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4	There are some pages that have been permanently etched into the annals of Website/TVTropes history by being removed and then locked, so that they may never return. The list of these is below, along with the "Unlisted cut pages" folder for certain categories of pages that are mass-prohibited.
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6	If you wish to have a page added to this list, you can ask [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=gsjp7dldjh2dwdelcha2hu17 in this forum thread]].
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8	To see a list of pages that were locked but not removed, go to Administrivia/LockedPages. See also the list of [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/showcuts.php Recent Cuts]], not all of which become members of this club.
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13	[[folder:Pages cut and locked for reducing the overall quality of the wiki]]
14	There are {{Verbal Tic}}s and {{Overused Running Gag}}s, and then there are these. These are former tropes that were deleted outright for being so misused by having [[Administrivia/PotholeMagnet potholes to these pages sprinkled around this wiki]] on pages for no reason other than perhaps to be funny.
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16	* Administrivia.NeedsABetterDescription: This page was supposed to be an index for pages that need help with their descriptions but many editors would misuse it by wicking it to new pages. In order to curb this misuse, the page was renamed to Administrivia.PagesNeedingABetterDescription and the old name was turned into a permanent red link.
17	* DidNotDoTheResearch: Intended as an index for research failure, it attracted lots of misuse as a way of pointing out a research mistake in a work. It was merged with other indexes and christened the InaccuraciesIndex for a few days, until it was determined that we don't need ''that'' either. These tropes are now listed at {{Consistency}}, under "Lack of External Consistency".
18	* HeyItsThatGuy (including a relation axed in the same swipe, HeyItsThatVoice): Was trivia about recognizing actors appearing in different series. It was found to be redundant to JustForFun/RoleAssociation, but even after that the name was still sinkholed as a VerbalTic.
19	* IAmNotMakingThisUp: Originally created for how fans react to crazy plot twists and the like, it was used as a pothole for absolutely ''anything'' that was even the ''slightest'' bit outlandish, as if it would make it read as a bit of incredibly hilarious and awesome escapism. Instead, it became a grating catchphrase (appearing on over 2,500 pages at its peak) that made Website/ThisVeryWiki look like idiots with an incredibly low threshold of disbelief. Some discussion of this incident is preserved on Archive/IAmNotMakingThisUpDiscussion. Not only were all links to it changed to be permanently red regardless of stylesheet, all instances of the phrase were automatically deleted from the wiki, leaving blank spots where it used to be. InUniverse examples were moved to NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer. Since this is ''TV'' Tropes, you don't need to say this; since even RealityIsUnrealistic, there's no reason not to believe such things happened. And it's usually better to link to the proof that you're not making it up.
20	** NoReally: One of many redirects to the above, and even without that it violates TV Tropes' policy about in-site {{Verbal Tic}}s.
21	* Main.NeedsWikiMagicLove and Administrivia.NeedsWikiMagicLove: Supposed to index pages that need [[Administrivia/TVTropesGlossary Wiki Magic]] help. However, before TRS intervention (which moved the contents to the Administrivia/ namespace), new editors would tack it on pages that they felt need help; oftentimes, it's on pages they create. The move to Administrivia/ wasn't enough to curb unwanted wicks, so it was renamed to Administrivia/PagesNeedingWikiMagic to clarify that it's an index, with the Administrivia/ location salted.
22	* PleaseElaborate: Poorly written examples should be Administrivia/{{re\|pairDontRespond}}written or, failing that, outright deleted, not compounded with more useless junk that also acts as [[Administrivia/ConversationInTheMainPage natter]].
23	* PrettyCoolGuy: A meme that was overly redundant and did nothing but encourage meaningless potholes.
24	* SlidingScaleOfAnimeObscurity, SlidingScaleOfWesternAnimationObscurity, SlidingScaleOfFilmObscurity, SlidingScaleOfLiveActionTVObscurity, and SlidingScaleOfVideoGameObscurity: Attracted bickering and edit wars regarding why certain works weren't classified as having a specific level of obscurity, and were cut to put a stop to it.
25	** JustForFun.SlidingScaleOfAnimeObscurity, JustForFun.SlidingScaleOfWesternAnimationObscurity, JustForFun.SlidingScaleOfFilmObscurity, JustForFun.SlidingScaleOfLiveActionTVObscurity, and JustForFun.SlidingScaleOfVideoGameObscurity: Redirects to the Sliding Scale of ''[medium]'' Obscurity pages; locked to prevent the pages' recreation because the JustForFun namespace isn't restricted like Main/.
