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The This Troper page got locked and deleted

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  • MyrmidonMyrmidon
    That thread needs some serious

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  • VorpyVorpy
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    This Troper is like the comedians from "The World's Dumbest X" on VH1. They can make fun of, belittle and overexaggerate everything that appears on that show, but
  • GLORIOUSLeaderGLORIOUSLeader
    When in Turkey, ROCK THE FUCK OUT
    Also, I was never mocked. So... lol? I win? 
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Whether LR cared or not for him being mocked, whether Tzetze, Aondeug, etc etc cares for appearing in a video or not, it is still a personal attack. Same way as if I said "FUCK YOU, X TROPER" in Troper Updates, I'd get at least thumped, regardless of whether that person is interested or not. 

    Now, is This Troper's red linking valid under this grounds? Sadly, yes. If This Troper hadn't started to mess with specifical people, then, it'd be reasonable to keep them as a page and categorizing them and all that. But as it is, they started to attack our contributors. The very people who edit these pages. So...are we supposed to edit those pages, which include insults towards us and be completely neutral? I don't see why we shouldn't. Mind you, I don't think that it is for the better or anything, but it is a hard decision, in which both choices have serious consenquences (Delete the page, and set a horrible precedent, as well as proving some of the hater's right or keep it, and keep the endless personal attacks coming)

    You also have to take into account that This Troper hasn't changed its mind when it comes to said personal attacks. Sure, LR didn't care about it. But just now, there has been a new episode featuring Mark Von Lewis. And what if they start attacking, say, Myrmidon? Or Malkavian?

    I think the series is shit, personally. The SA Thread is far more interesting and smarter, if a bit too generalizing and annoying sometimes. 

    /Shitty and unnecessary wall of text
  • MyrmidonMyrmidon
    I suppose.

    Fast Eddie's tone in that thread was still annoying as hell.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    edited 2011-07-31 20:09:58
    You can change. You can.
    Oh, well, to be truthful, I was never a fan of Eddie myself. Tis why I don't post in the left side of the forum. Or why I don't touch anything wiki relate except for some edit here and there.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    'left'
  • CrimsonCrimson
    edited 2011-07-31 20:10:07
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!
    ^^^Indeed. Sometime I wonder if SA was right about FE hating criticism.

    And the This Troper thread on IJAM is on thin ice. Well more so than it was already.
  • MyrmidonMyrmidon
    Most people hate criticism. It's just that FE has no idea how to handle it.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    edited 2011-07-31 20:10:37
    You can change. You can.
    ^^^ Left, right up, down. Tomayto, potayto, tomato, window. It's all the same.
  • inkblotinkblot
    000
    We could have just said "They have also made videos about certain tropers", locked the page and left it at that.
  • CrimsonCrimson
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!
    Apparantly that qualifies as "advertisement".
  • VorpyVorpy
    edited 2011-07-31 20:27:19
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    >look at the list of locked pages
    >see This Troper
    >wonder what it is and click on it's page
    >"makes fun of and insults tropers"
    >suddenly interested on what the insults were

    I think this is what he means by not advertising it
  • LouieWLouieW
    edited 2011-07-31 20:41:49
    Loser

    I agree that some of the reactions to "This Troper" and criticism of the wiki in general have been a bit odd. I believe that some of the critics made legitimate points even if I do not necessarily like the way they have been stated. Still, given the "no personal attacks" rule and the general community feel that I think exists on TV Tropes as evidenced by stuff like calling people tropers and having a forum, I am not that surprised that the page was deleted. Even so, I do not believe it was justified to delete the thread in question.

    I basically agree with a good deal of what Juan_Carlos said too. I think feuds and such between different sites (or users on different sites) are pretty silly as well. From what I can tell, they tend to make people defensive more than they actually change anything in addition to creating animosity out of thin air. Then again, I might just not have enough experience with them to really make a judgement there.
  • VorpyVorpy
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    It's not really a feud between TT and TVT, but more like a...slanderous reporter who's dishing out the shit of the target they don't like to humiliate them.
  • CrimsonCrimson
    edited 2011-07-31 20:38:04
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!
    Oh sweet we're doing that weird cross site communication thing. Hey goons, how you guys doing?
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    edited 2011-07-31 20:48:58
    You can change. You can.
    Not sure if I want to quote goons because lolimporting drama.

    Just want to say that Shlapintogan is still a bro. :D
  • CrimsonCrimson
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!
    Well if this thread goes down because of that, I blame Louie. He started it. >_>
  • GLORIOUSLeaderGLORIOUSLeader
    When in Turkey, ROCK THE FUCK OUT
    I can haz link 2 thred plz? 
  • inkblotinkblot
    edited 2011-07-31 20:43:33
    000
    ^^^^ I can't tell if you're saying "I am genuinely amused to see members of another forum community reading this" or "I'm pretending I don't mind this so I don't look butthurt about other people mocking me online, which would cause more mocking".
  • CounterclockCounterclock
    Belief
    Links are good.
  • CrimsonCrimson
    edited 2011-07-31 20:43:01
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!
    Here.

    ^^The former.
  • CounterclockCounterclock
    Belief
    @Neo, that's the first page

    ...
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Well, go to the latest page, Clockles. 
  • GLORIOUSLeaderGLORIOUSLeader
    edited 2011-07-31 20:45:33
    When in Turkey, ROCK THE FUCK OUT
    Ooh, are they watching?

    Hi, guys with money! Glad to meet you! Please disregard everything I've ever said. 

    ^ You really expect us to exert energy for chrissakes? 
  • MyrmidonMyrmidon
    edited 2011-07-31 20:47:24
    He still doesn't care about being on This Troper, guys. Really, he doesn't. He keeps bringing up how little he cares (read: not at all) so you can remember how much he doesn't care. I'm just helping pass that message along by quoting it here. You'll all to well to keep it in mind.


    I do care that you're kind of being a prick, though.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Also, Shlappy, you bitch! Look at that post again and tell me...what did you let slide? 
  • GLORIOUSLeaderGLORIOUSLeader
    When in Turkey, ROCK THE FUCK OUT
    Hey! You edited that! I sawed you do it! 
  • NoimportaNoimporta
    That was a surprisingly short reaction time.
  • MyrmidonMyrmidon
    "Don't you get it??? None of them care!! That's why they keep making threads about it.

    We as humans can't shut up about things we're indifferent to - it's like in our DNA or poo poo."

    Actually, I'll be the first to say that I care about what This Troper is a symptom of, and I do care about some of the things said in Something Awful.
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