All The Tropes Wiki Project, Part XXXII

[robkelk]

Thanks, Geth.

[robkelk]

Ah, jeeze, I just noticed something we've all overlooked. A new user by the name of "TheCajunPhoenix" has been systematically miscorrecting the possessive form of nouns that end in "s", from s-apostrophe to s-apostrophe-s. <sigh> Something for me to track down and fix, along with giving him a warning.

EDIT: Okay, it wasn't as bad as I thought at first glance, maybe a half dozen such changes in all. And honestly, different references say different things (including one that has different rules for nouns that are plural vs singular nouns that just happen to end in "S"), so he's probably just following the way he was taught. However, a lot of our style descends from the AP Stylebook, and we've been handling this exactly as the AP lays it out. Anyway, I undid those half-dozen or so cases, and left him a friendly note about it.

User:TheCajunPhoenix is now On Notice for ignoring a mod (specifically, ignoring Bob.) They tried to make an edit that was nothing but adding an "S" to a possessive that ended with an s.

[GethN7]

Ah, jeeze, I just noticed something we've all overlooked.  A new user by the name of "TheCajunPhoenix" has been systematically miscorrecting the possessive form of nouns that end in "s", from s-apostrophe to s-apostrophe-s.  <sigh>  Something for me to track down and fix, along with giving him a warning.

EDIT:  Okay, it wasn't as bad as I thought at first glance, maybe a half dozen such changes in all.  And honestly, different references say different things (including one that has different rules for nouns that are plural vs singular nouns that just happen to end in "S"), so he's probably just following the way he was taught.  However, a lot of our style descends from the AP Stylebook, and we've been handling this exactly as the AP lays it out.  Anyway, I undid those half-dozen or so cases, and left him a friendly note about it.

User:TheCajunPhoenix is now On Notice for ignoring a mod (specifically, ignoring Bob.) They tried to make an edit that was nothing but adding an "S" to a possessive that ended with an s.

On that note, how do we respond to this proposal to modify our style rules:

https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Special:Mo...odid=25632

Said user has also confirmed they want the rules changed here:

https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Special:Mo...odid=25633

[robkelk]

Ah, jeeze, I just noticed something we've all overlooked.  A new user by the name of "TheCajunPhoenix" has been systematically miscorrecting the possessive form of nouns that end in "s", from s-apostrophe to s-apostrophe-s.  <sigh>  Something for me to track down and fix, along with giving him a warning.

EDIT:  Okay, it wasn't as bad as I thought at first glance, maybe a half dozen such changes in all.  And honestly, different references say different things (including one that has different rules for nouns that are plural vs singular nouns that just happen to end in "S"), so he's probably just following the way he was taught.  However, a lot of our style descends from the AP Stylebook, and we've been handling this exactly as the AP lays it out.  Anyway, I undid those half-dozen or so cases, and left him a friendly note about it.

User:TheCajunPhoenix is now On Notice for ignoring a mod (specifically, ignoring Bob.) They tried to make an edit that was nothing but adding an "S" to a possessive that ended with an s.

On that note, how do we respond to this proposal to modify our style rules:

https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Special:Mo...odid=25632

Said user has also confirmed they want the rules changed here:

https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Special:Mo...odid=25633

I approved the edits, and replied to the actual "proposal" fact-checking the claims and asking for a proposal.

[Bob Schroeck]

Exactly the right thing to do.

I need to hit the mod queue today at some point and help clean it up. It's back up to more than 50 again.

Does anyone know what Hyoroemon is talking about on #51 that he can't post anything unless he cuts it down to just two tropes?

[GethN7]

Exactly the right thing to do.

I need to hit the mod queue today at some point and help clean it up.  It's back up to more than 50 again. 

Does anyone know what Hyoroemon is talking about on #51 that he can't post anything unless he cuts it down to just two tropes?

I have no idea. Their grammar and edits have been consistently abysmal.

[robkelk]

Exactly the right thing to do.

I need to hit the mod queue today at some point and help clean it up.  It's back up to more than 50 again. 

Does anyone know what Hyoroemon is talking about on #51 that he can't post anything unless he cuts it down to just two tropes?

I think they're following up on a post you made to their user page, back before you had to take a couple of weeks off.

[Bob Schroeck]

Okay, I've been thinking that Asch of Apokolips has proved himself sufficiently to get a promote to autopatrolled/automoderated. He's never submitted a copyright violation, he takes instruction well, and overall his edits over the past few weeks have been solid and on-target.

What do you guys think?

I think he needs to read the Style Guide again, but the content of his contributions is good.

<sigh> Now I want to approve him simply to get him to stop refilling the mod queue. I swear, he's got to be camping the wiki and as soon as he sees something of his approved he makes more edits. Last night I got the queue down to 2 entries from 51, and within a couple minutes he'd dumped another ten edits in. And then six or eight more once I cleared those. Does he ever sleep? Argh.

EDIT: I just went into the queue. Fourteen more edits from him since last night. Dammit.