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* Mention [[EncyclopaediaEncyclopedia Dramatica]] anywhere. Especially on [http://www.deviantart.com any] [http://en.wikipedia.org website] [http://uncyclopedia.wikia.comca that] [http://www.golden-road.net has] [http://www.dragonflycave.com an] [http://www.gaiaonline.com article]. If you can't [[Invoked Trope|invoke]] [[Convection, Schmonvection]], you'd better RUN!!!

* [[Wikipedia]] [[Edit War|Edit Wars]]s. Among the [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Lamest edit wars|more notorious examples]] are the spelling of the chemical element with the symbol Al, and the name of the port located at the mouth of the Vistula.

** Also on the Wiki: [[wikipedia:reliability of Wikipedia|How reliable of a source it is]] ,<ref>typically causes backdraft among college professors</ref>, [[wikipedia:Essjay controversy|the credibility of its admins]] ,<ref>Essjay himself also sparks this trope</ref>, the Biographies of Living Persons policy ,<ref>which many have interpreted as "don't say anything negative about anyone, ever, regardless of how well-sourced it may be; also, the policy was introduced right after [[wikipedia:Wikipedia biography controversy|John Seigenthaler's little butthurt tirade on the Wiki]], creating [[Paranoia Fuel]]. TV Tropes kinda sorta has a similar policy under the [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment]]</ref>, the Oversight function ,<ref>also came from the Seigenthaler thingy</ref>, [[wikipedia:WP:OFFICE|so-called "Office Actions"]] ,<ref>MOAR Paranoia Fuel</ref>, and so-called "attack sites", especially critics of the Wikiwiki like Encyclopedia Dramatica and [http://www.wikipediareview.com Daniel Brandt] who post the real names of certain suspicious editors .<ref>apparently privacy and anonymity are more important than being an encyclopedia. Ironically, it was Daniel himself who helped expose Essjay for who he REALLY was.</ref>.

** This may be partially caused by irrational suspicions that [[Sockpuppet|David is]] [[Justifying Edit|writing said non-ironic positive things himself]].

*** Likewise, there's Sparkledogs/Sparklewolves (Drawingsdrawings of canines that are often brightly colored). Either you'll be praised for your "creative artwork" or you'll be criticized ''harshly'' for "being unable to draw a dog/wolf correctly".

** DA Stamps (Small,small rectangular images often reflecting the artist's viewpoint or interests). Either they're a great way for an artist to express themselves, if a bit simplistic at times. Or, they're just a lazy over-done fad that has taken the popularity away from "real" art. No two people will agree.

** In general, ''never'' mention you have Autismautism/Asperger's Syndromesyndrome (or that you know someone who does). Otherwise, you'll just bring up the old flame war of "Autistics are people too!" VS "Ass-Burgers is just an excuse to be a jerk!".

*** Pretty much any disability falls under this, unfortunately. Especially due to the sheer number of [[Troll|trollstroll]]s that lurk about deviantartDeviantArt that just love to post Anti-(insert disability here) images just to inticeincite flame wars.

** Clubs in DA seem to be specifically centered around these lately. For every Pro-(insert topic here) club, there's about 20 Anti-(insert topic here) clubs created for no other reason thanjust to inticeincite flames, and vice versa.

* Thanks to a few high profile cases, mentioning [[Something Awful]] anywhere, or that you're a "Goon", is just an invitation for very opiniatedopinionated people to declare the place as the bane of the interbutts.

* Go to any dolling community and say anything about ''traced bases'', preferrablypreferably using a proxy. There'll be the tracers, the anti-tracers, and the anti-basers. Watch it carefully. The discussion's tone manages to get so immature it's ''amusing''. But then, it's known to have been lethal, or, at least, numbing.

** Likewise, many a flame-war has occuredoccurred bydue to some poor innocent sap who drew fanart of certain [[Western Animation]] characters in manga/anime style and decided to show it to his/her friends online. Be prepared for rekindling of the flames of "That is so cute/awesome/etc." vs "Anime- style sucks! Any so-called "artist" with no real talent can draw that!" or "How dare you ruin (insert cartoonist here)'s art style with your over-used garbage! You only draw Animeanime style because you can't draw the characters the right way!"

