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Make a Wish:
openLock down namespace creation.
Could we make it so that any namespace can be drafted in TLP, but if someone tries to make a namespace that's not one of the usuals, it blocks it and sends the person to TLP so there's forewarning in case people make another Synopsis or something?
I was going to use the future TLP feature of drafting non-Mains to draft a ReferencedBy.Zork for all the Grues out there, but Referenced by... isn't on the list of TLP namespaces.
openDiscussion page-like formatting for headscratchers
Reposting from this thread eleven years ago: During this discussion, the idea was mentioned that Headscratchers would benefit from having a discussion page-like formatting akin to Lost And Found, You Know That Show and Ask The Tropers. Salient points:
- A discussion-like formatting system is more streamlined and easier to read than the current bullet point/Thread Mode system.
- Headscratchers is for questions and answers akin to Ask The Tropers and other pages mentioned above and should have the same skin as these.
- It is easier to reply in a discussion page instead of slogging through many bullet points in an edit page.
- Attaching the name of the posters to their questions could make them more responsible and avoid several common issues there, including Complaining About Shows You Dont Like.
- Converting it to a forum-like formatting would discourage certain forum-like behaviours (e.g Justifying Edits and Conversation In The Main Page) from actual wiki pages.
closed Is it possible to standardize headscratcher threads?
Some, like the Futurama thread, are really confusing
openAdd a preview button to cutlist
As it stands, there's no way to preview a cut justification before it's submitted - and it's one of the few things that can't be edited once posted.
It'd be great to get a preview icon for this so that tropers can check formatting before submitting it.
This would help reduce the work (and decline rate) for mods, as well as helping to ensure we leave a useful, well-written note for future tropers once the page is cut.
(All of this is also aggravated by the current bug which prevents red links showing for cut list submissions - previews would at least slightly improve the chance of spotting typos in linked page names)
openAdd comment numbers to ATT/Bugs/Trope Finder/YKTS replies
Visible comment numbers have been really useful on the forums - can we get the same style on queries? Probably most relevant to ATT, where a dozen or more comments on a query aren't unusual, but if the other query types share the framework it'd be good to have them on all.
closed Section that shows off big Just-For-Fun projects and other notable fun trope related things
I heard that apparently the owners what tropers to think big about suggestions, so I'll try. I couldn't think of any additions to the more work side of things that weren't just minor fixes and weren't already mentioned.
Y'know that part of the sidebar that showed fanmade content about TVT like that webcomic which explored tropes in the form of comic strips, or that TV show? How about that, but instead for projects within the site? CM, MB, Trope Pantheons, Self Demonstration for both characters and tropes, maybe even Encounters if that starts up again!
Other things included could be popular forum games about tropes, like the one where you guess which trope page an image belongs to or the more well known Crappy Image Pickin' where tropers pick out joke images for tropes. In terms of pages, there are many Just-For-Fun pages out there that are filled with many jokes.
In a nutshell, basically a place that shows off the more fun side of TVT.
openOption to replace an avatar in your gallery/rearrange the gallery
The hi res avatar thing gives a nice thought, to be able to replace an avatar in your gallery without having to delete it from it's spot, or even to re-arrange your gallery. That's it. I feel this is hard from a coding perspective for some reason, but I hope it sure isn't.
Edited by ZuggaluggalocoroGclosed Pop-up Preview
I wish, when hovering over a link, rather than merely the link as we have now, a pop-up preview of the first (shall we say) 300 characters of the linked article would appear, granting a quick summary to what the commenter is referring, as is done on Wikipedia.
closed Pronouns field for profile
(This idea was already suggested here back in 2018 but the thread was closed, thought it could be worth bringing up the idea again)
Was thinking it could be a good idea to add a "pronouns" field as a profile option, so people know right away how to refer to each other. Ideally this would be a fill-in box, letting people freely add stuff like multiple pronouns in any order or neopronouns without each option having to be requested and manually added. Of course, if anyone abuses this (as pointed out in the old thread) to make unfunny jokes like "attack helicopter" or "nor/mal" or whatever, this could just be reported and the user in question given a warning - to make it clear to them that this is for listing your actual pronouns and not transphobic "jokes".
