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Edited by Mrph1 on Mar 29th 2024 at 10:55:20 AM
Edited by Miss_Desperado on Nov 19th 2020 at 8:46:41 AM
If not for this anchor I'd be dancing between the stars. At least I can try to write better vampire stories than Twilight.
Very Spooky
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Yeah, special characters in titles break the cutlist and just erase the request.
Edited by jandn2014 on Nov 19th 2020 at 12:22:53 PM
back lol
Why did the "things that make you go lol" thread get nuked? Wouldn't it have been better to just thump the popcorn bait and move on? Just curious.
Disasturbator
Its still there ,please avoid using terms like 'nuked' to describe a locked thread
New theme music also a box
she/her
Yeah. I can understand thumping a post that could start another TLP incident, but locking the thread seems a bit unnecessary. Especially since there's no moderator comment in the thread, and the thread was going along just fine until that post.
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
I agree. That was unnecessary and only attracts more attention to the draft.
Current Project: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
Lost in Space
I unlocked it. Just report this stuff, don't troll over it.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Could you please decline the cut request for Headscratchers.My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic Meta? I think such an action needs to be discussed more.
The Unknown
Pretty sure Meta pages like that are no bueno.
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody remembers it, who else will you have ice cream with?
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
The discussion should be here, but I think that thread's consensus was that Meta doesn't belong on Headscratchers.
Considering the page is still being edited, I think we should talk to whoever is editing it.
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
So, I'm curious about what the "don't import drama" rule actually entails. I'm asking for clarification.
Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
Deranged X-Mas Figure
So a bunch of posts in the Economics thread talking about economic philosophy and Fighteer got thumped.
Fighteer, please tell me you didn't thump them because they were talking about you.
Doctor Who — Long Way Around: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13536044/1/Doctor-Who-Long-Way-Around
Lost in Space
Wasn't me. Septimus evidently decided that political philosophy isn't on topic for the Economics thread, and I agree.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Redmess
Clearly we veered a little too far into the political side of things.
Optimism is a duty.
Deranged X-Mas Figure
But I hope you understand why that's the first thing that jumped to my brain.
Doctor Who — Long Way Around: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13536044/1/Doctor-Who-Long-Way-Around
Wait... Is it even possible for a mod to thump another mod? I thought mods were immune to stuff like that unless it's from an admin directly.
Redmess
Yes, they can thump each other.
Optimism is a duty.
Susjection!
Huh... I thought the staff ran on a hierarchy of sorts that made them immune to staff actions unless those actions came from a staff member with higher authority. I guess I'm just naive.
Edited by DivineFlame100 on Dec 3rd 2020 at 9:00:43 AM
Yeah, moderators can be thumped and suspended like any other troper. The last function is only used for testing, of course, but thumping is fair game.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Redmess
And that's only fair, I think. Moderators should conform to the rules like everyone else, after all.
Optimism is a duty.
Besides, I think that sort of thing (getting rid of dead pages with illegal characters in their names) is beyond the powers of even the mods, and would need admin action. And they aren't exactly easy to reach.
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