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openWhat to name this page?
I'm thinking of making a page for a British theatre adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley (see here
for the webpage). It began being performed in 2025. I would call it The Talented Mr. Ripley (2025) or The Talented Mr. Ripley (Play), but apparently there's another separate play adaptation in Sydney (webpage here
) that also started performing this year.
openRemoving the Sneaky's Snack Bar entry from the Analog Horror bullet point list
So there are two redlinks in the list of Analog Horror works with pages on the site, over at the Analog Horror page. One of them is Sneaky's Snack Bar, which was cut for having only three tropes, but the name is still there. I'm thinking that, since other redlinked items have been removed, it's high time Sneaky's got the axe as well. To put it simply: May I remove Sneaky's from the list since the trope page was cut? I'm asking here because I don't want to just cut it and then get a PM from someone yelling at me that they were working on the page and had plans to add the full contingent of tropes and such.
(the second redlink is for The Winterland Incident, which is a nonexistent page; might as well ask here if I can nuke that one, too)
Edited by mortimermcmireopenGet A Stupid Answer deletions
I was checking ...Get a Stupid Answer today and noticed that The Catcher and Azorius 24 deleted several listings for True Capitalist with the reason "Removing references to non-tropeable work that was recently cut". Specifically, here
, here
, here
, here
, here
, here
, here
, here
, here
, here
, here
, here
, here
, here
, here
, here
, and here
. After looking into the discussion for removing True Capitalist, I'm not contesting its designation as non-tropeable but I think it's a little excessive to remove these entries simply because the work is no longer allowed to have a page. I recall that there was a game on one of the Video Game sub-pages that was removed as a 5P violation, but the question from the game remained with a note not to restore the link. Is there something that I'm missing, or was this a little too far?
openLockout or Alienating Premise?
YMMV.Captain America Brave New World.
- Continuity Lock-Out: Unlike some recent MCU films where the continuity lockout came from the sheer volume of stuff audiences were expected to know going in, a common critique of Brave New World is that it relies on its audience remembering specific events from three "lesser" MCU entries, namely a Disney+ exclusive mini-series from four years prior, a film from four years prior released during the pandemic, and another film from seventeen years prior, the latter two being not well received by MCU fans. Brave New World rapidly recaps all of the necessary information from those installments to get everyone up to speed, but it also clearly expects them to be fresh on the audience's mind.
I intend to delete as cleanup
of
YMMV.The Marvels 2023 said CL doesn't apply if it sufficiently explains past events to newcomers to follow, audiences merely assuming lockout is something else. I'm asking if Audience-Alienating Premise might apply as it contributed to work being a Box-Office Bomb.
Relating this was removed from YMMV.The Marvels 2023:
- Audience-Alienating Premise: One the biggest factors that led to the movie's colossal Box-Office Bomb is the fact that the premise of the story involves Carol teaming up with Monica and Kamala, two characters that have previously appeared in the Disney+ streams. The problem with this is the fact that the general audience have no idea who they are, the former only appearing in a supporting role in the previous movie & WandaVision and the latter only appearing in her own series which itself isn't well-received by the viewers. While the movie did give a summary regarding who they are, the perceived Continuity Lock-Out ended up leading to non-comic book fans being turned away from the cinemas' premiere.
Removal reason was "I highly doubt this was that big of a problem, given that a general moviegoer would either just see a bunch of new characters or would have likely seen both Wandavision and Ms. Marvel beforehand if they were hyped for this movie. This is like arguing that audiences would be confused on seeing Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver in Age of Ultron, or Black Panther in Civil War, or for that matter The Falcon in The Winter Soldier." Valid or not?
But there's this under AudienceAlienatingPremise.Film:
- This was a major reason why Thunderbolts* (2025) became an Acclaimed Flop. It sold itself on a unification of various villains from prior Marvel Cinematic Universe projects—which, due to the MCU's propensity towards killing off its villains, left it with a collection of second-string characters from divisive or less-acclaimed projects, with Black Widow (2021) and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier providing the lion's share. This put it in a weird position of simultaneously dealing with Continuity Lock-Out and not really benefiting from star power, and it bearing little resemblance to the most popular runs of the comic Thunderbolts didn't give it much of a draw with the core fanbase, either. The result was a lukewarm-at-best runup to release, and while the film tended to pleasantly surprise those who did see it, it nonetheless lost quite a bit of money, with even Kevin Feige admitting that the film was probably doomed from the get-go.
Since asking about other possible AAP examples, asking about this as well. And if valid, would disinterest/unfamiliarity with prior works be grounds for applying AAP to the others?
openWhy can't I reuse old profile pics anymore?
I used to use previous photos for my profile image on forums/queries but for some reason it doesn't work anymore. What gives?
openHow do I write a crossed-off markup? Literature
I'm thinking about writing a subversion of a spoiler, but the "strike" markup no longer works. I want to cross off a few words, but I don't know how.
openDoes writing something in a WMG tab actually make it harder for a creator to use that idea?