26	** Sandbox.ObscurityPages1 and Sandbox.ObscurityPages2: Both pages were created to circumvent the decision to cut the Sliding Scale of ''[medium]'' Obscurity pages.
27	* SoYeah: Used as a VerbalTic as an excuse to never finish a sentence. Compounded by its small size making it incredibly easy to PotHole, this "trope" infected examples across the wiki like herpes, appearing on over 4,000 pages at its peak.
28	* YourMileageMayVary: The old name for LoveItOrHateIt (and not to be confused with [[YMMV/HomePage the index page for YMMV tropes]]), kept being misused as an expression of subjectivity or even to dispute existing entries despite Administrivia/ExamplesAreNotArguable. Neither redirecting nor removing the wicks did stop this usage.
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31	[[folder:Main namespace Darth Wiki and Sugar Wiki redirects]]
32	Due to heated complaining and gushing involving these on the main wiki, as well as unnecessary {{Pot Hol\|e}}ing involving them, we discourage linking to these DarthWiki/DarthWiki and SugarWiki/SugarWiki tropes and pages outside of those areas. Their main page redirects were cut and locked to discourage tropers from using them as such.
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34	* Main.DethroningMomentOfSuck: Was commonly used for work-bashing, even though [[DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck the page itself]] is a signed soapbox with very strict rules to ''prevent'' that.
35	* Main.FallenCreator: Constantly used as a pothole for [[Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike people complaining about creators they don't like]], along with being used to point out works that seriously damaged their creator's reputation (which is why we have CreatorKiller).
36	* Main.IdiotProgramming: Something of a TakeThat by its very nature.
37	* Main.MostTriumphantExample: Way too opinionated for the main wiki. You may have wanted TropeCodifier, TropeNamer, or UrExample, which are all more appropriate.
38	* Main.SoBadItsHorrible: Showed up practically ''everywhere'' as an excuse to bash works, disregarding [[DarthWiki.SoBadItsHorrible the page in question's]] very high standards as to what qualifies.
39	* Main.WorseThanItSounds: While the [[DarthWiki/WorseThanItSounds page itself]] is a JustForFun game where you make something sound as good as you can, it was constantly being used as a pothole for complaining due to people thinking that it was ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
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42	[[folder:Misused trope name]]
43	Sometimes when we rename a trope, the original name has to be deleted if the misuse was really bad.
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45	* AllMenAreRapists: Already locked for being overly creepy and rife with UnfortunateImplications, it eventually turned out to be Administrivia/TheSameButMore to AllMenArePerverts.
46	* AmbiguouslyAutistic: Where tropers put examples of characters who they thought had autism. Or, works that referenced autism unambiguously. Became Ambiguous Disorder before it got renamed again and turned into a YMMV trope, this time to DiagnosedByTheAudience, after it attracted more misuse.
47	* AllPedophilesAreChildMolesters: The original name of PaedoHunt. Was discovered by actual pedophiles, who tried to use the page to defend themselves, fighting the moderators all the way.
48	* AudienceReactionTropes: Where AudienceReactions were listed when they were considered tropes. They aren't anymore. When an audience reaction is used as a trope, it's InUniverse.
49	* IGotBetter: The former name of UnexplainedRecovery, it was frequently used for any kind of "getting better". The page was redirected and later cut when tropers didn't stop using it.
50	* IncrediblyLazyPun: The original name of StealthPun, it kept getting misused as any pun. After IncrediblyLamePun was made to stop this, tropers started confusing this trope for that one, causing it to be cut entirely.
51	* OrIsIt: Was supposed to be an {{Ending Trope\|s}}, but it rapidly degenerated into a troper catchphrase. Now known as TheEndOrIsIt.
52	* RapeTheDog: Former name of MoralEventHorizon, which was Administrivia/{{renamed\|Tropes}} and strictly defined to combat Administrivia/TropeDecay from editors using it to PotHole long, often off-topic descriptions of character actions to hammer in that [[AndThatsTerrible yes, they're evil]]. When the {{Pot Hole}}s didn't stop, the redirect was removed.
