See Sandbox.Web Original Wick Sorting for progress
The WebOriginal/ namespace
(currently at arond 400 pages) has frequently been misused as a catch-all for any internet works, even when the work in question should probably go on other categories, such as Blog/, Fanfic/, Literature/ (in the case of Web Serial Novels), Roleplay/, WebAnimation/, Webcomic/, Website/ or WebVideo/.
Therefore, this project is dedicated to sorting or moving these works to their correct namespaces. Due to the obscurity of a large part of these works, a lot of these pages tend to also be low-quality (zero-context examples, poor grammar, red links, no crosswicking or indexing, Auto-Erotic Troping...) so general cleanup for these pages can also be discussed here.
(Note that the namespace isn't completely redundant, as a lot of works such as Creepypasta or Original Character Tournaments don't really fit any of the above namespaces.)
Edited by GastonRabbit on Oct 24th 2023 at 2:51:56 PM
Nope, seems sound to me
Pinging ~War Jay 77 for that one since she led the ARG thread.
I personally am fine with that move, the namespace could do with a boost.
I'd like to apologize for all this.
Discarded and Feeling Blue
Oh yeah, Wyoming Incident should totally be ARG/. The only other viable option may be Roleplay because most of the story is just told through, well... people taking up roles on the forum. But the ARG stuff feels more important.
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I think I'm good with moving WebOriginal.Virgin Vs Chad to Webcomic/
This mainly stems from the general formatting of the meme. It's usually a drawing of two (or three) characters with accompanying text giving context to their character archetypes and character tropes surrounding them, all posted online. Sounds like a bunch of webcomics to me, though one made by multiple creators.
Any objections?
Edited by AudioSpeaks2 on Oct 31st 2023 at 12:42:29 AM
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Memetic Loser Mother
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I'm good with that
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Checking back, I believe several tropers on previous pages agreed with Webcomic/ already, so I'm confident with a move now.
Edited by AudioSpeaks2 on Oct 31st 2023 at 7:36:03 PM
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Does WebOriginal.The Watchers belong in Web Animation/ or Web Video/?
Please help me decide because I'm seriously confused.
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Going through a few seconds of two episodes, i would say web animation
Though i could just have had the luck to see the animated segments
Cgp Grey uses that namespace and web animation as a redirect so that could also have the primary namespace and redirect deal
Edited by Adembergz on Nov 2nd 2023 at 5:06:04 AM
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I think I'm good with Web Animation/ being the namespace. The main characters in The Watchers seem to be CGI.
Edited by AudioSpeaks2 on Nov 2nd 2023 at 8:34:53 PM
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the Retromancer
WebVideo.CGP Grey should be at WebAnimation.CGP Grey as he's using only 2D sprites.
TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
Hey guys so i am planning to go through the namespace on Friday and sort them into a post here with folders on which namespace i thing they belong to most
Any objections?
the Retromancer
There's nothing really to object to until such list is made
TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
(he/any)
Isn't that what Web Original Wick Sorting is for?
Fair enough
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Is WebOriginal.Generation Loss more of a Web Video/ or ARG/?
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ARGs usually include user input, how interactive is Generation Loss
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Extremely. Most of the characters' actions in the Twitch streams were controlled by the audience through the use of an extension.
It is similar to Jerma985 Dollhouse, being produced by the same team, which to be fair is in Web Video, but that's mostly because it doesn't have any of the other ARG elements that Generation Loss does.
Honestly the Audience Participation entry on Generation Loss rn doesn't do it justice and I should expand that later.
Edited by Serilly on Nov 4th 2023 at 5:21:27 AM
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Then i am gonna say ARG/
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ARG/ it is then.
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WebOriginal.Ill Bethisad should I think be Website/? It's like a Shared Universe.
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I'm not sure, Ill Bethisida seems closest to website, but reading a bit through the page, i ain't entirely sure
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After double-checking, Noxcrew Gameshow is in fact Web Video, the series was on YouTube.
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It's Web Video/ alright.
I think I'll move WebOriginal.The Wyoming Incident to ARG/. Any objections?
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