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openCan someone make a page for me, I have no idea what I'm doing Web Original
Okay, so I'm a complete noob who just made an account and I wanted to create pages for Aphmau's three Machinima (did I spell that right?) Series, Minecraft Diaries, Mystreet, and Dreams of Estorra but I have no idea what I'm doing and accidentally created 3 red links, can someone just make the pages for me.
open"Everything's X with Y"? Web Original
Okay, so apparently there was once a group of tropes that did badly because people were listing non-tropes under them and it got so badly written that people named an Administrivia page "Everythings Worse With Snowclones" as a hypocritical joke. Where did this trope originate? And how come some tropes (Everythings Better With Penguins for example) still have this format?
openJustForFun/ExquisiteCorpse Web Original
I was checking the list of namespaces, and found "Corpse" has 39 pages, each being a chapter of a piece of fiction hosted on the wiki. Is that allowed? (Courtesy link: JustForFun.Exquisite Corpse)
Edited by OrbitingopenFilter to only shows YMMV page in New Edits page? Web Original
Is there a way to do that? I failed to see the option......
openPhantomStrider Web Original
I noticed that Phantom Strider had a red link. Why was it cut? I'm not intending to bring it back, just curious.
openCreated a page for [=WatchMojo=] Web Original
So I noticed that WatchMojo had its own dethroning moment page, so I decided to create a work page for it. I don't have any examples yet. Since this is the first works page I made, I might need some feedback on this. Some examples I am thinking of adding would be:
- Ms. Fanservice: Top Ten Sexiest Movie Villains, Top 10 Sexy Female Athletes
- Death as Comedy: Top 10 Hilarious Movie Deaths
- Special Effects Failure: Top 10 Worst CGI Movie Effects
openWebsite/WarriorsOfficialForum Web Original
Warriors Official Forum seems to be mostly troping real-life people (namely, members of the forum). I'm not sure if there's anything salvageable here.
open "History Of" pages changed to all lowercase Web Original
Was there discussion anywhere (the pages' discussion pages are blank) about changing the entire pages for History Of Japan and History Of The Entire World I Guess to be in all lowercase letters, or was that a unilateral move on TheWhistleTropes's part?
Edited by InsanityPreludeopenMinor error with deleted page still showing up on namespace selector. Web Original
When browsing the pages for WebAnimation.Dick Figures , in the namespace selector there is a button called "[[Trivia". I'm assuming this was someones misguided attempt at creating a Media Wiki style page, and the page seems to be deleted (and I can't find it in the Cut List, so it seems to be deleted for a while now). Despite that fact, the button still is there. I know for a fact that this is not the only case in which this has happened (I think it happened to some other pages as well, but this one I just stumbled across).
openPhantomStrider Web Original
Is it okay to recreate the PhantomStrider page if we can put in the tropes he falls under, like Land Down Under, Nice Guy, Caustic Critic, Think of the Children! (in regards to Where the Dead Go to Die), Spell My Name With An S (inverted), Dude, Not Funny! (where he thought that cutting joke on Brians A Bad Father was the worst joke ever told), etc?
openDigimon World Infamy Web Original
Digimon World: Infamy needs serious help. its trope listings are mostly {{in brackets}} and whoever's adding new ones keeps double-spacing and not using CamelCase. i tried to fix it alone but there's too many.
Also it kinda feels like they're going for every trope in alphabetical order so A-D have more entries than E-Z combined.
Edited by lalalei2001open Research Project Web Original
How do I know that this source is a reliable? For my project, I need sources that can be proven to be credited and not just someone typing on their own blog. Is there anything I can tell my teacher about how this is a reliable source?
openLil Help? Web Original
- Update*
I'm currently working on the Beer and Board Games page. Anyone that has any knowledge of the show is welcome to help out.
- End Update*
Ignore the text below.
I'm interested in starting a page for the Web series "Beer and Board Games", but I don't know how to create pages on this website. Anyone wanna help me out?
Edited by IzaiahSalteropenWas this a case of {{Natter}}? Web Original
I recently added an edit towards Popularity Power in regards to DEATH BATTLE! and some things I've been hearing about it on the net. Almost immidately after I added it, someone deleted the entire thing under the justification of it being natter. I'm not claiming anything but I believe Natter basically means treating the tropes like a Forum, which I don't believe I did. I gave clear, concise examples on the subject. I don't want to get into an Edit War if it's just someone who disagrees with what I added, so can anyone give me an opinion on this?
openDoes this count as Japandering Web Original
Or something else entirely? It's with Kristen Stewart sponsoring Chanel.
open Industrially produced surprise creepy Web Original
The BBC and a few other organs have carried this story recently, about large scale production of youtube videos which emulate "Peppa Pig" and other children's cartoons but which are fake and, for whatever reason, riddled with terrifying imagery - a knock-off Peppa Pig episode involving an unpleasant and graphic dental operation for instance. Does anyone know why this has been created, whether it is described here, Know Your Meme, or anywhere else?
https://theoutline.com/post/1239/youtube-has-a-fake-peppa-pig-problem
open Industrially produced surprise creepy Web Original
The BBC and a few other organs have carried this story recently, about large scale production of youtube videos which emulate "Peppa Pig" and other children's cartoons but which are fake and, for whatever reason, riddled with terrifying imagery - a knock-off Peppa Pig episode involving an unpleasant and graphic dental operation for instance. Does anyone know why this has been created, whether it is described here, Know Your Meme, or anywhere else?
https://theoutline.com/post/1239/youtube-has-a-fake-peppa-pig-problem
openHow could I shorten the Red vs. Blue WMG page? Web Original
It's too ridiculously long. I'd like to shorten & reorganize it myself, but I've never had to do something like this before. I don't know where to start. Can someone help?

Shortly after a controversial moment at the last AGDQ, I added this example of Overused Running Gag to Awesome Games Done Quick:
Troper uknownada removed it with the following reason: "Did the dick who told them that write that entry? He did a lot more than say they 'weren't being funny'."
Despite the fact he did say more than just that (that the people who were doing it were cancer and should jump in front of a moving car), I believe the example still holds since the joke was becoming overused. Would it be better to re-add the example or just leave it alone and avoid a potential edit war?