* Ballet videos on youtube invariably set ofoff flame wars. For one thing, there are a bunch of different styles and every poster thinks the way their teacher taught them is correct or better. For another, while the dancers are usually pretty healthy , the posters will invariably start fighting among themselves on whether the model is too skinny or fat or just right. If the girl has a little muscle tone ( the sort you'd associate with broadway or acrobatic dancers) the fighting will get even worse, with different parties arguing that she is both too skinny and too fat.

** Any announcement of [[Downloadable Content|DLC]] content for any ''[[Mass Effect]]'' game (especially alternate costumes for the supporting characters) will be met with, "Why doesn't (character x) have armor yet?", "Why haven't you fixed Legion's armor?" and "Bioware sucks for releasing this instead of story-driven DLC." When story-driven DLC is announced, people yell, "Why isn't the Virmire survivor in this DLC?", "This is too expensive and I can't afford it - you suck", and "2 hours? TOO SHORT!!!"

** More specifically, the great "''[[Portal 2]]'' Potato Sack Fiasco of 2011" was an [[Alternate Reality Game]] that was announced for the then-upcoming release of the game. A site launched (based on [[G La DOSGLaDOS]]' computing mainframe) with a countdown window of four days. In order to accelerate the timer (and get the game to be released early), [[Steam]] users could purchase "The Potato Sack", a collection of 11 indie games which had ''Portal 2''-related content in each of them (which included potatoes that could be pooled by Steam to speed up the computing process). Naturally, members of the Valve message boards complained that they had to pay to support indie games (even though they were under no obligation to buy the pack), and that the countdown timer was moving too slow for their tastes. When the game was finally released early (a few hours ahead of schedule), said users that started a massive flame war criticizing Valve for a pointless waste of time. In an effort to appease their fanbase, Valve gave everyone who completed all 11 indie games the Valve Complete Pack (which had almost every single game the company released) - naturally, this wasn't enough for some people, who complained that they already had all the games and couldn't gift them to their friends. This can still cause flame wars to this day.

* Go to the Site Feedback forum on Gaia Online and suggest that Gaia should tone down obscenity in items, or that you think certain items should be taken off the site. Your thread WILL quickly be flooded with users who oppose your opinion and are very vocal about it. When an item ban actually DID happen, all hell broke loose, with everyone protesting in the forums, boycotting the real-money items, and making obscene avatars. (with the joke that they were okay "as long as they weren't smoking", as the ban got rid of smoking-related items ) The few people who were in support of the item ban were swarmed with comments about how items shouldn't be banned based on moral reasons, though to be fair, it's hard to justify banning cigarette items for moral reasons while still permitting items featuring alcohol, violence, or sexual themes.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120310075608/http://www.kony2012.com/ Kony 2012.] Oh, where do we even start? The campaign is an attempt to get notoriously [[Ax Crazy]] [[African Terrorists|Joseph Kony]] to justice, and many responded to the video they posted positively. But then people started doing some research... it turns out that Invisible Children(the charity behind the campaign) only donates '''31%''' of the proceeds to actual help, the rest going to themselves and their filmmaking business. The money that does go toward Africa goes towards the [[People's Republic of Tyranny|corrupt Ugandan government]], especially their army.<ref>which has perpetuated many, ''many'' atrocities, [[Not So Different|some of which are the very same things the LRA has done]])</ref> The video began getting some serious [[Hype Backlash]] from experts, criticizing the [[Documentary of Lies|misleading and outright false information]],<ref>For example, Kony left Uganda 6 years before the film was made, yet the film outright states that he's still there</ref>, and the [[Mighty Whitey|outright insulting way]] it treats victims, such as giving more representation to a ''toddler'' than any victim. A [http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/uganda-screening-of-kony-201.html screening in Northern Uganda] [[Gone Horribly Wrong|was a disaster]], and bringing up the video anywhere is not advised.