53	* TokenLoli: It was originally meant to describe a very young female in a predominately teenaged or adult cast. However, constant misuse, concerns about advertisements, the {{Unfortunate Implication\|s}} of the trope name, and the lack of a [[DistaffCounterpart male equivalent]] led to it being renamed to the more gender-neutral TokenMiniMoe and redefined to describe the ''only'' prepubescent ([[OlderThanTheyLook or prepubescent-looking]]) male ''or'' female character within the main cast (The "CuteShotaroBoy", a completely separate trope, was later renamed AdorablyPrecociousChild for similar reasons above).
54	* TooCommonToTrope: Once a redirect to Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs, it aided in the latter's misuse as "too common to trope" and Administrivia/MissingSupertropeSyndrome. It was in violation of wiki policy anyway, since we have Administrivia/NoTropeIsTooCommon.
55	* WeAreNotWikipedia: The original name of DarthWiki/TropersLaw. You're probably looking for Administrivia/ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability.
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58	[[folder:Pages locked for being cut then recreated]]
59	Cut pages sometimes have a habit of reappearing very quickly, usually due to tropers simply being unaware why the page had been deleted though sometimes as part of a trolling effort, so they may be locked to deal with this.
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61	For a time, all cut pages were locked automatically as a preventative measure. Such pages are not listed here, so if you find a locked blank page not listed here you may ask [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=gsjp7dldjh2dwdelcha2hu17&page=1119 here]] for it to be unlocked.
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63	* Administrivia.PagesNeedingImages, Administrivia.TropesNeedingImages and Main.ListOfPagesArtistsCanIllustrate: Were cut because images are optional for wiki pages so there was no need to have an index for imageless pages.
64	* Analysis.CreatingNewPages, Characters.CreatingNewPages, Characters.TitleGoesHere, NamespaceGoesHere.TitleGoesHere, TitleGoesHere.TitleGoesHere, and Analysis.{{Tropes}}: People kept creating pages here, due to the text of the "create page" button misleading them into thinking it was the correct place.
65	* Analysis.{{Media}}: Repeated spam target, perhaps due to it being linked in page headers.
66	* Analysis.TrainsWithFaces: Cut and locked for being spam.
67	* Analysis.TVTropesReviews: Cut and locked for being spam.
68	* BerserkButton.EdEddNEddy: Page was full of Administrivia/SquarePegRoundTrope, which didn't stop despite cutting.
69	* BrazilNutDisorder: [[MindScrew Utterly nonsensical]] trope page. Was cut but recreated many times by different editors.
70	** RootBEER: Was part of the same joke, and the premise seems to be already covered by ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere.
71	** DarthWiki.BrazilNutDisorder: Was used to recreate the page after Main.BrazilNutDisorder was added to the Permanent Red Link Club.
72	* Characters.{{Media}}: Illegitimate page prone to recreation.
73	* Characters.RedLink: Illegitimate page that saw recreation by inexperienced users.
74	* CompleteMonsters: Pluralism redirect to CompleteMonster that was recreated four times.
75	* DisneyKidzone and ListOfProgramsBroadcastOnDisneyKidzone: Poorly-written, copy-pasted articles for a made-up TV channel. The actual channel was originally called Playhouse Disney and is now called Disney Junior.
76	* DoNotWant: The original name of TranslationTrainWreck, then became a redirect to RecursiveTranslation. [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/do-want-do-not-want The actual meme]] (both on- and off-wiki) is a synonym for {{squick}}.
77	* FanWorks.{{Fanfic}}: Keeps getting re-created as a bad subpage.
78	* FanWorks.FanficRecommendations: Keeps getting re-created by spammers.
79	* Film.PokemonBlackAndWhiteTheMovie: Page for a nonexistent work that kept being recreated; they may have been looking for Anime.PokemonTheMovieBlackAndWhite.
80	* FirstBaseNeverScores: Basically the same as AllGirlsWantBadBoys, but cruder and with more complaining; both YouKnowThatThingWhere and Administrivia/TropeRepairShop were unanimous in saying it was redundant and offensive, but the creator didn't listen and recreated it after it got cut.
81	* FromBreakoutToScrappy: Complaint page, recreated after cut.
82	* FryingTheCoke: A meme page based on WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's ''Film/DoubleTeam'' video that fell flat.
