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closed Blinding Lights on Night Vision Search
When I use the search function with Night Vision on, the results are still in white, as if Night Vision was off.
I remember a previous bug report mentioning this, but the discussion about it stalled before it could be fixed, so I'm making a new query about it.
Edited by JHD0919closed Old Search broke
Reposting from here, the Old Search seems to be stuck indefinitely. New Search is fine for now.
workingTwo revisions for one page on Followed Pages
When I followed Fun with Acronyms, two revisions of that page show up on Followed Pages. The first is the most recent revision, while the second is an extremely old revision.
openI can't post on the Edit Banned thread.
Around a year ago, I was really annoying in the Trash Heap and gotten banned from Yack Fest as a result. The restrictions of being banned still apply, but I can't post in the Edit Banned thread. Could this be due to the system not expecting a ban from the Yack Fest?
openPages lacking namespace
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pagelist_having_pagetype_in_namespace.php?n=&t=work
Can't be edited or cut. Mods can't do anything, and they cause ghost wicks that only can be detected if their targets are redirects. Such as Nakama from:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/folderizer.php?target=.iceheart
That's the only way to see contents.
This is just so there's visibility on the problem.
openWikiword doesn't work for one page
The custom title of Nory Ryans Song only works if the whole title is in brackets, like this: Literature/{{noryryanssong}}. I think the page was originally created with the entire URL in lowercase. I have no way of fixing it. I posted on Ask the Tropers here, but someone suggested I report it as a bug instead.
Edited by Madison14closed Italics don’t work on mobile (iOS)
Say I want to talk about how much I love ‘’Kath & Kim’’ . It won’t let become italicised on mobile, it’ll just stay as to apostrophes.
openMultiple wick styles on pages causing ghost wicks. My guess.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/relatedsearch.php?term=Main/BigBrotherBully says that
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/relatedsearch.php?term=Main/BigSisterBully has 909 wicks, but that page says 904.
If previous instances that I discovered are any indication, 5 or so of those 904 wicks are wicking to Big Sister Bully in multiple styles, once without curly braces, and one with, making the page count twice.
closed spoiler tag opening/closing doesn't work with some text formatting
Clicking on a spoiler tag to open/close it doesn't work if the portion you're clicking on is over certain forms of text formatting, including italics, bold, and AC. See Wiki Sandbox for a demonstration at the top.
I already tried clearing my cache.
workingDouble posting edits
A couple of times recently I've made an edit and it's double or triple posted it into the page's history and my edit history. e.g:
Edited by dcutter2workingA problem is still happening in some Magnificent Bastard pages
So some weeks ago it was reported here that some Magnificent Bastard pages like Comic Books and Western Animation were suffering of a problem where despite having been edited several times for months (as seen in their edit histories) the actual pages had stayed the same since around December. The report was then locked as the issue was said to be fixed, except… it hasn't? The pages are still looking the same to me as they have looked for months.
Something else to mention is that I have found that the pages for Literature K to Z and Live-Action TV: A to G are also suffering from these same problems.
Twiddler said that "to fix this issue, just do a null edit to the page type" but, uh, I'm sorry but I have no idea what that means? What is a "null edit"? What is "the page type"?
open502 Bad Gateway
Trying to click the page image from Some Dexterity Required to access the Steel Battalion page just gave me a 502 Bad Gateway error, no matter how many times I tried it - I had to search for the page myself, which let me access the page properly, after which clicking the trope image worked correctly as well. Not sure what's up with that.
closed False ping
Somehow got not one but two notifications for this post that doesn't even have the ping markup.
closed Folders Won't Open
On pages with folders, when I click on the buttons that open individual folders or the button that opens or closes them all, the folders don't open. I hope this issue gets resolved soon.
ADMIN NOTE: just clear your browser cache and it'll work.
- DESKTOP: ctrl+shift+r (if it doesn't work just google "how to clear cache" for your specific browser)
- MOBILE (IPhone): Settings > safari > advanced > website data > search TVtropes > edit (bottom of screen) > click red icon and delete
- MOBILE (Android): Settings → Site settings → tap All sites → choose your site →clear and reset
closed Folders have seized up
I'm on PC, and all of the folders I am trying to open have suddenly started refusing to open. I can see that I am not the only one with this issue going on, so what's happening?
closed Folders Not Working
Whenever I'm on my mobile and select a folder, instead of opening it, I get "click to open folder" appear (which is what I've been doing)
openincorrect character change count
In this edit, I remove 4 characters (a line break and 3 asterisks) and insert 2 (double quotes). It lists this as "Changed: 272 Removed: 274 ".
This other edit shows a similar issue. 3 characters are removed (a line break and 2 asterisks); it lists this as "Changed: 271 Removed: 273 ".
closed Issue with Transcoding Video
I found an another bug shortly after the image upload bug was fixed. When I tried uploading a video, usually it sends me a message that the transcoding has been completed. However, when I tried uploading a video yesterday, instead of just taking 2-3 minutes for the video to transcode, the upload is taking forever and never got completed at all (Side note: I didn't upload a video that is too long, just the standard 1-2 minute videos). I even waited for 20 minutes to see if the transcoding is complete to no avail. I tried to upload again but unfortunately, I still have this issue. I'm really hoping that this issue will be resolved soon.
Edited by TheSpongeBoy
If a video example features a lengthier description, it's nigh-impossible to read properly as the box is too small and even a single mouse wheel stroke scrolls too far, skipping over part of the text. Using the scroll bar is difficult as it's quite thin and requires excessive precicion to handle. It even seems its handle is slightly misaligned.