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Make a Tech Wish:
openRestoring the notification near the top of a page that says if there's a Discussion.
Restoring the notification near the top of a page that says if there's a Discussion.
openMake it impossible to make redirects to blank / non-existent pages?
Make it impossible to make redirects to blank / non-existent pages?
'Cause I accidentally spawned UsefulNotes.Digital Rights Management going to the non-existent UsefulNotes.DRM...
openDouble-redirect catching system
On That Other Wiki, when a redirect points you to another redirect, it stops on the second one without redirecting further. This is a useful feature because in addition to catching double redirects (which are discouraged), it also prevents circular redirects from breaking things, since circular redirects are by definition also double redirects.
openMore discussion notifiers?
Not a lot of people participate in discussions; sometimes, something posted on a discussion will have a long gap between a response, if there's a response at all. There should be a separate notifier for discussions for pages you follow, like the notifier for someone sending you a PM.
openother options for supporting the site/hiding ads. I hate Google
Willing as I am to view ads or pay for them to be hidden, both the current options (whitelisting or buying a removal pass) would constitute supporting Google. I'm NOT willing to do that, especially in light of the recent policy change that some are calling "straight out of Orwell's 1984". Given the choice between the existing options, I think I'll stick to just watching the "#x page you've blocked today" increment as I laugh at the attempt on Google's part. Is there any way I can make a direct donation and, preferably (I'm happy to support the site either way. It's just really annoying), have the anti-adblock thingy hidden?
tl;dr, love the site, but hate Google and don't want to support them via ad revenue
Edited by macks2010openRevisiting ShortURL
I know this has been discussed before, but the site could use a shorturl to make sharing on social media more simple—especially Twitter.
Seeing how the site owns tvropes.wiki, maybe it's possible to use that domain to create them. There are many variants of other ccTLDs that would work like tropes.tv, trtro.ps, and so forth.
openCast & Crew Button?
At the top of the (Wiki) pages are a bunch of useful little buttons. Why is there not a button for Cast & Crew? I envision it divided into two primary folders - one for "Current" and one for "Former" in the case of a film in Development Hell or a band that changes their lineup. Is this something that would be doable?
Edited by GoGoGodzillaopenExtended liveblog markup help?
I’ve been meaning to add some color to my liveblogs’ text, but it never says where to do that in “markup help.” Could you put everything you can do with liveblog markup in there? Thx!
openView Forum Markup
This probably isn't high-priority, but I would like the ability to see markup for a forum post like we can for posts in ATT, YKTS, TF, and TLP. It could be a button that replaces the badge shop one.
openNew Messages For Issue Helper
I have some ideas for new issue helper messages:
- Lewdness: The NamespaceGoesHere/TitleGoesHere edit you made sounds very perverse in an unnecessary way. Please read No Lewdness, No Prudishness on why we don't like it.
- Spam: The NamespaceGoesHere/TitleGoesHere edit you made contains third party advertising for a product. Please keep ads off pages, instead go ask in advertising@proper.io if you can put on the sidebar.
- Vandalism: The NamespaceGoesHere/TitleGoesHere edit you made is considered Wiki Vandal behavior. If you're only here to vandalise, don't. Just get out, or the mods will bounce you.
- Wrong language: The NamespaceGoesHere/TitleGoesHere contains words that aren't in English. They're only acceptable if the work has never been translated. Visit TV Tropes Translation Project and the Translations subforum if you want to translate pages to different languages.
open"X is writing" for forums
Can we add a feature to the forums to tell you if someone is currently writing a post? It would be like the edit lock system for wiki pages, although it wouldn't necessarily have to lock other people out of writing a post, it would just let them know that someone else is writing one. It would be a very helpful way to avoid getting ninja'd on the forums.
openBlockquote or quoteblock?
When quoting things on the forums, it's hard to remember whether the quote markup is "blockquote" or "quoteblock". Since the other term doesn't have an alternate use it needs to be reserved for, and an outstanding bug is preventing many users from just checking with the convenient help, perhaps just make both of them valid markup?
open'Solved' tag to YKTS
Something that can hopefully clean up the clutter of YKTS, any question that is answered gets tagged "solved". People can then filter if they want solved or unsolved. This way, people can see if their inquiry has been answered and there would be fewer questions to sift through.
openAutomatically render a line at the bottom of a page if there isn't already one
It's kind of annoying when I feel the need to edit a page just to add that horizontal line at the bottom. An easy solution would be to just automatically render it for the reader.
openEditing With Folders
I was thinking: "What if separating a page into folders allowed you to open and close folders on an EDIT page?". My point is that some of us would find it useful to be able to edit LONG articles with a lot less scrolling, particularly those who don't know about CTRL+F (CMD+F on Mac) or don't even have access to it. In other words, folder controls would open and close folders in edit mode, and folders themselves could have arrows next to them like with folders on desktops!
openHiding individual reviews
Sometimes, I wish there was an option to hide a review from being displayed on my end, so that I personally don't have to see it. I regularly visit the Reviews page, and seeing some reviews I don't like being constantly bumped up to the top of the page can get really tiresome at times.
openTLP Highlights When
You Up a draft for Grabs. As some drafts fill up, you're not sure which drafts you have grabbed. So, I'm thinking of some sort of highlght or another list or a tag on which drafts you have grabbed. Inspired by this query.
openSubscription to Trope Finder threads or viewing all by user or self
the Trope Finder stream is very active and I am having trouble locating old requests. Is there a way to generate a list of Trope Finder threads based on being created by self? Can't seem to subscribe like with forum threads.
When you hit subscribe it subsyou to the Entire trope finder list intead of the thread you are on. Wish Lost seems similar.
Edited by AxelmaniaopenMake a subpage for Wattpad works
With the rise of Wattpad as a major place to share Original Fiction, and as a Wattpad reader and writer of my own, I'd appreciate it if you made a subpage only for Wattpad works.
Not much of a wish since I am pretty sure I could just go and do this with only Wrath of Mod to worry about. More a getting consensus / is this a good idea kind of suggestion.
I was thinking of adding a trope to a work page but realized I couldn't think of a way to phrase it without it being a spoiler. The fact that it only takes effect in the last few chapters and is a notable plot point means that even associating the trope with the work is arguably a spoiler.
The thought crossed my mind that a good way to work around that would be to allow for a spoiler subpage for works. Then we could list all the plot twist tropes, the death tropes, the all whited out tropes, the self fulfilling spoilers, and everything on spoilered rotten there without accidentally ruining someone's experience with unexpected spoilers. If you go to the spoiler page it is on you for wanting to read spoilers.