83	* HeroesOfTroperia: Attempt at a JustForFun page that fell flat, but kept being re-added.
84	* IAmNotMakingThisUp.VideoGames: The examples of IAmNotMakingThisUp were dumped to the [[TempArchive/VideoGames Temp Archive/ namespace]] and went unnoticed for a while, and someone tried to remake the VideoGames page.
85	* IJustWantToBeAccepted: Launched and relaunched by a confused newbie without ever being properly defined. Eventually became IJustWantToHaveFriends.
86	* KindRedEyes: Used to just list aversions of RedEyesTakeWarning, but was remade after being cut.
87	* Laconic.{{Sinkhole}}: This page was recreated after it was cut due to laconics for administrivia pages being disallowed.
88	* MokaAkashiya: A redirect from a sinkhole, was reposted after being cut.
89	* NakedSally and SallyWasTheNakedOne: Concerned a character attribute downplayed InUniverse but spoken of often by fans. Its name was an oblique reference [[note]]The TropeNamer is Princess Sally from ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'', an AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal who famously subverted the standard PantslessMalesFullyDressedFemales design scheme used by the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise; her outfit consisted of only a pair of boots and later an open vest that leaves her chest perfectly exposed, in contrast to most female characters' full outfits[[/note]], the trope wasn't very clearly defined, and very few of the listed examples actually fit. Besides, we already have NeverLiveItDown.
90	* Namespace.{{Title}}: Incorrect page creation that kept being recreated.
91	* NeverLiveItDown.AmericanFootball: Was cut after the trope became Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease but was recreated.
92	* NotMakingThisUp: Originally a redirect to IAmNotMakingThisUp, it was recreated after the Great IANMTU Cut as a redirect to NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer. It was immediately cut-and-locked to prevent this.
93	* NightmareFuel.BarneyAndFriends: Was initially cut per a cleanup effort for NightmareFuel, but then it got recreated.
94	* PlayingWith.AnimationAgeGhetto: YMMV cannot be played with, thus such a subpage was forbidden. Alas, this one saw two recreations.
95	* Podcast.TheOtherSide and YMMV.TheOtherSide: Was cut via a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14116047640A25319600&page=9#219 Websites cleanup effort]] due to the lack of fictional content. It was then recreated.
96	* Radar.{{Cars}}: Was cut as the GettingCrapPastTheRadar cleanup effort deemed the contents to be invalid. It was later recreated with more misuse.
97	* RPGCodex: Recreated three times after it was preemptively deleted to avoid attracting exactly the sort of crowd a page about that site would attract.
98	* LetsPlay/RTGame: Recreated after being cut for being in the wrong namespace and not having tropable content.
99	* SelfDemonstrating.{{Lucifer}}: Page was cut for being too boring to be worth a page but was recreated.
100	* ShadowPersona: The aforementioned confused newbie never defined this one well, either. Eventually became BeneathTheMask.
101	* Synopsis.WikiSandbox: Page in deprecated namespace kept being recreated.
102	* Synopsis.TuffPuppy: Page in deprecated namespace kept being recreated.
103	* Trivia.DisneyPlus: Kept being recreated even though the content added belonged on the creator page.
104	* Trivia.FourKidsEntertainment: Keeps getting re-created and cut.
105	* Trivia.{{Teletoon}}: Kept being recreated even though the content added belonged on the creator page.
106	* {{Unbirthing}}: A Porn Trope launched with no examples and which proved Administrivia/TooRareToTrope.
107	* WaitWhatWhoa: Never defined very well, which probably wasn't helped by the name being better for "clever" potholing than actually describing the trope, and essentially just a spoken version of the DoubleTake.
108	* {{Walking}}: Someone kept recreating it despite being Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs.
109	* Weapons.{{Destiny}}: As Weapons is not a valid namespace, it was moved, but then cut. Contents were restored some time after.
110	* WebOriginal.AppleTexts: Was cut as a stub, but was then recreated with no improvements regarding context. It was also at the improper namespace; the proper namespace is WebVideo, where [[WebVideo/AppleTexts it now resides]].
111	* YMMV.DisneyPlus: Creator pages for networks cannot have YMMV pages, yet this one saw two recreations.
112	* YMMV.FourKidsEntertainment: Was cut for being a complaining magnet, but it was recreated.
