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open Weird show I hope you know Western Animation
So this show was a cartoon about 2 little girls. One was evil and mean, while the other was sweet and nice. The nice girl moved next door to the evil one and wants to be friends with her. The only details I can remember is the evil girl asking where the nice girls parents were. She pointed to the sky and said, “up there.” The evil girl laughed and said “they’re dead!” The nice girl laughed and said, “no! Their astronauts and in space right now!” I remember it being a messed up show, but I can’t remeber the name!
open "See Spoilers" Option is Not on Sidebar
Ever since the site's overhaul, I can't seem to find the "view spoilers" option on the sidebar, instead seeing something else in its place. Is there a way to replace the "lefthand sidebar" option with the spoiler option?. It would be easier than switching back to my personal login page everytime I want to change that option.
Edited by QuizzicalPieridineopen Everything's gone... Western Animation
So, I've been meaning to address a question asked in the South Park/Headscratchers section. But after I made my change, everything disappeared. Yeah, you can see that everything's still there if you click on the edit button, but none of it is showing up! I've made edits to pages before, but it's never resulted in anything like this. Please help!
openTiny Toon Adventures Nightmare Fuel question Western Animation
Tiny Toon Adventures has a reference to the troper tales page. Should I remote it?
open "The Federation" - editing locked? Film
Hello, I noticed a Zero Content Example in "Film" on the site for The Federation. I was trying to edit this and there was some kind of server issue, I think. I tried again a couple times hoping not to lose my changes and now the editing feature on that site is locked. I figured this probably had to do with the overhaul earlier today.
open I need help remembering a movie. Film
It was an animated movie, I keep remembering small pieces to the film but I can not for the life of me remember the name. I remember they lived on an island and one day the volcano erupted; once the eruption happened coins, I think they were coins, we're scattered across the island. The coins house spirits or had some kind of power. I also remember them fighting darkness in the volcano to keep it from escaping.
Edited by Dwortham95open The Inaccessible Edits
Every time you make an edit, the new feature locks it up. Can you fix. I am very annoyed. And if you have this problem, send the page that failed, and I will list it on the LOCKED PAGES section of this forum.
openWhat to Do with All Mary Sue Examples from YMMV Pages?
What to do with Mary Sue examples I have found on YMMV pages of works? Should I delete them?
openpantomimic
pantomimic deleted Vindicated by History from the YMMV.Naruto page; see here. This trope was previously deleted back on 22nd Oct '17 5:08:15 PM by Djangou76, and moderator Berrenta suspended them because they displayed a personal bias, and then moderator Fighteer gave this list of valid reasons for a YMMV item to be deleted. pantomimic had a very flimsy reason for deleting this trope: "not applicable." They don't even explain why it's apparently "not applicable."
Not to mention that this person seems to have a personal bias for Sasuke, considering they changed Misaimed Fandom to make the entry more favorable to Sasuke. And I know for a fact that any kind of personal bias — either for a character or against a character, and either for a pairing or against a pairing — is not allowed here. So I'm calling this person out due to an invalid Edit Reason for deleting a YMMV example and for having a personal character bias.
Edited by mouschilightopen how in the name of naughty bits do i switch to desktop
this mobile site is mobile site-y
open New system question.
First, I'm noticing pages locking and unlocking at random. Is this how it now signifies someone is currently editing them? Before, it would tell us if someone was in the middle of editing. It also doesn't link to the Locked Pages list like before.
Second, I can no longer see the edit page button when in the pages history section, which is oft how I find what needs editing and thus an inconvenience.
Before I take this to the bug thread, I want to be sure if this is an intentional change or not or if I'm missing something.
Edited by Ferot_Dreadnaughtopen Won't Edit
I'm trying to make minor adjustments to certain tropes pages, but the newly updated system won't let me edit anything. Any ideas what's going on?
open Just a complain
Where is my option to look at the last posts a troper made in the forums? I used that to know what the last post I made was.
open Feedback for new Tvtropes
The forums are behaving weirdly. I'm getting watched thread notifications for my own posts, and it's not registering that I've read it. Is this intended, or is this incorrect?
open Adding tropes/I hate this new system Videogame
I'm trying to add a few tropes to certain video game pages, but this new system is saying that I'm changing to much. I'm just adding a couple of things. Hell, I tried to make a tropes page for a fanfic I liked, but this new system won't let me do that! What do I do?
open Spoilers Off
Quick question for the new format and I'm sure that I'm jumping the gun or being completely blind. But are we not allowed to turn off spoilers for when we view a trope page anymore?
openAbout the vandal
So, I have a question about all those pages that had to be locked because of that persistent vandal. Do you plan on having them locked permanently, or just until the vandal gives up? Because I would hate to see the entire wiki get locked just because of one person.
Edited by MrMediaGuy2
This seems like a common issue involving this new change. I tried adding things to the main Tokyo Ghoul page, and the entire page is blank now after saving, alongside some editing attempts being greeted with "You are attempting to change too much of this page" and not allowing you to save.
Edited by BohemianBob43