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openFreeman's Mind's namespace Web Original
The Freeman's Mind is in the WebVideo/ namespace, but is described as a Machinima.
When the Machinima/ namespace was discontinued, I thought all these works were moved to WebAnimation/. Should Freeman's Mind be moved?
Same question as for the Leeroy Jenkins Video, in fact.
openHow do we make a Just for Fun page, and can we make them all willy-nilly?
So I wanna make a Just for Fun page on here for a hypothetical Marvel 2099 animated series, but how do I do that? And am I free to make as many as I want?
resolved Interruption by (possible) Trojan
I'm browsing a page on the site, when suddenly, the tab I'm on changes from TV Tropes to what seems to be a page for Norton Antivirus Software. A popup then appears, showing that apparently, my computer has five computer viruses, and that my Norton contract has expired. But here's the rub; I'm from England, which doesn't have Norton available (as far as I know). So, I do what I always do against potential phishing: turn the computer off and on again with my keyboard, then open Windows Security and run a quick scan (better safe than sorry), before reopening my browser (Google Chrome), restoring my tabs, and quickly closing the "Antivirus" tab before it fully restores itself.
This has happened once in two consecutive days (as of writing). So, my question is: Please can anyone confirm that a) this isn't just a "me" thing, and b) the issue is being dealt with?
openHatting/Bombing a draft more than once
Is it possible for one troper to give more than one hat or bomb to a draft in the Launch Pad? If yes, what happens then?
On a related note, what happens when the same troper gives both a hat and a bomb to one draft? Do they cancel each other out?
openI'm worried
Normally, I wouldn't be doing this, since I'm not seeking for any attention, but I think I should break the silence now: I'm currently adding a lot of FNF mods' pages and putting them into the main game's fan works page (and also in other proper pages so they could get attention). During last year, I was getting some users helping me fill those pages. Sometimes the mod wasn't so famous, so tropers weren't appearing in those rare cases, but I didn't mind that at all, plus every person has their rights to choose what they want to do.
One day, now in 2024, I've created the page for Glitched Legends, a popular Pibby mod in the community. While I was thinking on other mods to add and working in other stuff at TV Tropes, I've been noticing the page hasn't been having anything new; no corrections, no examples, nothing. I wasn't thinking too much about it, then. "Maybe it's because it's a Pibby mod. Even if it's a high-quality mod, Pibby mods are oversaturated, so maybe not many people are into it". Then I've been created other pages: Vs Slenderman, Funkin In The Massacre Night, Friday Night Funkin' - V.S Chara, and so on. None of them have been updated ever since.
I don't want to make any publicity here, or force anything to anybody, since like I said, anyone can choose if they want to help or just see those pages, but I'm genuinely worried. I've been patient for two months now, and I'm not receiving any help from other users. Even Roastin' on a Cartoon Cartoon Friday, probably my most elaborated page during these months, only had one foreign edit, and it was only a little correction. Are my pages not causing any interests? Am I getting some bad reputation for something?
I'm sorry for creating this whole Wall of Text, but I wanted to explain myself clearly.
Edited by UzarNaimBer15openIUEO was added back/add reasons to IUEO page?
YMMV.Ninja Turtles The Next Mutation had a Dude, Not Funny! pothole I removed as In-Universe Examples Only added back by a separate troper than who first added it. Permission to re-remove?
Also, I see Administrivia.No Real Life Examples Please and other indexes list why they are such, which Administrivia.In Universe Examples Only currently doesn't. Maybe it should list them and that would help prevent misuse, non in-universe examples in the future?
openRunning into an interesting issue with a page split
The Characters / League of Legends: K is getting pretty big and in need of a split, but I ran into a problem: Right now based on the characters listed, I would like there to be a clean split of "Ka-" and "Ke- to Ko-" characters, but there's an outlier with K'Sante, who by alphabetical considerations is meant to come very first and precedes "Ka-".
He belongs on that page along with "Ka", but considering there's an apostrophe in his name, how exactly do I format their shared page? Should it just be "Characters / League of Legends: K to Ka"?
Also, should I leave the latter page as just "Ke- to Ko-" for right now, leaving out potential for there being a character whose name starts with Ku- or Ky- down the line?
openWhat should be done with this page
The page for Brady Noon is a mess and stud. The person who made it hasn't edited since February. I am unsure what to do as I am not familiar with his work beyond two films.
openEnglish Premier League vs. British Footy Teams?
I recently did a large edit on the British Footy Teams Useful Notes page to smarten it (or at least the folders on the Home Nations and FA teams) up, and I realized that I essentially copied the quick statistics and crests from the English Premier League. I'm now scratching my head and wondering how much the two pages need to overlap before they should be merged or redistributed (e.g. moving info from the EPL page to the Footy Teams page, or perhaps spinning info from both into a third "English FA Teams" page)?
It's worth noting that while the statistics/images on the Footy Teams page were (largely) taken from the EPL page, there are a number of teams there that are not mentioned on the EPL page, and the info under the line in each team is different between the pages.
Is there a protocol/precedent for this kind of situation?
Edited by DancouMaryuuopenFic's recommendations in other languages
Hello Tropers! I wanted to ask about the recommendations for Fanfics written in non-English speaking languages. Are they put in a specific place? Or are they simply not posted here? The doubt comes from the page's policy of not allowing posts in other languages.
openTropes on Hand Jumper Webcomic
I'm very new to TV Tropes wiki-making and wanted to make a page on the webcomic "Hand Jumper" but saw that the page was previously deleted. I'd like to start it up again but first may I get some permission so I don't do anything wrong?
Edited by wingedcatgirlresolved Edit war
On this page, deerhornsaresopretty added an entry for The Wiki Rule. After it was removed by a different troper for being a definition-only page (meaning that it's not allowed to have trope entries about it), deerhornsaresopretty added it back.
Edited by UFOYeahopenVandal messing with kids' shows again Western Animation
TearJerker.Peppa Pig was just made by Jakob10 that consists of "*Mummy Rabbit sprained her ankle. *Mummy Sheep has a cough."
openAvoiding an EditWar
Troper bloodraven117 deleted several entries on the Mythos Effect page on the basis that they are "Non-canon omakes". However, all of them are listed as canon side stories on Space Battles. I can't re-add since I'm the original poster, and when I reached out to bloodraven, all I got in over three weeks was "They aren't on the FanFiction.Net version, and tropers who come from FFN will be rightly confused about where they are in the story".
To me, this seems... not our problem I guess is how I'd put it. We have a link to the version of the story that includes those entries so their should be no problem in including them on the tvtropes page, right?
Spanks has added an improperly indented (lone third-bullet) example pertaining Super Mario Bros. Wonder in Bleak Level. I had sent them a lifetime total of 5 indentation notifiers (the oldest one in February 2016 and the newest one in March this year), among other notifiers like word cruft. I just don't understand why this habit still continues, by know they should know better unless they never read the Example Indentation page (or even the messages pointing them to it).