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== Highlights ==
== Highlights ==


{{quote| '''<big> The problems have been addressed; all is well</big>'''}}
{{quote|'''<big> The problems have been addressed; all is well</big>'''}}


* The TV Tropes web site depends on advertisement revenue to cover operating costs
* The TV Tropes web site depends on advertisement revenue to cover operating costs
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* 1:51:05 PM: Amazon associate ads are put on the wiki as a stop-gap measure. Other click-through ad providers are being contacted.
* 1:51:05 PM: Amazon associate ads are put on the wiki as a stop-gap measure. Other click-through ad providers are being contacted.
* 4:03:31 PM : [[User:Fast Eddie]] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=9lvm2r0f3zho5qst6yux72it&page=2#47 posts:] "Finally heard from Google. Here it is:
* 4:03:31 PM : [[User:Fast Eddie]] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=9lvm2r0f3zho5qst6yux72it&page=2#47 posts:] "Finally heard from Google. Here it is:
{{quote| While reviewing your site, we noticed that Google ads were displaying on your site in a manner that isn't in compliance with our program policies. As stated in our program policies, Ad Sense publishers may not display Google ads on pages with adult or mature content. While we understand that it may be challenging to monitor user-generated content, such as comments, on your site, we require publishers to check that the webpages containing their ad code complies with our program policies.<br />}}
{{quote|While reviewing your site, we noticed that Google ads were displaying on your site in a manner that isn't in compliance with our program policies. As stated in our program policies, Ad Sense publishers may not display Google ads on pages with adult or mature content. While we understand that it may be challenging to monitor user-generated content, such as comments, on your site, we require publishers to check that the webpages containing their ad code complies with our program policies.
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The initial plan at this point is to move all adult-like content offsite, to one of the <mediatropes> domains (which we own), and adding no-follows <ref>an invisible tag that tells the ad-server "this isn't our site, don't consider anything you find there ours"</ref> to all links that go off the main tvtropes.org pages. General freaking-out commences. So do efforts to calm the freaking-out by level-headed tropers. Alternate solutions begin being offered.
The initial plan at this point is to move all adult-like content offsite, to one of the <mediatropes> domains (which we own), and adding no-follows <ref>an invisible tag that tells the ad-server "this isn't our site, don't consider anything you find there ours"</ref> to all links that go off the main tvtropes.org pages. General freaking-out commences. So do efforts to calm the freaking-out by level-headed tropers. Alternate solutions begin being offered.
* 5:09:28 PM: [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=b0a9snmwn5pzzwbhgs0hxoxd&page=1 Madrugada starts talk on Wall]; Tropers begin compiling a list of pages that will need to go behind the Curtain, and cleaning pages that only need a minor change or two to be able to remain outside the curtain (for example, taking down an NSFG image on an otherwise SFG page).
* 5:09:28 PM: [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=b0a9snmwn5pzzwbhgs0hxoxd&page=1 Madrugada starts talk on Wall]; Tropers begin compiling a list of pages that will need to go behind the Curtain, and cleaning pages that only need a minor change or two to be able to remain outside the curtain (for example, taking down an NSFG image on an otherwise SFG page).