113	* YMMV.NintendoSwitch: UsefulNotes YMMV subpages, especially those for gaming consoles, are not permitted, yet this one came back more than once after being cut.
114	* YMMV.TonyJay and YMMV.RianJohnson: Was cut for violating the ban on real life people getting YMMV pages, but was recreated.
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117	[[folder:Pages cut and locked due to being nothing but complaining]]
118	Becoming a platform for actively complaining about [[Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike anyone or anything]] is basically the worst sin any page on this wiki can commit, short of being created expressly for the purpose of trolling and/or conveying hate speech. With the exception of a few DarthWiki/DarthWiki pages which exist as carefully monitored outlets for this sort of thing, any such page is nuked with ''extreme'' prejudice.
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120	* AnnCoulter and JackThompson (not to be confused with Creator.JackThompson): The pages were simply being used to insult these individuals due to their controversial stances. Since they are neither creators nor tropes, and the only useful content on the pages being InUniverse parodies and mockeries of these individuals; which are better off placed in MoralGuardians, having pages for them added little.
121	* CitationNeeded: Poorly defined and was nothing but a TakeThat at one of Website/{{Wikipedia}}'s main policies. Considering the "Administrivia/ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability" rule here in Website/TVTropes, citations aren't necessary for the most part here.
122	* CookieCutterCuties: Was nothing more than a rant about the looks of Hollywood actresses.
123	* Creator.MichaelGrade: Was principally used to complain about his actions while chairman of Creator/TheBBC.
124	* CuteKidsAndRobots: Was originally intended to discuss the ubiquitousness of these in children's shows, which was pretty pointless since children's shows by definition feature a lot of children. Instead it rapidly became used as a method of complaining about their use in mainstream works, which was not desirable on any level.
125	* {{CWC}}: Page created solely to insult the author of ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}''. The author's name spelled out (Creator.ChristianWestonChandler, or Creator.ChristineWestonChandler) is also permanently redlinked as a countermeasure.
126	* DarthWiki.DethroningMusicOfSuck: Meant for unintended SoundtrackDissonance, but kept being misused as bad music or music that tropers didn't like.
127	* DarthWiki.UltimateTrollEntry: Intended as a joke page editors could use to write funny {{Troll}} comments. While clever at first, it started getting tedious, unoriginal, unfunny entries... along with genuinely offensive comments ''not'' being done ForTheLulz.
128	* DarthWiki.WallBanger: Attracted tons of complaining due to not having the restrictions DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck (which the page was determined to be redundant with) has. WallBangers.RealLife was pre-emptively cut much earlier.
129	* DepressingTropes: Intended as an index for tropes about depressing things, in a similar vein to SadnessTropes (which is about tropes intended to cause sadness). However, due to the difference in scope between the two indices, people began shoehorning in tropes they found to be even the slightest bit depressing. Eventually, the shoehorning became so frequent that keeping the index was deemed to be more trouble than it was worth.
130	* DethroningMoment.DeathBattle: Literally every single episode had an entry on the page, making listing them pointless.
131	* DetractorNickname: Redirected to FanNickname. Had no purpose aside from complaining and name-slinging.
132	* FredDurst and TimBuckley (not to be confused with Music.TimBuckley): As they only created one work, the pages were redundant with Music/LimpBizkit and ''[[Webcomic/CtrlAltDel Ctrl+Alt+Del]]'' (respectively) and had no purpose beyond bashing creators.
133	* Haiku.FourChan: Unnecessarily offensive and flame-bait.
134	* HandleThisIndexWithCare: Meant for tropes that carried UnfortunateImplications, but tropers were adding too many tropes that had only the faintest connections to that page. UnfortunateImplications being a [[YMMV.HomePage YMMV]] concept also made a defined criteria for the list extremely hard to pin down, anyway.
135	* Headscratchers.DeathBattle: Due to the nature of the show, the page quickly devolved into heated debates over which character deserved to win each Death Battle. In addition, several of the Headscratchers were written in a very harsh tone that came off as complaining.
136	* JustForFun.StarTrekDeepSpaceNine and JustForFun.StevenUniverse: Tracking a work's canon is fine and all, but applying a ranking system including a "not recommended" tier is not going to fly. The latter has its Future redirect cut and salted as well.
