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openRidiculously Potent Explosive and the ending quip, violation of ROCEJ?
Way back in the distant era of 2019, I launched a trope called Ridiculously Potent Explosive, it includes an ending quip about the Reality-Breaking Paradox of a real-world explosive breaking the laws of real-world physics, by the text of:
"When a real-life explosive emerges that breaks the laws of physics, then [a real life example] can be added.. and may God help us."
Originally, I potholed those last five words to Portal 2 because a line in that game goes "If the laws of physics no longer apply in the future. God help you."
I since changed the pothole to the Reality-Breaking Paradox, as that means you no longer need to know Portal 2 to get the quip, and it is still - in my opinion - a fun way of drawing attention to the absurdity of a real-life explosive breaking the laws of physics.
But now in the enlightened year of 2024, I am wondering if the quip is insensitive, considering "God" specifically and religion in general are quite controversial.
So is the ending quip in violation of the Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment? Should I change those last five words to something else like "for all the good it will do us"?
Edited by TheharboopenSpectacular spider-man MJ knows Peter’s secret Western Animation
I was reading over the page the spectacular Spider-Man and I saw in the example of secret keeper that according to word of God MJ knows Peter secret. Can someone please provide the source?
openSEED Freedom edit war
drillizer added several Ass Pull entries to YMMV.Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom that Omega Nemesis 13 removed. This one in particular:
- The existence of Spec II versions of the Strike Freedom, Destiny, Infinite Justice, and Impulse. That 3 out of 4 just so happen to have been made in secret for testing purposes and without the knowledge of anyone else, revealed just in time for their counterattack against Foundation is a bit of a stretch. The IJ makes a little sense at least considering that machine wasn't destroyed at the end of Destiny or before this movie, but it's still too convenient that the rest just exist.
It was removed citing that repairing/upgraded machines to keep in cause of major conflict was what they did the prior series, so it has enough precedent to not come out of nowhere. But drillizer added this back without edit reason.
- The Spec II machines in general. Minus the Infinite Justice, the Impulse, Destiny, and Strike Freedom were all damaged beyond repair; it's incredibly convenient that the latter three machines were rebuilt from the ground up in complete secrecy and were ready for a large-scale conflict, complete with a full-on Silhouette for the Destiny in particular, in time for a major conflict. The IJ in particular makes sense because it could easily be an upgraded version of the original and was already hiding inside the Z'gok (Both of which share the backpack), but having war machines that single-handedly determined wars being rebuilt solely for "testing" when nuclear powered suits were supposed to have been banned, yet still just as strong, if not moreso, than they were first fielded, is a stretch even for Rule of Cool to waive away easily.
Besides failing to address the reasons for removal, the added point of violating the ban on nuclear power also applies to the last series repaired/upgraded machines so not unpredicted.
drillizer's other edits to the page are complainy enough, including adding "Could Have Avoided This!" Plot I removed as not YMMV and objectively misuse (lacking in-work acknowledgment), that I intend to take them to dedicated cleanup. But combine with the edit warring it's enough of a concern I'm taking it here.
Edited by Ferot_DreadnaughtopenTroper keeps changing other people’s edits and gatekeeping pages
So basically I’ve been looking through Star Wars character pages and i noticed that zakitaro has been overly involved in these pages. If you see the edit history for pages like Star Wars – Anakin Skywalker, whenever any troper adds an edit zakitaro makes massive alterations to the previous troper’s edit. Sometimes it’s fair, like replacing a trope with a more fitting trope, and most times I think it's just downright disrespectful and unfair because they completely change the explanation for the trope that someone else added. Whatever a troper adds, zakitaro frequently comes in and changes it and I think it’s kind of rude and inconsiderate of other tropers. They also massively gatekeep the Anakin Skywalker page because I and other tropers frequently have to wait before we can make edits because zakitaro is almost always editing on there and if you look at edit history it proves that.
openTroper who is using plagerized fanfic summaries and multiple names for recommendations. Live Action TV
On the fanfiction recommendation page for Dead Boy Detectives (2024), dozens of fanfics have been added in the last two days (because that's how long the page has existed) by Shanwooo444 which have the summaries copy-and-pasted straight from Archive of Our Own. I changed the only one that I've actually read, but I can't re-summarize the rest of them because I haven't read those fanfics. I've also noticed that all those fanfics being added rapidly have a variety of different names listed as "Recommended by," but a quick glance at the history of the page shows that they were all posted by the same person. So it is definitely just the one person who is copy-and-pasting the exact summaries from Archive of Our Own.
Anyone who is a fan of the show want to swing over there and help edit the ever-growing number of fanfictions being recommended there?
openDoes Tech Wishlist only work on tech feature wishes with a certain number of votes?
I have looked on this site, but I can't find anything that tells me anything about this. I was only asking because I requested something about video examples. Someone came up with an idea of how it could work, which seemed to be a good idea, but it only has 1 vote. So as far as I am aware, nothing has been done. I just wanted to find out if that is the issue, that's all.
openEditing Pages Based on Your Own Fics Web Original
I was curious on what the policy is for editing pages based on fanfics you've created. I heard something from a friend that it's usually something to steer away from as far as avoiding personal bias or tooting your own horn. Just wanted to check if that's true or not.