(And yes, people can put pronouns in their title/signature if they want people to be aware, but I imagine most people would rather use these spaces for other things)
Edited by ZanreoworkingList of your created threads
If it's at all possible, a "Created Threads" sort of thing, which has all the threads that the Troper created. I feel that it'd be better than having to use the "Find Posts by Troper" thing and then going through dozens or hundreds of pages just to find threads you've started, for instance.
closed Follow a Forum
Thought it'd be convinient to watch not a thread, but an entire forum Topic (TRS, Image Pickin, Wiki Talk, Trope Talk, On-Topic Conversations...) for new threads, and getting a notification with email when someone creates a new thread in the topic. Because I regularly check the above mentioned forums for new discussions.
Edited by AmonimusworkingA requirement for explanation when bombing
The whole point of TLP is to iron out tropes before launch. If someone is going to bomb, they should be required to explain the issues they have with the trope. A 100 character minimum as well so they can't just say things like "This sucks" by way of explanation.
closed Banner for Definition-Only Pages
Definition-Only Pages is for pages that shouldn't have examples listed. However, some, like Eight Deadly Words have the YMMV banner, which misleadingly states:
To avoid this, Definition-Only Pages should have their own custom banner, which overwrites YMMV and Trivia banners (but not Flame Bait). It could have a message like this, which is already written on most Definition-Only Pages:
closed Display whether a page has any discussion
It would be nice if the button for the discussion page changed in some way to indicate that there's something there
closed Make Discussion pages more visible
Since these are important for finding and resolving problems with the pages, aside from the forums, why are they barely visible? Perhaps they should...
- Have a counter with the amount of comments posted, like a certain other wiki does, or like how we do in the Reviews pages. Even if you don't follow the page, you'll know there's at least something new posted.
- Don't hide it under the "More" menu on work pages at all.
- Have own Follow button and separate the updates in the Following list from the main page edits.
- Let users delete own posts (may not be as good of an idea because users can't delete own query and forum posts either)
workingAdd an option to add descriptions to avatars in the avatar gallery
Not only would it be better for accessibility, it'll make it easier for other tropers to know who the avatar is and where it came from.
closed Timestamps for Tropes
Specifically this is for Trivia Tropes but this could be extended to any Tropes.
Being able to timestamp trivia that belongs to certain scenes, e.g. improvised moments, excessive retakes, directors remarks, nepotism cameos, expensive sets used in just one scene, props that went missing after a scene, rewritten scenes during a writer's strike etc.
This would be fantastic because though the scene can be described, it can also help to pinpoint the exact scene for re-watchability and re-enjoyment.
closed Allow bold and italic formatting inside potholes
The way it is now, if you want a pothole where part of it is italicized/bolded and part of it isn't, you have to make a separate pothole for each part, like so: [[AbandonShip The crew flees the doomed]] ''[[AbandonShip USS Stevenson.]]''
If you could bring the apostrophes inside and only have to link it once, that would be nice to have. [[AbandonShip The crew flees the doomed ''USS Stevenson''.]]
closed Make it harder to delete an account
As far as I know, clicking Delete Account in the profile shows a simple yes-no prompt, and the yes button causes the account to be lost immediately.
Such important account action really should be more secure and require either/all captcha/password/email confirmation.
Edited by kory
We've got a daily featured trope and automatically display the newest created trope on the homepage, so why not have the same thing for work pages? It'll help get traffic onto newly created pages that might otherwise fall by the wayside, and if there's a place that work pages are vetted before qualifying to be a daily featured one (a forum thread maybe?), it might encourage people to clean up pages they've made that have issues so they can be featured. Maybe each day could have a different medium, like movie mondays, theater thursdays, etc.