137	* LicenseToWhine: Tropes with issues of people complaining about it should be cleaned up in the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13327578050A72722200&page=1#1 dedicated cleanup thread]] or taken to Administrivia/TropeRepairShop, not compounded with more useless junk and [[Administrivia/ConversationInTheMainPage natter]].
138	* {{Lickspittle}}: Even after an Administrivia/ExampleSectionectomy, it was deemed an unnecessary page. We do ''not'' need a page for fan-bashing. There wasn't any point in allowing fictional examples either, as YesMan already fills that role.
139	* Pantheon.{{Disgraces}}: Attracted huge amounts of work and character bashing that was deemed unnecessarily toxic and inappropriate for the Pantheon.
140	* ProPornClones: [[Administrivia/TheSameButMoreSpecific The same thing as Cookie Cutter Cuties, but for porn]].
141	* {{Synthesizeritis}}: Started out as a way of bashing the composition of certain synthesizer-heavy works. That was already against the guidelines of this wiki, but before long people were using it to complain about ''any'' work that uses synthesized music instead of orchestral music, leading to its deletion.
142	* TaintedByTheFanbase: Contained all the whiny, factionalistic, nerd-rage examples that FanDumb would have if it allowed examples.
143	* TrueArtIsComplex, TrueArtIsForeign, TrueArtIsOffensive, TrueArtIsRealistic, TrueArtSticksItToTheMan: All of these were based upon various types of anti-intellectual strawmen. This led to frequent whining both about works acclaimed as pieces of art and about an unspecified cabal of elitist critics who label such works art. The other TrueArt pages had to be curated and refocused on in-universe examples only.
144	* Certain subpages of ''Webcomic.{{Sonichu}}'' and ''Webcomic.{{Asperchu}}'': A flood of complaining following the lock and cleanup of the two.
145	* WebVideo.SammyClassicSonicFan: Page primarily existed to denigrate the subject and their comments on video games.
146	* Wiki.CrappyGamesWiki: Was filled to the brim with complaining and drama importing. It got cut, but was later unilaterally recreated.
147	* WMG.CartoonNetwork: After already being cut for complaining, the page was reposted with even more thinly veiled complaints about the network.
148	[[/folder]]
149
150	[[folder:Overly-controversial pages/soapboxes]]
151	Let's just say the Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement exists here for a reason.
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153	* AbuGhraib: A controversial RealLife prison which only attracted {{Flame War}}s and UsefulNotes/MisplacedNationalism, is neither a trope nor a work, and the article was a stub.
154	* {{Awesome.Twitter}}: The only two examples that were present had clear political agendas.
155	* BlatantLies.RealLifePoliticsAndWar: FlameBait magnet, particularly with political matters.
156	* BusyStreet: The page was locked after a heated argument between multiple parties, and eventually cut when the subject in question underwent a drastic overhaul, causing complications that made it not worth keeping the page up.
157	* Creator.BenShapiro: Political pundit not involved in any creative works.
158	* DarthWiki.ComplainAboutShowsYouDontLike: Topic drift from shows to social, political, and religious targets along with racial slurs and constant back-and-forth between {{fan\|Dumb}}s and {{hate\|Dumb}}rs. Let's just say things got nasty ''very'' quickly.
159	* DuelingMusicians: Caused too much edit warring and debates over who is the "better" artist.
160	* Main.EncyclopediaDramatica: The page was very biased against the site and its members, attracting all manner of negative attention from them. [[WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings No other efforts stopped this]], and we have no interest in TemptingFate here. A wiki vandal later recreated the page at Website.EncyclopediaDramatica, resulting in that page's salting.
161	* FlamingFruitVendorsAndAngryArabs: Intended to be a page on the Arab Spring, it was cut due to its insensitive name and excessive use of "recent" examples due to how soon into the movement the page was made. We have [[UsefulNotes/TheArabSpring a better page]] for the Arab Spring now.
162	* Memes.DonaldTrump: This is just inviting political bickering.
163	* Narm.NewMedia: Most of the entries went ''way'' overboard, descending into outright attacking and name-calling rather than just describing moments of failed drama. Combined with a massive amount of edit-warring, it became obvious that this page was just too troublesome to be left alive.
164	* {{Retakers}}: Hate speech and death threats directed at ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' fans [[note]]To clarify, certain people were angry at the ending of Mass Effect 3, some of which joined a group called "Retake Mass Effect 3". This page was created by a very persistent wiki vandal to bash those unsatisfied with the ending[[/note]].
