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- Was your wishlist item locked up without an explanation? It was most likely disapproved or just too big of a task versus the benefit it would ultimately have. Time is precious, and we want to focus on updates with the biggest bang for the buck. Don't be discouraged though! We appreciate every idea and we're always listening.
Make a Tech Wish:
openNot exactly a wishlist, but
The description for the Ask The Tropers section needs a rewrite, certain tropers (mostly new ones) keep asking questions of shows there instead of the You Know That Show section.
openBigger text box in inbox and forums
Exactly What It Says on the Tin. The text box both in your inbox and while writing up a post in the forums (any but the OP) is very small. It should be expandable, at least.
Edited by GosicrystalopenDisplay vote ratio in crowner page
Right now, the ratio votes up/votes down is only shown in hooked crowners (in-thread). The ratio should be displayed in the crowner page, too.
Edited by Gosicrystalopen"Rainbow" text color
I and some other tropers on Forum Games were wondering if it would be possible to implement a "rainbow" option for text colors. See this post
. Currently, the only way to do that is by coloring each letter separately, which is very tedious.
openImage Pickin' reasons
On Image Pickin, there should be more/better reasons. For example, "NSFW" and "Image Macro" should be separate options, and "Copyrighted" should also be one.
openTrope Mixer!
I've looked high and low but I'm unable to find the design I'm requesting here: it would be as in the sims when you choose their traits but not limited and with tropes. For instance, you could have a Flash Back Nightmare because of a Dark and Troubled Past leading to a Broken Hero, and on and on it goes. Ideally would be a drag and drop format, with little warnings if two things go directly against each other (with an alternative and a manual over ride button) and have the option of being in subtrope format or, preferably for many, a timeline order.
openWishlist and Bugs at first glance
You know how on the right there are links to Browse TV Tropes, Ask the Tropers, Trope Finder, YKTS, TLP and Reviews? Currently, the only way (I know of) to access this page and Bugs is by going into one of the aforementioned pages, and then cilcking in Wishlist or Bugs at the top bar. I ask for a direct link to these two pages on the right as well for convenience.
openInclude a link to search for title in 404 pages
When one (read: I) winds up on a "We don't have an article named..." page — e.g. having misspelled the title on the address line (wrong articles are particularly common) — it'd be very helpful for the text to include a link to search for whatever Wiki Word they entered. For one, Media Wiki does so already.
Edited by __VanoopenPrevent search engines from indexing "Inexact title" pages
The same as with nonexisting pages previously. These pages should return "300 Multiple Choices" HTTP status code.
Edited by __VanoopenShort term revert button for users.
I was looking at yet another "The data vampires attacked when I made an edit and wrecked a page. Please fix." post in ATT and a thought crossed my mind. Revert buttons already exist for mods so the code is already in place. How hard would it be to code it so that after a troper hits save the page lock gets extended for another 5 minutes. During that 5 minutes only that user would have access to a revert button that would revert only the edit that they just made. Then a user who had some kind of mistake occur would be able to easily fix it by themselves without waiting for a mod to intervene.
openAsking other tropers to guess works
I think there should be a tool where you can challenge other tropers by asking them to guess a work that's X Meets Y. It's like the Pitch Generator, only that just gives you ideas from the TV Tropes library of articles to have you brainstorming.
openMoving avatars back into the corner
Hi there
So awhile ago avatars were moved about for some reason,could we move avatars back into the corner,:like where the red x is?
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openDedicated Random button for Related Pages
I would like to request a Random page button specifically for the Related Page. This could help very well when it comes to crosswicking as opposed to just blindly picking links and it would also help for Trope Repair Shop projects when it comes to detecting misuse.
openMods should be able to reset hats in Trope Launch Pad
In light of the second premature launching of Royal States of America
, and the fact that it has 17 green hats despite the raised issues with the description (pointed out by the moderator who unlaunched the trope the first time around), I'm suspecting that the high number of hats may be misleading well-intentioned contributors into launching WIP tropes without considering other contributors' comments on the draft, which may be compounded if so much time passed that one could mistakenly believe that the hats were made after the issues were raised, and thus wrongly assume that it means the misgivings were misplaced.
Thus I suggest this possible solution: In the event that a trope draft is suffering from critical issues that need to be resolved before launching, and yet it has 5 or more green hats in total, moderators should have the ability to reset a WIP trope's hats to zero. To alleviate worries of abuse, this ability could be limited by requiring the assent of multiple moderators before a hat-reset could actually be implemented — sort of like a separate hat system for moderators.
Suggestions for further improvement of this potential solution would be appreciated.
openTwo wishes for trivia items
I have two wishes to make regarding trivia items. The first is to create a new icon for trivia items rather than using the YMMV icon. This would prevent trivia items erroneously being listed on YMMV pages. The second is to disable the trivia icon on creator pages (since trivia items are allowed on those pages). This would prevent the creation of unnecessary trivia pages.
openLink Projects: Short Term/Long Term threads to pages
I asked and apparently it wasn't possible.
As Berrenta said, a lot of Project threads are linked to one trope or work at a time, so being able to request it to be linked to pages would be a big help.

Can we have an Issue Helper message for calling an editor to the discussion page regarding an edit they made?