Wow that is so awesome. Thanks again for the help and reaching out to the 
author! Glad that this problem could be solved on a larger scale. 

On Monday, April 13, 2020 at 10:55:32 AM UTC-4, Mark S. wrote:
>
>
> Just got a notice that the problem has been fixed.
>
> On Friday, April 10, 2020 at 10:16:54 AM UTC-7, Mark S. wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Looks like maybe all the tiddlers have the field error. 
>>
>> For what it's worth, I submitted an issue report at
>>
>> https://github.com/mklauber/tw-5eSRD-Monsters/issues/1
>>
>> On Friday, April 10, 2020 at 9:19:42 AM UTC-7, Jalen MichalsLevy wrote:
>>>
>>> Thank you everyone here for your help! Since I couldn't think of any 
>>> reason these fields would have shown up from something I had done, I 
>>> decided to make a new file and systematically add plugins until the bad 
>>> field showed up. I was able to see all of the fields by using a tiddler 
>>> with what Mat suggested. Thanks Mat! I also added a line for shadow tiddler 
>>> fields: 
>>> <$list filter="[all[tiddlers]fields[]]" />
>>>
>>> <hr>
>>>
>>> <$list filter="[all[shadows]fields[]]" />
>>>
>>>
>>> I was able to narrow down the problem to a specific plugin that I had 
>>> installed which had many tiddlers which all came with these strange fields. 
>>> The plugin is "D&D 5e SRD Monsters", in case anyone is wondering. Super 
>>> useful tool if you are into Dungeons and Dragons! I will probably email the 
>>> author and let them know of this issue once I can confirm that it was 
>>> definitely something on their end. I used trial and error, but in case this 
>>> comes up in the future, I used the suggestion that Mark S. put forward for 
>>> locating tiddlers that have the bad fields. It worked perfectly once I 
>>> extended the filter to include shadows as well. Thanks for that! Finally, 
>>> Mohammed, thank you for introducing me to the extremely useful tool of 
>>> TW-Commander. Unfortunately it did not work as the bad field names messed 
>>> with the button that would have removed the field. Looking back on it, it 
>>> is possible that it did work, but because it doesn't affect shadows, it 
>>> only changed a select few non-shadow tiddlers that had these faulty fields. 
>>> The thing that finally worked for me was a button of my own that I adapted 
>>> from some code I found here: 
>>> https://tiddlywiki.narkive.com/NmNVbrY5/tw-tw5-can-i-bulk-delete-a-tag. 
>>> This is the adapted code: 
>>> <$set name="oldField" value={{!!fieldtoremove}}>
>>> <$button>
>>> <$list filter="[all[shadows+tiddlers]]">
>>> <$fieldmangler>
>>> <$action-sendmessage $message="tm-remove-field" $param=<<oldField>>/>
>>> </$fieldmangler>
>>> </$list>
>>> Kill Bad Field
>>> </$button> </$set>
>>>
>>> All I had to do was create a field in that tiddler with fieldtoremove as 
>>> the name and "" or ="" as the value and hit the button. As nerve wracking 
>>> as it was, this seemed to do the trick! (Don't worry, i have plenty of 
>>> backup versions just in case this did something bad.) Anyway, hopefully 
>>> this thread can help other people! 
>>>
>>> Thanks again for all the advice!
>>>
>>>

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