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openInconsistency in page titles for a video game series. Videogame
Cross posting with the games' Discussion Page and forum thread but posting it here since no one pays attention to those pages.
Basically, the Super Robot Wars pages are inconsistent on whether or not they use the "expanded" titles for their games or not. For example, we have a page for Super Robot Wars Advance, even though Super Robot Wars A is what other sites use and it's what the art on our page uses. This is admittedly an extreme case since the Updated Re-release was on the PSP and it was very explicitly A and not Advance there, but it's equally true for Super Robot Wars Judgment which is usually referred to as Super Robot Wars J. We don't even have it as a redirect. The same is true for a bunch of other games in the series.
And then we have Super Robot Wars V, but no Super Robot Wars Voyage.
Given that the expanded titles aren't really part of the game or packaging or anything as far as I can tell (I'd say it's All There in the Manual but the games I own where this applies do not have manuals) I'd like to move all the pages to their shortened versions and turned the expanded versions into redirects.
Edited by LarkmarnopenWhere would an Affectionate Nickname go?
On Characters.Shovel Knight Main Characters, I added an entry for Affectionate Nickname under Mona's folder, as she is the one who uses the name in regards to Plague Knight. However, Roy Campbell's folder on Characters.Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake has an Affectionate Nickname entry that he's on the receiving end of (Snake calling him "Colonel" long after he retired from active service). What's the best place to put examples of this?
openTRS Queue: need permission to add?
I noticed Canon Fodder seemed a duplicate trope to Fanfic Fuel, (the supposed difference that it will later get addressed in canon being speculation and seeming chairs). Results from Canon Fodder Wick Check:
- Just 10% correct.
- 38% redundant with Fanfic Fuel or other items.
- 30% non-YMMV (intentional hooks/items explored in canon).
- 14% were misspellings of Cannon Fodder.
- 8% ZCE/other.
This sounds like it deserves to go under the TRS Queue. Any objections?
And for future reference, do I need permission/approval to add anything to TRS Queue if a wick check finds significant issue/misuse?
openno direct linking to fanfics that don't have work pages
I noticed an example of a fanfic I had placed years ago was red linked because there is no work page for it. Looking back through the history I had linked directly to the story, but it was changed because the site isn't meant to take people away from the site. Or something like that.
Is this true? Because if it is it kind of makes it harder for people to find the story if they take an interest.
Where I saw this: Circus of Fear
openHow do you index YMMV pages? Videogame
Hi, I want to try and index the YMMV page for the video game KGB (since they don’t automatically), but I don’t know how to. Could someone point me to the right page to add to?
openZalgo on TvTropes and quotes.
From my understanding, Zalgo is disallowed on TV Tropes, but what if you are quoting text that uses Zalgo for effect? In particular, I am thinking of this skit from Overly Sarcastic Productions.
Remove the Zalgo, and it's no longer getting the impression they were going for across.
Edited by TheharboopenNeed some help
Trying to set up a page for my show... but ran into some difficulties and I am admittedly new at this. Mind a little help to figure out what I'm doing wrong here?
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/TendoTheSeal
openPastamonsters ghost indexing
I see that Pastamonsters The Under Rhelm, Pastamonsters The Pit and Pastamonsters The Human World are index by Pastamonsters, despite that page not having them, how?
Also I've noticed Pastamonsters Beings Of The Universe, Pastamonsters Dark World Inhabitants, Pastamonsters Pastamonsters The Final Season, Pastamonsters: President Bush and Other Associates, Pastamonsters The Malitch Empire, which are unindexed and probably needs to be merged with parent page too.
openYMMV trope question? Film
Discovered this for Ymmv from the film Pig (2021), as seen here (click here):
- Award Snub: Academy Award buzz was high for Cage's performance, and the film in general. Suffice to say many were surprised and quite annoyed when the film received zero nominations.
openLaunching Nonstandard Tropes
Is it possible to launch YMMV/Trivia tropes? All of the tropes I see being launched are standard objective ones. If so, how would I go about it?
openEdit war (?) on YMMV.Hilda Western Animation
I think there is a possible edit war on YMMV.Hilda.
Back in December 11, 2023, Nic Master Trope added a Base-Breaking Character entry covering Anders from S3, which I then deleted since it violates No Recent Examples, Please! (as it had only been a couple of days after the season aired (december 7) and examples require a six month waiting period after the work/season's release). However, on April 29, 2024, Nic Master Troper re-added and expanded the example, once again violating No Recent Examples, Please! (waiting period for S3 examples is not over til June 7) and ignoring the commented out saying not to put such examples until the waiting period is up.
I am taking it here, because I want to avoid an edit war and the user has now violated No Recent Examples, Please! twice.
Edited by Tylerbear12open TRS crowner
There is an active crowner for Schmuck Bait at the Trope Repair Shop. Click here if you want to join the discussion.
openWhere part of TvTropes do I go to for suggesting examples for subpages Web Original
I want to add another example to Nightmare Fuel, on Serina.
Edited by robo22openVA citation Videogame
A few hours ago, Datriel 917 removed Copy the Code's English voice actress (Rebecca Wang) from her folder on Neptunia - Antagonists, citing that there must be an official confirmation from the VA. I don't buy it, since Excessive-Menace (the OP who added the ENG VA) put out an external link from Wang's Twitter post confirming such. This feels like an unnecessary edit if you ask me.
Edit: spelling fix
Edited by ToonAbbyopenShould we have a trope for this? Web Original
A lot of new Web Animations added here are one-shot manga anthologies featuring the same main characters in different situations. I'm talking AoHaru Manga Library, Manga Soprano, ATTAC Kon MIKA, things like that. If Object Shows already has its own page with a list of examples, why shouldn't these manga anthologies get one?
Edited by Eris250openTrying to fact-check an entry that might need to be removed
So, the page for South Park Imaginationland has a list of characters from other works who appear in Imaginationland. On this list is an entry for Pat the Hammer from Handy Manny.
The thing is, while there is an Animate Inanimate Object hammer seen in Imaginationland, it doesn't look like Pat (who has a fairly distinctive blue color scheme), and its voice doesn't sound like Pat's either. Is there any official source that says this random hammer is actually supposed to be Pat, or is that entry on the list just some troper's random theory that they proclaimed as gospel?
openTons of appearances in an infobox question Print Comic
Characters.Green Arrow Speedy has a 'first appearance' list for the characters, which is fine, but then it goes into every comic they ever appeared in whether they have trope pages or not. Roy's portion is really long; should it and similar parts be trimmed, cut, or left alone?
I'm asking because I'm seeing the Fanfics of 2010–2011 page onwards are pages created for fanfics created between a range of two years. Does that mean that we have to wait for next year in order to add fanfics made in 2024 (for a "Fanfics of 2024-2025" page), or can a page for 2024 fanfics be created in the meantime?