165	* UsefulNotes.ConspiracyTheories, plus its subpages and its UsefulNotes.ConspiracyTheory redirect: Cut per discussion due to major ROCEJ violations.
166	** ConspiracyTheories.ZeroToG
167	** ConspiracyTheories.HToN
168	** ConspiracyTheories.OToZ
169	** ConspiracyTheories.{{Other}}
170	** ConspiracyTheories.CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic (which was cut years prior to the discussion regarding the other pages)
171	* UsefulNotes.{{Scientology}}: Even after being locked, the fighting didn't stop. Since it was the only UsefulNotes page that doesn't help you understand anything on this wiki better, the page was deleted. ChurchOfHappyology describes when people make up a ridiculous religion, and you don't even have to know anything about Scientology to get the joke, especially not when it's actually making fun of Scientology itself. Besides, if Scientology's in a work, you can always use Website/{{Wikipedia}} to see how accurate it is.
172	* VisualNovel.SnootGame: A VisualNovel made as an anti-fangame to ''VideoGame/GoodbyeVolcanoHigh'', in which the player must detransition the nonbinary lead of the original game to avoid a bad ending. This along with other anti-LGBT themes proved to be impossible to trope the work neutrally, so the troper hivemind decided that it should be cut.
173	* Webcomic.{{Stonetoss}}: A webcomic which consisted only of alt-right views. Since there was no narrative and the creator tries to deny the comic being alt-right, it was very hard to trope neutrally without accidentally coming off as promoting hate speech, and it attracted unwanted attention from the creator, so the page was decided by the community to be cut and locked.
174	* WebOriginal.MisterMetokur: Impossible to catalog as the creator was banned from Website/YouTube, rendering his videos unavailable. The creator's political leanings also made Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment violations impossible to avoid.
175	* WebOriginal.ThisTroper: A series hosted on Website/{{YouTube}} commenting on the controversial and negative topics of Website/TVTropes through a DramaticReading of some articles. Due to clashes with site rules against drama importation and personal attacks, the work is impossible to catalog on this wiki. WebVideo.ThisTroper was preemptively locked to prevent the page's restoration.
176	* Website.{{Stormfront}}: Neo-Nazis are not really a phenomenon that merits a work article.
177	* WebVideo.LouderWithCrowder: Work impossible to catalogue because its heavy political slant resulted in uncurable Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment violations.
178	* WestboroBaptistChurch: A magnet for religious related arguments and complaining. It didn't really help you understand anything on this wiki better due to the church having less than a hundred members and almost never appearing in any works outside of ''Theatre/TheLaramieProject'' and Creator/LouisTheroux's documentaries.
179	* YMMV.FeministFrequency: Even after being locked over constant FlameBait, the drama didn't stop, so the page has been removed.
180	[[/folder]]
181
182	[[folder:Pages that were cut for being too NSFW/Squickish]]
183
184	* InnocentPanties: A trope made separate of PantyShot by portraying visible girls' underwear as a cue of girlish cuteness with no sexual intent (while Panty Shot is for {{fanservice}}). Just like PantyShot, however, people were listing every random upskirt... of [[NoYay prepubescent girls]]. Even worse, many examples included ''pictures''. This could have just gotten an Administrivia/ExampleSectionectomy, but the pedophilic potential was too great.
185	* JustForFun.TroperDatingService: Cut and locked because the concept itself was determined to be too creepy to host.
186	* LegalJailbait: The page was originally locked to resolve an issue with the description being overly creepy, but then cut as it was considered to be a creepy variant of OlderThanTheyLook.
187	* NakedShotaroBoy: Was a listing of works featuring nude prepubescent boys. In addition to the generally creepy undertones of the article, it didn't attempt any real insight into or analysis of the trope, leaving no reason to keep it.
188	* "Rape is Okay/Funny if..." tropes: Very troublesome names for the "DoubleStandard Rape" tropes that led to issues with advertisers. All six of them ([[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale Female on Male]], [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale Female on Female]], [[DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale Male on Male]], [[DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal Divine on Mortal]], [[ItsNotRapeIfYouEnjoyedIt If you liked it]] and [[DoubleStandardRapeSciFi Sci-Fi]]) were renamed and cleaned, with the original trope pages outright purged.
