage into an article just because he ships a certain pairing?
He can't tell the difference between BST and UST, or how the tropes are being played with, won't bother reading the entries that clearly explain why the entries are, re-edits the article every time it's changed back to the correct version.
Then he goes off to start wikilawyering here
accusing people of bias, which is silly, since myself and the other guy who have done most of the edits on the show have been trying to get the show to qualify for Trope Overdosed and rejecting a trope because of a "bias" wouldn't help that goal.
openNo Title Film
Edit War ongoing on the Serenity page on the use of God-Mode Sue. Myself and another troper are arguing over the content, and I've requested that the other troper take the issue to the talk page instead of engaging in an edit war. The other troper appears to be ignoring this appeal despite the fact that I created a topic on the page in question. I've pulled the entire entry because we keep arguing over it, and requesting moderation to sort this out.
Edited by ZaptechopenNo Title
Alex Sora 89 was asked halfway through March by myself and Mr Death on his contributor page to stop adding angry natter on pages. He proceeeded to boast about having done it just recently.
I checked some of his recent edits, and it seems about half of them contain Word Cruft (especially in the form of How Did We Miss This One) or natter. A lot of the edit reasons seem to imply he's aware of it, too. He added himself
in It's All About Me (main namespace), writing about how he loves to talk about himself while editing the wiki. He's also been creating redirects without asking anyone for permission (such as Paint The Villain White
and Self Demostrating Article
).
Maybe he should be banned temporarily to get his attention and make him realise he has to agree to at least some rules.
Edited by KerrahopenNo Title
Why is Serious Mode redirecting to Let's Get Dangerous!, when Humor Mode's description has it, itself, Sincerity Mode and Sarcasm Mode as contrasting/comparable "tones of text-talking tone"?
openNo Title Western Animation
I would like to introduce a new series and am a little unsure of how to put it on. The Series is called "Zula Patrol", which is -quoting from its website-:The Zula Patrol, a 3D/CG animated children's show, is designed to entertain while promoting an understanding of science and astronomy through engaging character-driven stories, which focus on specific educational science learning objectives. In every episode of The Zula Patrol, the characters demonstrate inquiry-based learning and critical thinking skills. They also model inquisitiveness, observation, self-reflection, and social experiences that encourage collaboration, teamwork, and an excitement for scientific exploration and problem solving.
The Zula Patrol television show is a part of Zula's Pre K - 3rd Grade curriculum titled Zula's Exploration Mission Modules and Afterschool Program titled Zula's Afterschool Discovery Program. Both the school and afterschool programs provide all materials needed for children to view and discuss an episode of The Zula Patrol, read a similarly themed book, complete a similarly themed hands-on activity, and go online to Zula World.com for a technology-based exploration of the program topics. "-www.zula.com/main.php
What the website does not mention is that for every new science principle that they introduce, they break at least one scientific principle.
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jjliang
seems to have a bad habit of making entries with the title of a work in ptitle form, and any character names replaced by underscores. One example from Victoria's Secret Compartment:
- * Disney's Ptitledztlyey0hfvu has the scene where ____ is seen pulling out a dagger to protect herself from the villain's henchmen. Where does she actually keep her dagger in the first place? Her bikini?
I've sent him a couple PM's, but he hasn't responded.
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The Headscratchers page for DeviantArt is like one big list of pointless complaints, with only about 30% being Fridge Logic. Could someone clean it up? I'd do it myself but I'm busy today.
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How does one search by username? Can I do it to myself? Does it only work for main wiki edits, or does it include Remember that show et.al.? If I had made posts on Remember that show about a month ago and don't want to edit-find through the archives, how might I find those posts?
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It makes me scratch my head - is the trope name Get a Hold of Yourself, Man! should be "Get A Hold Of Yourself" Man or Get A Hold Of Yourself, Man! ?
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If a page lists a YMMV trope, but the word "in-universe" is in the line (I think "invoked" also works), it doesn't have the red circle or prompt you to move it when you edit the page. Should we give "Word of God" the same functionality? If the creator explicitly states something, then the example itself isn't YMMV (though the trope may still be); it refers to the writer's opinion and is saying "this is what they said" rather than "this is a fact about the work". Am I understanding it right?
Edited by ProgenyExMachina

The Tropers Law disscussion page is starting to become self-demonstrating.