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openInformed Attribute Film
I want to do an Informed Attribute writeup for Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader but I have no idea where to put it. It seems pretty YMMV but also seems very specific to place directly in the franchise-wide YMMV page.
openEdit War on Escape from Vault Disney YMMV page
There appears to be an edit war on YMMV.Escape From Vault Disney. The tropers involved include Babishka and Konacha, as well as at least one other.
While I have no knowledge of the show in question, the edits seem to involve someone involved with the show being suspended from X (Twitter).
Edit history for the page in question.
Edited by fraggleloveropenCorrect formatting on trope pages
On Peer as Teacher, I fixed the formatting of an example from "In the French comic Les Profs," to "Les Profs: In the French comic,". The thing is it was changed back, and before I start an edit war, I want to clarify what is the proper format for adding an example of a trope page?
Edited by GateStarXopenIs this really obvious? Videogame
Potential edit warring.
I deleted this entry because it felt like a presumption on the tropers part, and they've recently added it back saying it's obvious. Can someone else weigh in?
Edited by Avenger09openWhere to go to get help making a work page
So I want to make a page for a fanfic I just finished reading, but I don't want it to just sit in my sandbox collecting dust like previous attempts at work pages have. I could just launch the page now as I've been working on it in Google Docs, but there are some things I'm unsure about, so I'd like some help.
openHow do I revoke my own cut request?
The cutlist instructions say that there is a "wait" button to challenge a deletion, but I don't see said button.
openEdit war over the terms "performer" and "player"
I think an edit war happened on Characters.The Amazing Digital Circus over the terms "performer" and "player" when refering to the main protagonists:
On 16 October 2023, immblueversion changed the main protagonists' section header from "The Performers" to "Players".
On 18 October 2023, RandomInformation changed it to just "Performers", as "[they] believe they're more often described as this".
On 26 April 2024, immblueversion changed said section header, and every instance of the word "performer" on the page, to "player", with the reasoning that "[t]he "performers" don't actually perform at the circus, so it's an obsolete term".
So, which term should be used for the main protagonists? "Performer" or "player"? "Performer" is the term used more often by the fans, but it's a misnomer, given that they don't perform in the Circus. "Player" would be a more accurate term, but it isn't used as much.
openImpractical Jokers
I created a post from this link shown below and I was told that I need to create a thread. Where do I go?
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1452266899092104700&page=624#comment-15598
openWhen flaws are appealing to someone Live Action TV
While friends are listing someone's flaws to show her that he's completely wrong for her, she actually finds those flaws appealing, making him more attractive.
openFormatting numbers - spelling out or digits only?
I launched a trope and in writing it wrote out the numbers below 100, since that's how I was taught to format numbers in writing — everything that can be two words should be written out (so everything below 100) and minimally, it's correct formatting to do at least every number below 10 and all numbers at the start of a sentence unless it's math you're writing Recently ~@HazelMcCallister changed the text so every written out number was turned into digits. Including a five, which I was taught grammatically should always be spelled out. Examples of numbers in writing here.
Is this a rule I'm breaking?
Edit for clarification on when numbers are written out.
Edited by NethiliaopenCelebrity gossip on Unfortunate Implications
I spotted two entries on Unfortunate Implications that I'm not sure belong there. Both entries, rather than discuss how the trope pertains to a certain work, instead discuss the personal lives of celebrities.
- Her [Taylor Swift's] decision to engage in a public romance with Matty Healy and released a collaboration with Ice Spice was widely derided as damage control for Matty's numerous racist behaviors and comments.
- Rihanna's continuous friendship and even collaboration to Chris Brown has been widely critized as sending messages of women accepting their abuser.
I feel like they should both be deleted, but I wanted to double check before doing so.
Edited by Storygirl000openIs It Possible to Make Custom Sub-pages for a Troper Page?
I noticed that when opening the menu for sub-pages on my Troper Page it had a lot of categories that are intended for franchises (characters, YMMV, Heartwarming, etc.) but I didn't see a way to make a custom sub-page. Do we just have to use the pre-existing sub-page types of is there a way of making a custom one that I just don't see?
openWanting to avoid an edit war
On Trivia.Shin Megami Tensei V, troper helryx removed a Dueling Games entry citing that "Dueling games doesn't apply to two works just because they were released in the same month".
Here's the entry is question:
- Dueling Games: Vengeance is slated to be released on June 14, 2024, one week before the release of Elden Ring's highly anticipated Shadow of the Erdtree DLC expansion.
However it doesn't match up to what Dueling Works has to say: Again, just to be clear: The works have to be produced during the same time period (within one year of each other or with overlapping runs in the case of series)
However, I don't want to start an edit war so I want to ask if it is ok to restore?
openDo Youtubers making fanworks count as fanfiction?
Some context… I came upon this Goddess of Victory: NIKKE channel, "Goddess of Drip: Nikke", which has the characters of the game playing mostly Halo Infinite and razzing on each other. The voices are done with text to speech AI.
openA good use of redirects?
I often notice that on Visual Novel pages with a lot of sub-pages, it can be a little bit weird to not be able to see the main page from the menu, and instead have to click "More" - "Visual Novel". Would it be a good use of redirects to create a Video Game page for these that redirects to Visual Novel?
openArch-Enemy shoehorning
Ever since they joined TV Tropes, dgenega5764 has been heavily focused on the Arch-Enemy page (and they have made tons of edits for nearly all of its subpages as well). There have been complaints about them shoehorning examples before, and I don't feel like things have really changed since then.
A lot of their examples simply boil down to two characters being enemies regardless of how personal or brief their enmity is. For example, they listed Buggy as an Arch-Enemy to Luffy, even though Luffy has openly stated that he simply sees Buggy as a moron.
Similarly, they listed Emperor Pilaf as an Arch-Enemy to Goku. While it may be true that Pilaf views Goku aa his greatest enemy, the same is definitely not true on Goku's end (especially considering that there are stronger, more personal, and more competent enemies to him; Pilaf is largely just comic relief).
They also listed Commander Red as one for Goku as well, which I think is even worse since the two never even met each other (and they only briefly interacted with each other in the anime over a radio).
I'm sure there are tons of other examples, but I feel like these illustrate my issues with their edits fairly well. They also have extensive history with pages like Greater-Scope Villain, Big Bad, etc.
Edited by PokemonMasterJamalopenBile Fascination Writes The Plot????????
If an Audience Reaction is a factor in the creation of a work, should it be referenced in some way?
As an example: I could add mocking references to The Nutshack or The Big Bang Theory in a work, because I and others like to make fun of those works. So, you could say that me showing Bile Fascination towards The Nutshack is the justification for inserting The Nutshack references or even characters in a work.
In that case, how would that be classified? It wouldn't fit on a normal YMMV page because it's an Audience Reaction expressed by the creator towards a different work, and not directed to the work itself; it wouldn't fit on the Main page because it's still an out-of-universe example. Should it be listed as Trivia under Word of God if I officially say that I added references to The Nutshack out of Bile Fascination? Or is it not worth pointing out at all for this site?
Edited by TMH-Sir-Iron-Vomit
Under Characters.My Little Pony Generation 5, there are these entries I have questions about: