# Proposal: double-click rule for TV Tropes **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 11, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-double-click-rule-for-tv-tropes/546309 "2010-07-11T16:11:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-double-click-rule-for-tv-tropes/546309/21 "2010-07-14T04:58:19Z")
I don’t think the problem is people linking to TVTropes _per se_ (I’m very fond of the site myself), but when someone starts an OP of “Can anyone think of films in which one of the main characters pilots a speedboat?”, it’s not really helpful when the next response is: “Here, try this: _[en.wikipedia.org/Films\_Containing\_Speedboat\_Use](http://en.wikipedia.org/Films_Containing_Speedboat_Use)_”. The OP clearly has internet access and a knowledge of how to find things on said internet (they did, after all, manage to post a message on the board) and it can, I think, be reasonably assumed the OP has already been to Wikipedia and perused their article on “Films containing Speedboat use”. Further, it might also be reasonably assumed they’ve checked Google, and possibly even the IMDB. So, rather than requiring “TVTROPES LINK ALERT!”, I think it’s easier to just ask people to refrain from linking to Wiki/TVTropes/etc without any further discussion or explanation; thus providing some context to the discussion. True, that doesn’t fix the “TV Tropes Will Ruin Your Life” issue, but let’s face it, is is an enormously entertaining website in spite of the overwhelming amount of Anime/Manga discussion. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-double-click-rule-for-tv-tropes/546309/22 "2010-07-14T14:13:41Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > It’s kinda like how wikipedia has ruined pub banter. Ah, yes, the thing where the guy with the most bluster makes everyone in the place think he’s gotten the better of you even if every single one of his facts is wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-double-click-rule-for-tv-tropes/546309/23 "2010-07-15T00:02:45Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > True, that doesn’t fix the “TV Tropes Will Ruin Your Life” issue, but let’s face it, is is an enormously entertaining website in spite of the overwhelming amount of Anime/Manga discussion. 😉 Yeah…I was glad when they implemented the closeable folders, letting you skip right over the 5-page “Anime and Manga” example list. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-double-click-rule-for-tv-tropes/546309/24 "2010-07-17T15:18:18Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Ditto. I did find it an engrossing site several years ago but as the place has grown the quality of the trivia has deteriorated. Bigger does not always equal better. That’s because the site has gotten bigger, but the number of consistent contributors has not. And because the superadmin really does not know how to delegate, and has taken on way too much. Quite a lot of cruft on the site is actually not supposed to be there. Show of hands: how many of you guys contribute, and not just read? ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-double-click-rule-for-tv-tropes/546309/25 "2010-07-17T16:53:19Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Show of hands: how many of you guys contribute, and not just read? I have in the past but don’t bother any more. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-double-click-rule-for-tv-tropes/546309/26 "2010-07-17T18:00:05Z")
Nitpick: “double-click” \<\> “two clicks” Y’know, just so that [you’re careful what you wish for](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JackassGenie). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-double-click-rule-for-tv-tropes/546309.md?page=1)