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openAll Caps Custom Title Web Original
I believe I know the steps for what I'm about to ask, but want to double check before I make any plans to action.
The page for Podcast.Tanis does not custom title properly. It shows its title in all caps (TANIS) and the Custom Title is set as such, but unless you do it in all caps when creating the wikiword, you get "Tanis" instead of "TANIS".
If memory serves, this is caused by the page being originally created with the title in all caps. So to clear it up I need to get Podcast.TANIS cut and replace it with Podcast.Tanis. If this is correct, do I also need to cut the subpages and remake then, as well?
openRequesting a cleanup Web Original
SenorCornholio
made a bunch of anti-My Little Pony edits on a several DEATH BATTLE! pages in light of the new episode. I'm unable to revert them for now due to a lack of reliable Internet, so I am requesting a cleanup/revert here.
openPlayer and character disconnect. Web Original
So I added an entry to the Critical Role ymmv page about one of the play characters being a Base-Breaking Character. Part of the entry mentioned the player, both positively and negatively mind you. Someone trimmed it down saying "focus on thr character not the player" and while I respect that opinion, I feel this is not right.
Firstly since these are people playing DND characters, their performance effects how the character is going to be viewed. The character can be well set up and be badly presented if the player choses to. My entry mainly mentioned the player as a way to give context to why their performance can be a positive and negative.
Secondly, I was balanced in what I put, and with the changes the entry does not feel right. Originlly it said this;
So far, Beauregard is the only player character whose been polarizing to Critical Role fans. On one hand you have people who think Marisha portrays her as a fun, interesting character whose No Social Skills attitude makes her stand out compared to a lot of others, while also being fun since she's very different, and to some, more interesting then Keyleth, in addition to being a good overall fighter. On the other hand, some see her as a pretty unlikeable character due to how often Marisha makes random comments during situations, as well as how much of a Jerkass she tends to be, which combined with her No Social Skills, make Beauregard come across as just not that fun to watch interact with others. One thing people at least can agree on, is that Marisha's overall acting and skill with DND is far better then it was with Keyleth.
Now it reads;
Beauregard. On one hand you have people who think she's a fun, interesting character whose attitude makes her stand out compared to a lot of others and serves as an interesting contrast to Keyleth, in addition to being a good overall fighter. On the other hand, others see her as unlikeable due to her Jerkass tendencies and her No Social Skills.
Lastly, the BBC character for the previous campaign uses Marisha's performance to talk about her previous character Keyleth. If we're not going to allow the players performance/choices to be involved, then this needs to be universal.
Sorry for the long entry.
Edited by keyblade333openLiveblogging on the Forums Web Original
Is it okay to liveblog on the forums? I've been doing some liveblogging on a forum I made
for Suikoden Tierkreis, but it has a lot of double-posting, so I don't know if it's okay or not. If it's not, I'll stop doing it.
openApplicability Web Original
I was browing the YMMV.The Nostalgia Critic page and noted an entry on applicability.
" Applicability: Autistic fans have welcomed Critic with open arms, with Doug comparing him to similarly coded Peridot, and Home Alone 2 bringing back the cereal special interest, all the nerves from the episode resulting in a meltdown when it's mocked and getting forgiven when he stresses out over thinking he ruined it. Hyper Fangirl has her fair share of Misaimed Fandom, but her most devoted audience are neuroatypical women who relate to her struggles and want to see her get better (without Critic having to forgive her). "
I didn't know what applicability as a trope was until I looked at the Laconic page, but it says "Word of God asks the audience to make up their own mind about the theme." which doesn't seem to fit these examples... and neither do many examples on the applicability page itself.
"Prometheus was designed for Wild Mass Guessing. One moment of Idiot Ball could mean an hour of theorizing behind why it is so. "
"The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1962) was made long before global warming and climate change became big issues, but is still about climate change which has been caused accidentally by technology (simultaneous nuclear tests at the north and south poles change the tilt of the Earth's axis)."
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a case of confusing applicability with allegory. The connection between The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the then-contemporary American political landscape was not even raised until 1963, when summer school teacher Henry Littlefield, while trying to teach the 1896 Presidential election and the turn-of-the-century Populist movement to bored history students, stumbled upon the idea of using the characters and events of The Wizard of Oz as metaphors to teach the concepts. He and his students made a number of connections - the Scarecrow represented the farmers, the Tin Woodman the factory workers, the Wizard was President Grover Cleveland or Republican presidential candidate William Mc Kinley, the Cowardly Lion was Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan, the silver shoes were the silver standard, the yellow brick road the gold standard, and so on - and Littlefield eventually wrote an article, "The Wizard of Oz: A Parable on Populism," which was published in the magazine American Quarterly in 1964. You can read this article here. Unfortunately, this was eventually taken to mean that Baum wrote the book as an allegory for the political landscape at the turn of the century despite the fact Littlefield believed Baum had no political agenda when he wrote the book."
" Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid is open to many allegorical interpretations, as are its various adaptations."
So, what is applicability and are these examples valid/applicable? Should the Laconic page be rewritten?
Edited by lalalei2001openCommunity Memes in Memes/BFDI Web Original
am i allowed to have a unified memes page for the entire Object Show Community (which I think is represented by only Battle For Dream Island , Ten Words Of Wisdom and Inanimate Insanity here) in Battle For Dream Island meme page? (that’s the first and main object show, as well as where most memes exist) Or do I have to split up the 1 or 2 memes of II into its own page?
Also, am I allowed to put memes from the HTwins Central discord server into the BFDI memes page (since HTCentral is a discord server for object shows, and BFDI is the main one), TWOW (since HTCentral started as TWOW Central), or not at all?
Edited by SoaPuffballopen Can people qualify as examples of ReportingNames? Web Original
In Worm, there's a couple supervillain characters (Bitch and Tōng Líng Tǎ) whose names as used by in-universe press are given differently (Hellhound and Ziggurat, respectively). Would these count as examples of Reporting Names? (If they do, do I make a Web Serial folder on Reporting Names for Worm, which would contain only the one example, or do I put it under literature?)
Edited by Yinyang107openOancitizenList should be cut Web Original
Oancitizen List is an arbitrary list and should be cut. It is just a list of works reviewed by some guy on the Internet, as opposed to an official list or published list of some sort. There is precedent for removing this content from the wiki, as seen here
at the page type corrections thread, where we cut 19 lists that were similar.
openConfusion on the GoAnimate characters page Web Original
On GoAnimate, it says that Alan Cook is British, but he is named after his TTS voice "Alan", an Australian English voice. Warren may use a British English male voice, but it is still confusing.
openLooking for artist Web Original
Hello I came across a NSFW image series online, I am looking for the artist and there is no way i am browsing deviant art. Here is the image description, it is a female link who is in a raunchy adventure of her having sex and having big tits. They call her linkette and it turns out she has a son called ganon junior. I am simply looking for the artist of the porn image. I dont judge anyone so please dont make fun of me.
open Voice actor info with little to support it? Web Original
On Characters.The Frollo Show Villains, Umlaut is said to be voiced by Jack E. Haegar. In CarnEvil (which Umlaut originates from), Haegar is indeed listed in the voice cast... but the credits don't tell us which actors voiced which characters.
So, whoever wrote on the Frollo Show page that Umlaut was voiced by Haegar either knows something that virtually all of Carn Evil's fanbase doesn't, or just made an assumption. What should we do?
Edited by DrNoPumaopen Beavers building a damn Web Original
So I remember watching a vhs about a beaver and him building a damn with his tail. It’s in colour and the damn breaks and he picks up mid with his tail to fix the dam. Other cartoons like a dog in a doghouse in the rain or being caught by a dog catcher. Very earlier 90s possibly way before. Driving me insane!
open Making a custom title. Web Original
I'm making a page for the youtube show PlayStation Access, and the title is meant to read PlayStation Access. I just can't find the link to make or request custom titles.
openPage for fan videos Web Original
Suppose someone made some videos that weren't entirely original content, but came from different works that were later put together. Would it be okay to make a page for this?
openHelp Wanted: Noob trying to make a works page, Shepherds Welcome Web Original
Hi! I'm the noob in question, and I have no idea how to make a works page for Chimney Chickens
, a series of animated short videos. Any Shepherds willing to teach me?
openFunny/Two Best Friends Play 2017 Web Original
Not sure whether it was intentional or not, but a recent edit removed a good half of the page. Can it be reverted?
open"Acceptable Targets" as targets of criticism Web Original
Digibro's page lists under Acceptable Targets several shows that he has lambasted in his videos. I feel that this is an abuse of the trope; it refers to subjects that are safe to mock because the audience is assumed to agree. But Digibro knows plenty of viewers disagree and his entire purpose is to explain why he thinks they're bad. They are not "acceptable" targets, they're his targets. (Also, it's YMMV, but it's objective that he dislikes them.)
I know the treatment of semi-fictional online personas such as Digibro is a thorny issue on this wiki, but deleting these as misuse seems tome straightforward.

Mitchell 2000
's first edits to this wiki were rather sloppy, with bad punctuation, inconsistent capitalization, run-ons, and what was essentially the same example written twice. After I deleted them, he sent me a somewhat snippy PM plus a bogus issue notifier, then proceeded to put all his examples back just as sloppy as before.
Edited by Sammettik