I remember reading that back when Babylon 5 was coming out, JMS was accused of stealing the premise for an episode about a Death of Personality murderer learning about his dark past because a fan idly said such a scenario would be cool on an online forum and JMS ended up presenting older story notes to show he'd had the idea all along or something like that. Does the same thing apply to WMG speculation for long-running works? Can creators actually use ideas they see on our WMG pages, or are we just dooming those ideas (or at least ones with a lot of specifity) to never be used because of how we suggested them?
open1980s films
Films of the 1980s is getting really long so I decided to split them up into 3 pages. Franchise, 1980-1984, 1985-1989. Why I try to click on edit, I’m taken to the Trope Launch Pad. How can I fix this?
openAdded "Keep Circulating the Tapes" to the Deer Hunter game series' trivia page Videogame
Since i added Keep "Circulating the Tapes" to the Deer Hunter game series' trivia page since some games got removed from IOS, Android and PC, the Android versions can be found using any APK websites but the IOS versions are hard to find does that count?
Edited by Elemental-PlayeropenBlue-linked index
"Uh-Oh" Eyes has been turned into an index or disambig (I don't know which), but on some pages like Recap.The Legend Of Vox Machina S 03 E 6 The Coming Storm, the link is blue, when it should be green.
openWeird Namespace + Other Issues
Edgaralicia looks like it's meant to be a work page for a book series, but it's got a few issues. I checked, and the books do exist on both Amazon and the Barnes & Noble website, but the entries on the page keep referring to the work as a show, which does not appear to exist. The page is also in the Analysis namespace instead of Literature, and the page was created and has only been edited by a user going by "Edgaralicia," who I think we can safely assume is the author, so a bit of Auto-Erotic Troping seems to be going on with the entries that repeatedly call the work "heartwarming" etc. What to do here?
Edited by ZarinaopenSo, about Character-Specific Pages
Few months back, threads related to Character-Specific Pages, such as its clean-up thread, have been closed down. So I have been wondering, since CSPs nowadays require very specific criteria, what does this mean for the Character-Specific Page workshop? How do these pages get approved and launched now? Especially since I have been working on three CSP sandboxes
a few months ago.
openDownplayed or Not? Western Animation
Would a downplayed example of the "Thick-Line" art style be: An exaggerated and cartoony character is drawn with either small or medium-sized outlines and smaller inner lines, despite their design not being graphic or geometric in any way?
Small/medium-sized outlines and smaller inner lines, but without the graphic or geometric design that's typical of said style?
Edited by DisillusionedCheetah100openTime needed for an a work in summary to be created
How long does it take for a work in summary to be created (since when a work is in summary it's a red link but when it's created, it's a blue link then it's removed)?
openHow can you create a tv trope page for a fanfic? Film
Hello I'm new in creating pages so I don't know if there is a procedure or somehting like that to created one based on a fic called MHA reacts: DCU
openCan AmericansHateTingle apply to non-country groups
On YMMV.Emilia Perez, @Rainbo 6 removed an entry from Americans Hate Tingle regarding the LGBT community’s distain for the film, citing that AHT is about countries and not minority groups in general:
- The LGBT community in general seems to view the movie very poorly, especially due to its rather tone deaf interpretation of transgender people with "La Vaginoplastia" being the largest cited reason that they've felt it was more a poor parody than any attempt to accurately portray transitioning. More importantly, Emilia's criminal past being pretty much discarded as soon as she transitions is wildly derided as a ridiculous notion at best, with many trans viewers rolling their eyes at the idea that transitioning somehow erases past misdeeds or misfortunes.
I feel like the backlash from queer audiences is too big to not include, but I can’t find a YMMV trope to put it in. So can Americans Hate Tingle apply to minority groups who aren’t from other countries, or is there another more appropriate entry to put it under?
Edited by BlueBlazesopenSuspect page
New troper Bunny Xx X Sparkles's only edits
have been on and creating Characters.Toph Beifong. If they're trying to create a separate page from Characters.Avatar The Last Airbender Team Avatar they oddly didn't copy-paste Toph's folder there, all their additions besides the image and caption are ZCE and all but one unformatted text. Also I don't believe her entry warrants splitting (page isn't giving overly long warning) and has the wrong namespace lacking work names.
New troper having this many issues might warrant intervention so bringing here. And should the page be cut given its issues?
Update: they created Characters.Avatar The Last Airbender Toph, so they fixed that, but their other issues remain.
Edited by Ferot_Dreadnaught

Hello, I have noticed that some Witches in the Madoka Magica franchise have appeared on multiple pages due to their appearance in multiple media (such as Gertrud on both Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Witches and Magia Record - Witches/Doppels, but others have not been doubled up on despite similarly appearing across multiple works (Latria was in both Puella Magi Oriko Magica and Magia Record, but is not featured on any character page). Should the entries in the Magi Reco section for witches from the original anime be deleted, or should they focus on only tropes unique to their appearance in Magi Reco?