The page I'm talking about is one of my own called Ultimate Sonic Fighter and wanted to check if there was any kind of policy on the original author editing any pages based on their own works.
openI would like to report myself
I would like to report myself for discussion in the edit reasons on Trivia.Wednesday I honestly didn't realize what I was doing until I had clicked save. I thought I was simply putting an edit reason, but then I remembered that you aren't supposed to respond to previous edit reasons. It only happened once before I realized and decided to report myself. I apologize and will except punishment if necessary.
As a side note I am not even sure if the entry should be there but that is for another thread.
Edited by BullmanopenEditWar
On the YMMV page of The Simpsons:
- Kingslayer38 added a sub-entry for Jerks Are Worse Than Villains dedicated to bashing on Lisa Simpson.
- I removed it for being too complainy the same it was added.
- Kingslayer38 re-adds it back with no prior discussion.
resolved "Featured" Video Examples
Just a quick question, what does marking your video examples as "Featured" actually do?
openMoonlit Fantasy Anime Opening Literature
In the second half of TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy- season 2, the opening for the anime has two sets of opponents, first Kuzanoha's students and their rivals, and immediately various hyuman leaders from different countries and the demon leadership, giving each other Giving Someone the Pointer Finger.
I wasn't sure if this counts since it is in the opening and should it be under Literature of Giving Someone the Pointer Finger even if it is from the anime version of things.
openEdit war on YMMV/BrotherBear Western Animation
The YMMV page on Brother Bear used to include a Vindicated by History entry, which I removed on the grounds that the movie's critical consensus hasn't really switched around. While some viewers appreciate some of the themes being juggled, it still stands out for being fairly forgettable and for many of the themes being really undercooked, which doesn't fit with the standards for Vindicated by History (Which is a total critical reversal)
- Vindicated by History: For a long period of time, it was considered one of Disney's weakest films, with some even ranking it alongside Home on the Range and Chicken Little, with complaints about anachronistic dialogue, a predictable plot, and unlikeable characters. In later years, however, many consider it an underrated gem in spite of its flaws, with many praising the themes of revenge and seeing past differences, along with the movie's criticism of the mindset of love being unmasculine. The film's vivid visuals and stunning wilderness scenery help it stand out as well. It's telling that there was a resurgence of merchandise in The New '20s such as shirts, collectible pins, and a 20th anniversary Disney Sketchbook Ornament.
Mr Media Guy 2, the user who originally added the entry, added it back later with the next comment "If the reaction to it is more positive than when it first came out, yes, it absolutely does count." which to me means he isn't familiar with the actual tenets of the trope, nor how his edit constitutes an edit war. I sent him a PM, which he subsequently ignored, so I'm now reporting the edit war here.
Edited by Remulusopencan we recreate the wide world of sports page?
you deleted it but yet the British world of sport page exists.
openToo many "Enemies to lovers"
In the Trope Finder, I've noticed that from October 2023 we've had 3 different instances of a troper making a post titled "Enemies to lovers", with no further explaination added. They are almost always ignored.
What's interesting is that it's not the same troper spamming the same half-baked question every time. Each time it was a different troper, all making the same style of post. Should I be concerned or not?
I made a screenshot of it, but I have yet to learn how to upload images here.
openCreating New Composite Page?
Building off an earlier inquiry, I'd like to know a few things:
First, would I have to get permission before I removed the info on English teams from the Useful Notes pages on British Footy Teams and the English Premier League, and merged them into a new "The Football Association" page?
Second, assuming I did, I noticed that the Premier League has a dummied out warning on its page saying "The club entries are getting long (especially for the Big Six), so let's try to clean them up and keep their history limited to a few sentences, with maybe one or two reflecting on how each team did last season and how they're doing this season." Would I have to make the entries smaller when I merged them into the new FA page?
openWhen no one responds to your question on the "Is this an example" thread
I recently posted a trope related question on the "Is this an example" thread, however it went completely disregarded. I don't want to be rude and just keep spamming the same question over and over again until it gets answered, and I don't think the Holler feature is intended to be used for getting your question answered, so where should I go to get my question answered?
openRestore Ranboo's page Web Original
Let's Play.Ranboo was cut because of many tropes on the page that bring the creator troping and generally not following guidelines. Now, I have a few tropes that could come from his VTuber avatar, lore, and skits from his recent streams. I'll spend a while revamping and reworking it to keep up with recent times.
openThe page attempting to access my hard drive?
For a while now, sometimes when I click a link on TV Tropes, the save file window opens. I cancel it immediately, but this is getting concerning. Why is that?
I'm using Firefox, on Windows, with VPN.
On the page Theremin, Clancy Gardener has removed all of the formatting for titles that hid a disambiguation year (such as Film/{{The Ten Commandments|1956}}) to the default custom title. And I'm pretty sure that's not the first page he's doing that.
Wouldn't that count as edit warring if those titles have already been changed once? Or trying to impose a style?
I think it was discussed already that such format were okay, notably because the year in parenthesis shouldn't be inside the italics. I believe a clear ruling is needed on this subject.