The "Terrible and Great Things" community

[Crichax]

So, there are some bad wikis online dedicated to listing examples of "terrible" and "great" things.


All the ones I know of:

Terrible TV Shows Wiki

terribletvshows.miraheze.org

Rotten Websites Wiki

rottenwebsites.miraheze.org

Crappy Games Wiki Uncensored

crappygames.miraheze.org

Awful Movies Wiki

awfulmovies.miraheze.org

Greatest Movies Wiki - Greatest Movies Wiki

greatestmovies.miraheze.org

Best TV Shows Wiki

besttvshows.miraheze.org

Now there are some well-structured analytical rants (like Crappy Games Wiki's Life is Strange page) on these wikis. But there are also some terrible rants that should never have been allowed to exist. The reason for their existence is most likely because of incompetent (or absent) mods. Here are some choice examples.


A user on Terrible TV Shows Wiki completely misinterprets the jokes behind the infamous TTG episode The Return of Slade. Regardless of your thoughts on this episode, this user's review is terrible. He complains about the plot being too childish and cartoony (in a show meant for kids), and that the main source of inspiration for the episode was that the writers couldn't take criticism (Untrue. They just wanted to piss off people like him in an innovative and never-before-seen way).

The Return of Slade (Teen Titans Go!) - Terrible TV Shows Wiki

archived 29 May 2019 20:23:24 UTC

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And if you look in the comments, you'll see people who hate TTG in 2019 (unless they're trolls)!


Also, these sites suffer from the same problem as TV Tropes does sometimes, in that there seems to be no citation required. Which led to these two abysmal pages on Toxic Fandoms and Hatedoms Wiki.

First, we have an "analysis" on the Homestuck fandom. ALL of the points are uncited, meaning they could be total BS.

Homestuck Fandom - Toxic Fandoms and Hatedoms

archived 29 May 2019 20:30:39 UTC

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And then, we have (drumroll please) a Kiwi Farms rant! Which also seems to be complete uncited BS.

Kiwi Farms Fandom - Toxic Fandoms and Hatedoms

archived 29 May 2019 20:22:35 UTC

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[UE 558]

A lot of these feel like they’re run by squeakers who just recently got exposed to reddit

 

[Pope Negro Joe the XIIIth]

Why is this funny?

 

[Wake me up]

You have told me there's plenty of good stuff in those wikis but you haven't actually shown me anything. If I need to do my own research to even figure out why it is worth spending my time looking at them in the first place, what is even the point of having a thread?

 

[Colmerry]

Number 2 and 4 on this list from the "Kiwi Farms Fandom" page is really the only funny part about this

 

[Crichax]

A lot of these feel like they’re run by squeakers who just recently got exposed to reddit

When I was squeaker age, I used to hate TTG because it was "mean-spirited". I can guess a lot of these users are kids.

You have told me there's plenty of good stuff in those wikis but you haven't actually shown me anything. If I need to do my own research to even figure out why it is worth spending my time looking at them in the first place, what is even the point of having a thread?

How many pages from these wikis do you think I should list?

 

[Wake me up]

How many pages from these wikis do you think I should list?

If you have to ask me this then I think you haven't gotten my point at all. You can list as many pages as you want and I doubt it would increase the quality of your current attempt, if that's all you're doing.

 

[Crichax]

If you have to ask me this then I think you haven't gotten my point at all. You can list as many pages as you want and I doubt it would increase the quality of your current attempt, if that's all you're doing.

What should I do then? Should I look on userblogs and post "highlights" from them alongside pages?

 

[Wake me up]

What should I do then? Should I look on userblogs and post "highlights" from them alongside pages?

Take a look at the Design Doc pinned to this subforum and then go take a look at other successful threads (not in Proving Grounds) to have an idea what makes a good thread. Feel free to PM me once you have a new draft and if I can I'll help you. I would imagine you can also message or ping the subforum mods for help, as they're the ones who are ultimately going to reject your OP or get it out of the PG and into KF proper.

That being said, I'm not a mod myself, just trying to help as someone who had a thread greenlit not too long ago.

 

[Rand /pol/]

And then, we have (drumroll please) a Kiwi Farms rant! Which also seems to be complete uncited BS.

Kiwi Farms Fandom - Toxic Fandoms and Hatedoms

archived 29 May 2019 20:22:35 UTC

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1. There are still plenty of tame or reasonable users on the site.

lol

 

[RK 672]

Way too broad of a subject imo. You did not explain why these community are interesting or threadworthy in the first sentence. You did not archive all your links.

Now there are some well-structured analytical rants (like Crappy Games Wiki's Life is Strange page) on these wikis. But there are also some terrible rants that should never have been allowed to exist. The reason for their existence is most likely because of incompetent (or absent) mods. Here are some choice examples.

You list multiple sites, only give an example from one, then introduce another site.

And if you look in the comments, you'll see people who hate TTG in 2019 (unless they're trolls)!

You're surprised by this?

Also, these sites suffer from the same problem as TV Tropes does sometimes, in that there seems to be no citation required. Which led to these two abysmal pages on Toxic Fandoms and Hatedoms Wiki.

First, we have an "analysis" on the Homestuck fandom. ALL of the points are uncited, meaning they could be total BS.

I didn't realize reviews were required to have citations.

The sites are autistic, but the topic isn't particularly funny.

 

[Clop]

There are still plenty of tame or reasonable users on the site.

Ew, what kind of disgusting perverts are lurking here?

 

[QD 846]

Why This Fandom Is Toxic:

10. They hate double post and thinks it's annoying for them.

those fucking kiwis and their...
...
...hate for double posts!

 

[gun]

this user list is a rats nest of aspergers
https://toxicfandomsandhatedoms.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:ListUsers
this is what happens when children grow up watching youtube

https://polandball.fandom.com/wiki/User:Andrew_Do

IP editing and account creation are both disabled until "Delicious" learns to behave.

always a good sign

 

[WW 635]

Maybe some screenshots of funny content would be helpful. Also this community isn't very well-described. Did you mean this to be GD or CW?

 

[Very Clever Nickname]

This sounds like it would be better as a post on the already-existing Wikia thread.

 

[Crichax]

Way too broad of a subject imo. You did not explain why these community are interesting or threadworthy in the first sentence. You did not archive all your links.

You list multiple sites, only give an example from one, then introduce another site.

You're surprised by this?

I didn't realize reviews were required to have citations.

The sites are autistic, but the topic isn't particularly funny.

To be fair, I did archive the actual pages. I left the actual website links intact.

And analyses on bad fanbases mean nothing without proper citations.

I will put out a revised draft of this later.

 

[Exigent Circumcisions]

OP, try not to inspire more laughter aboutyourself than the subject matter, unless you're going to be a huge cow.

 

[Y2K Baby]

Why is this funny?

Why is this site funny

 

[YayLasagna]

What should I do then?

Lurk more.