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Make a Tech Wish:
closed Timestamps for Tropes
Specifically this is for Trivia Tropes but this could be extended to any Tropes.
Being able to timestamp trivia that belongs to certain scenes, e.g. improvised moments, excessive retakes, directors remarks, nepotism cameos, expensive sets used in just one scene, props that went missing after a scene, rewritten scenes during a writer's strike etc.
This would be fantastic because though the scene can be described, it can also help to pinpoint the exact scene for re-watchability and re-enjoyment.
closed Follow a Forum
Thought it'd be convinient to watch not a thread, but an entire forum Topic (TRS, Image Pickin, Wiki Talk, Trope Talk, On-Topic Conversations...) for new threads, and getting a notification with email when someone creates a new thread in the topic. Because I regularly check the above mentioned forums for new discussions.
Edited by Amonimusclosed Pronouns field for profile
(This idea was already suggested here
back in 2018 but the thread was closed, thought it could be worth bringing up the idea again)
Was thinking it could be a good idea to add a "pronouns" field as a profile option, so people know right away how to refer to each other. Ideally this would be a fill-in box, letting people freely add stuff like multiple pronouns in any order or neopronouns without each option having to be requested and manually added. Of course, if anyone abuses this (as pointed out in the old thread) to make unfunny jokes like "attack helicopter" or "nor/mal" or whatever, this could just be reported and the user in question given a warning - to make it clear to them that this is for listing your actual pronouns and not transphobic "jokes".
(And yes, people can put pronouns in their title/signature if they want people to be aware, but I imagine most people would rather use these spaces for other things)
Edited by Zanreoclosed Pop-up Preview
I wish, when hovering over a link, rather than merely the link as we have now, a pop-up preview of the first (shall we say) 300 characters of the linked article would appear, granting a quick summary to what the commenter is referring, as is done on Wikipedia.
closed Is it possible to standardize headscratcher threads?
Some, like the Futurama thread, are really confusing
closed Add a "search by trope" function to the search engine.
Let's say you're looking to start a TRS or image Picking thread for a specific trope, but you need to make sure you aren't covering redundant ground/want to see why certain things are the way they are. The search engine famously sucks, so it's common knowledge that you should instead google something like "TV Tropes blah blah blah forum." However, not only is this something a newer troper isn't as likely to understand, it's not a perfect solution anyway cause it doesn't account for stuff like Pot Holes.
One thing the search engine is good for is the "search by user" function, which at least in my usage seemed to work fine, so how about similar functionality for tropes? You input the Wiki Word for a trope/article/whatever, and the search engine will only output results that link to that page. I understand that this would be redundant for trope searching considering that related pages exist, but I don't see why it couldn't just be a forum exclusive search funtion.
closed Make the difference between ! and !! more noticeable.
Header One
Header Two
Maybe it's just me, but it's hard to notice the differences between the two when they're used on works. It sometimes leaves me wondering if it's even needed.
Edited by Retlocliveclosed Notifier that sends a link to an ATT thread instead of an edit?
Based off of this discussion here
it seems like sending people links to ATT reports is going to become a standard part of the process. However, I know that me and other people get anxious when it comes to unscripted confrontation, and it's part of why I have trouble sending such links to people. My thought is that if there was some way to send people pre-written notifiers directing them to such threads, it would take a lot of the pressure off.
I don't know if this is possible coding-wise, however I believe it would help a lot to make the new rules easier for people to follow. So, if it is possible for this to be set up, I think it would be a good idea.
closed More clear spoiler formatting
While this may be buried because it isn't new content per se, I think it would be really nice if spoiler formatting told you what part of a work it's spoiling. While on most works assuming that you shouldn't click to see spoilers if you haven't finished it works just fine, for pages where completed works and ongoing adaptations are on the same page (especially Anime & Manga), it can cause problems for people who /thought/ they had finished it. Example for clarity: I have seen the MHA anime through season 6 (which, at the time of writing, means I'm caught up), so when scrolling the page I usually leave spoilers off from the sidebar. However, every so often I come across a spoiler for parts of the manga that haven't yet been adapted. While this is probably my own fault, I think adding a way to write on top of the whiteout would improve everyone's experience. In my example, this would be something like "season 4" or "unadapted manga" on each spoiler, so people like me would click on the spoiler for season 4, which we've seen, but no for the manga, which we haven't read.
closed In-Editor suggestions and/or autocomplete
It would be nice if the editor had a suggestion/autocomplete dropdown selection box when writing about examples of a trope or work entries.
I understand that TVT uses little client-side programming so might not, ever, have such an advanced utility but I argue that it would be a highly useful one especially if it would work on a continuously updated dictionary/index. It would certainly hasten editing work and corrections (if markup formatting was part of suggestions/autocomplete).
Since I switched to editing in notepad++ it was very helpful to compile such a dictionary for it by scraping the index pages a while back, however, it is a difficult process because of the lack of pagination and alphabetical pre-sorting aids.
closed Adventure’s of Edgar The Alien
A Alien Webtoon that was made in November 2017.
https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/the-adventures-of-edgar-the-alien/list?title_no=125220
closed Standardized format for Creator pages
First of all, it seems like with a lot of creator pages, we're just copying IMDB, and not as well. If there's nothing specifically tropeworthy about an actor, I don't think we need a page that's just a list of their films and shows.
Second, there seems to be no system for listing roles. I've seen it by year (ascending and descending), alphabetized by work, alphabetized by character name (which gets confusing especially with characters who follow a surname-first naming system), and just not organized at all. We should decide on one and make it clear.
closed Get rid of Following section from Profile
There is no good reason the Following should be in the settings (Profile) menu, especially in Image view, especially since Followed Pages has long become own page. It should be removed.

closed Contact us form needs more visibility
The contact us form which users are now required to use should they have issues with mods needs greater visibility
closed UTF-8 charset handeling.
I wish for better foreign language character support on TVT.
This is all based on what I actually thought was a bug at first so I made a report, long story short, it is only a bug by lack of a feature — which is the point of this request.

As far as I know, clicking Delete Account in the profile shows a simple yes-no prompt, and the yes button causes the account to be lost immediately.
Such important account action really should be more secure and require either/all captcha/password/email confirmation.
Edited by kory