(01-27-2023, 01:58 PM)m available and will be reviewing edits ASAP.Bob Schroeck Wrote: I hate to basically post the same thing every month or two, but other than Rob okaying the recent category changes, am I the only person who's going through the moderation queue?  Family issues have kept me from dedicating any time to it for some two weeks now, and when I looked in on it this morning there were over fifty queued edits with the oldest ones dating back almost three weeks.  Worse, there were edits from at least a half dozen brand new users stuck in there, and they were probably wondering why we were ignoring them.

I've reviewed about half the edits that were queued up as of this morning -- Puterboy1 is not impressing me today -- but that still leaves almost thirty.  Probably more because I got at least one notice of new edits awaiting moderation. 

It would really be nice if someone other than me (and Rob) actually did anything on the mod queue more often than every couple months.  As my recent situation demonstrates, I cannot guarantee that I can be available to go through it every day.  If no one else gives a damn, I'm going to move we abolish moderation and let the spam (and copyright violations, and drive-by posters...) fall where it may.  That would be better than basically throwing new users' edits into the trash, as far as they're concerned.

Quote:[[Tom and Jerry|''Tom and Jerry'']]: This trope is used as a recurring theme in the shorts that feature Spike. When said shorts open, Spike is generally just doing his own job, minding his own business, until he gets caught up within the titular duo, Tom and Jerry's antics. Even if Spike ''clearly'' sees Jerry causing trouble as well, he will always single Tom out from the duo and places the blame for him, in which Jerry proceeds to [[Exploited Trope|milk for all its worth]] throughout the rest of the short.

Quote:This trope is a recurring theme in Tom and Jerry shorts that feature Spike. When said shorts open, Spike is generally doing his own thing, minding his own business, and gets caught up in Tom and Jerry's antics. Even when Spike clearly sees Jerry causing trouble as well, he always singles out Tom and places all the blame on him, which Jerry proceeds to milk for all its worth throughout the rest of the cartoon.

(01-30-2023, 03:33 PM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: Okay, I need a second opinion on a possible case of copyright infringement from TropeyTheWonderDog, who's been dinged twice today for infringement as I go through the mod queue.

In this edit to "Selective Enforcement", he's submitted

Quote:[[Tom and Jerry|''Tom and Jerry'']]: This trope is used as a recurring theme in the shorts that feature Spike. When said shorts open, Spike is generally just doing his own job, minding his own business, until he gets caught up within the titular duo, Tom and Jerry's antics. Even if Spike ''clearly'' sees Jerry causing trouble as well, he will always single Tom out from the duo and places the blame for him, in which Jerry proceeds to [[Exploited Trope|milk for all its worth]] throughout the rest of the short.

The original on TVT reads

Quote:This trope is a recurring theme in Tom and Jerry shorts that feature Spike. When said shorts open, Spike is generally doing his own thing, minding his own business, and gets caught up in Tom and Jerry's antics. Even when Spike clearly sees Jerry causing trouble as well, he always singles out Tom and places all the blame on him, which Jerry proceeds to milk for all its worth throughout the rest of the cartoon.

He's tried to change up things a bit but is it enough?  I know the way I'm leaning, but I want to hear other opinions before I do anything.

Thanks.

(01-30-2023, 05:38 PM)GethN7 Wrote:

(01-30-2023, 03:33 PM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: Okay, I need a second opinion on a possible case of copyright infringement from TropeyTheWonderDog, who's been dinged twice today for infringement as I go through the mod queue.

In this edit to "Selective Enforcement", he's submitted

Quote:[[Tom and Jerry|''Tom and Jerry'']]: This trope is used as a recurring theme in the shorts that feature Spike. When said shorts open, Spike is generally just doing his own job, minding his own business, until he gets caught up within the titular duo, Tom and Jerry's antics. Even if Spike ''clearly'' sees Jerry causing trouble as well, he will always single Tom out from the duo and places the blame for him, in which Jerry proceeds to [[Exploited Trope|milk for all its worth]] throughout the rest of the short.

The original on TVT reads

Quote:This trope is a recurring theme in Tom and Jerry shorts that feature Spike. When said shorts open, Spike is generally doing his own thing, minding his own business, and gets caught up in Tom and Jerry's antics. Even when Spike clearly sees Jerry causing trouble as well, he always singles out Tom and places all the blame on him, which Jerry proceeds to milk for all its worth throughout the rest of the cartoon.

He's tried to change up things a bit but is it enough?  I know the way I'm leaning, but I want to hear other opinions before I do anything.

Thanks.

I'm leaning no. They should do so "clean room" style to avoid any copyright concerns (i.e. - without using the TVT version for reference at all)

(01-31-2023, 03:21 PM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: Oh, in case no one else has noticed, our good friend HornyLikeIAmA14YearOldGirl has had his handle changed to the easier-to-remember and -pronounce "HLIAA14YOG".

(02-07-2023, 08:25 AM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: Well.  ShawnTehLogoBoi has had a mad on over the Nickelodeon TV Move Fun Size since practically his first edit, to the point (as I'm sure Rob will recall) of trying to delete the work page we created to provide a parent to an orphan subpage he himself made.  One would think that in almost a year and a half he would cool off about it, but no.