DocumentN ( talk) 20:12, 20 August 2009 (UTC) It WOULD be deleted if it where to be put in the page (see WP:SPS). I'm still worried it might get cut from the page, but I guess we'll see. Does anyone have the link? - DocumentN ( talk) 23:36, 14 August 2009 (UTC) Update: Found the year and month here. The old version of the page linked to a forum post giving a brief history of the wiki in particular the year it was founded. Shreevatsa ( talk) 14:47, 20 July 2009 (UTC) On tv tropes, we use it either way though. It does have dialog suggesting that he's learning new tropes, but that can definitely occur without the "life-ruining" aspect. The xkcd comic refers more or less only to the site's tendency to launch excessive numbers of browser tabs. Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.23.232.41 ( talk) 11:39, 13 July 2009 (UTC) xkcd comic reference under "tvtropes will ruin your life" Īs "tvtropes ruining your life" refers to the altered perception of fiction, it doesn't seem correct to say that the xkcd comic refers to that phenomenon. Another webcomic has already been mentioned in the article. (This happened a couple weeks ago at Voynich manuscript and it was pretty ridiculous.) r ʨanaɢ talk/ contribs 11:28, 13 July 2009 (UTC)Īgreed, please no XKCD vandalism this time. Xkcd just mentioned TVtropes, so don't be surprised if you start getting bombarded for a few days. He was advertising this site, or its need for money… - 103.231.240.62 ( talk) 09:21, 25 June 2014 (UTC) Watch out Does that mean Wikipedia is now commercial? 81.221.32.170 ( talk) 11:00, 21 December 2010 (UTC) Yes? Stargirl806 ( talk) 05:58, 1 January 2011 (UTC) Serious necro, but appeals are different in that he didn't advertise some other company who is paying him for the ads. I Feel Tired ( talk) 05:08, 15 November 2009 (UTC) The "personal appeal from Jimmy Wales" is not really different from advertising. Look at us we're run through donations and don't have any advertising. Tvtropes is commercial? how come? 218.85.36.207 ( talk) 05:35, 3 July 2009 (UTC) Presumably due to the fact that it's funded by advertisemetns. 19 TV Tropes is down for hours, wiped off the net!.13 Revert war removing/re-adding content: discuss, please.3 xkcd comic reference under "tvtropes will ruin your life".