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jate88 is wondering if we could add media examples in this useful notes YKTTW ?: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=aftrd6ulyxpj29yoxnfrzd6h
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Is it considered proper/improper to remove Troper Tales entries that are A) obviously (for various reasons) not true stories, B) contrary to the theme/tone/nature of the source article, and C) inserted into the page without consideration for formatting, spelling, or grammar?
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Okay, something has crawled up Weird Raptor's arse, but for the life of me I don't know what. He's being needlessly antagonistic here, and calling out the tropers who edited his article...but there's nothing on the page history of anyone but him editing the page.
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Can I lauch this trope? Basically is a trope about characters that deconstruct Common Mary Sue Traits. But aren't Mary Sues themselves.
Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask.But I was wondering if you guys think If it would be appropiate for me to launch that trope.
Mary Sue tends to be a very controversial concept. As such there is a risk people will misinterpret my intentions. (I have already had this problem before). And I don't want to waste the time of Trope Repair Shop people.
If you guys think is inappropiate I will discard it.
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Is there anything that can be done for the Sliding Scale Of Antiheroes? There's been a ridiculous amount of Edit Warring going on recently, particularly over the placement of one particular character (Lelouch) whose type I can only guess at. But it's not just him. And the edit reasons are increasingly nasty. I'm starting to wonder if it needs the same subjective banner as Character Alignment.
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Is it possible to skip getting Ana in Earthbound Zero? The only scene I remember her ever influencing was the romantic dancing scene, and I'm not sure, but if that area is skippable, then there should be no reason that you couldn't complete the game without her besides Nintendo Hard difficulty. (I heard it's possible to beat the game with Teddy in your party, so it should be skippable... unless that was just a rumor)
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I would like to clean up pages such as Resident Evil 1 & Silent Hill 1 of any subjective tropes. If I were to do so, should I create YMMV pages for those specific series entries or can I dump the subjective tropes in the main series' YMMV pages (Resident Evil & Silent Hill)?
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Now that teardrop/treasurechest is banned, can the lock on Prince of Persia be released? I was just about to work on spoiler reforms and moving stuff to the YMMV page when the hullabaloo happened. Relatedly, the history of the comments he deleted is blank. Is it possible to see what people wrote before he vandalized them?
Also, Firefox has hullabaloo in its dictionary. Huh.
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What are the logistical reasons that we can't keep any more than a few months of history? I'm aware that we don't have anywhere near the resources of Wikipedia and it's progeny or Wikia, but how many more bytes would it be to have more history available? I've just run into this issue yet again, and it's rather frustrating.
Alternately, does anyone have a copy of Binding Ancient Treaty from approximately last March or April?
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(A) Is there a policy about posting fanfic recomendations "in the name of" another handle?
I've seen two users adding fanfic recs in the name of Slick Nick Shady. By toolfan here (on 18JAN) and by theschwab34 here (on 17JAN).
(B) Is there a policy on IJBM entries that aren't about the work itself? One of the above mentioned tropers has added two IJBM about the WMGs for the same work here.
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I'm brand-new as a contributor (first edit was today, relating to the Bathroom John entry), although been visiting a something like a year. I'd already posted this question earlier in another part of the forum, but realized this was probably the better home for it afterward, so bear with me ... it relates more to the "mechanics" of the wiki rather than any specific trope or work.
Is there a setup option somewhere here to display to me the times of ALL posts and other events in my local time (US/Canada Eastern, GMT-5)? It's much easier to see how recent an entry or posting is that way. Thanks and best.
I would like to contact an editor (or whoever it was who posted my work) to thank them for being so generous for caring about my freeware video game - is there a way I can privately get the contact of such a person? Who do I contact for such a request?
Thank you! Joel.