189	[[/folder]]
190
191	[[folder:Pages that were made to bypass an Example Sectionectomy]]
192	Sometimes when examples on a page become problematic the examples will be deleted. See Administrivia/ExampleSectionectomy for more on that. When we delete the examples from a page, we don't want them back.
193
194	* YMMV.AwardSnub: The main page of AwardSnub no longer allows examples, as many of them degenerated to [[Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike complaining about shows that won]] and {{Take That}}s to shows that lost. A troper attempted to move them here, which wasn't a good idea and isn't what [[YMMV.HomePage YMMV]] is used for.
195	* YMMV.EightPointEight
196	* YMMV.StopHavingFunGuys
197	[[/folder]]
198
199	[[folder:Unlisted cut pages]]
200	These groups of pages are too large to be listed individually, but general reasons are given for their lock and deletion:
201
202	* '''Pages cut under Administrivia/TheContentPolicy:''' Pages for works that violate the policy will be cut and locked and are listed on the policy page.
203	* '''{{Headscratchers/Headscratchers}} about tropes:''' The [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/conversations.php?topic=0000000000000000000000vy Trope Talk forum]] exists for discussing tropes. Relevant material can also be moved to the Analysis/ tab.
204	* '''[[YMMV.HomePage YMMV]] pages about RealLife people:''' [[YMMV/HomePage YMMV]] subpages about RealLife people, while not forbidden from creation by default, tend to become about the people themselves, which is beyond the scope of this wiki. If a person's YMMV subpage is redlinked and locked, it's for this reason. YMMV pages for creators and musicians can only be about their works, not themselves.
205	[[/folder]]
206
207	[[folder:RealLife subpages for items that don't allow Real Life examples]]
208	If a page that [[Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease forbids Real Life examples]] is split and has its examples put into sub-pages, the ban on RealLife examples will extend to the existence of RealLife subpages. If they appear, they will be cut-and-locked immediately.
209
210	* BeyondTheImpossible.RealLife: Not only is it impossible by its very nature, it attracted [[Administrivia/ConversationInTheMainPage gushing]].
211	* TheDragon.RealLife: Calling RealLife people villains is really not a good idea.
212	* EldritchAbomination.RealLife: Most of the given examples were highly exaggerated descriptions of normal stuff.
213	* FurryConfusion.RealLife: RealLife does not have {{Funny Animal}}s, and a monkey is not a less anthropomorphic version of a human.
214	* HoYay.RealLife and HoYay.{{History}}: Were filled with [[Administrivia/ConversationInTheMainPage Natter]], Administrivia/ThisTroper and bad examples.
215	* HumiliationConga.RealLife: Requires that the recepient be an AssholeVictim, a trope that also forbids real life examples as a morality trope.
216	* InsistentTerminology.RealLife: Attracted nitpitcking at best and inflammatory political examples at worst.
217	* KarmaHoudini.RealLife: Calling real people villains is not a good idea.
218	* MindRape.{{Other}}: The page was used to circumvent MindRape's Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease policy.
219	* Monster.RealLife and CompleteMonster.RealLife: Calling RealLife people [[CompleteMonster monsters]] simply isn't a good idea, and all the examples given were simply to [[Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike complain about people the authors didn't like]].
220	* Narm.RealLife and Narm.{{News}}: It is impossible to list RealLife examples of {{Narm}} in good taste.
221	* NightmareFuel.RealLife: Far too many things are scary in RealLife; listing these examples would be meaningless.
222	* OurVampiresAreDifferent.RealLife: Vampires do not exist in real life, and the page was made overwhelmingly of shoehorned examples.
223	* ParanoiaFuel.{{Other}}: Caused edit warring and soapboxing over real life matters.
224	* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny.RealLife: Most examples were misuse, along with some being potentially inflammatory.
225	* RoleEndingMisdemeanor.{{Politics}}: The page discussed real life politicians in ways that violated the Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment, to say nothing of the misuse (many examples either were not misdemeanors or didn't establish a connection between the misdemeanor and them being voted out) and the fact that it's off-mission for TV Tropes.
226	* TearJerker.RealLife
227	* TheyChangedItNowItSucks.RealLife: Many changes in RealLife could be perceived as unfavorable, but TV Tropes is not the place to [[Administrivia/{{Complaining}} complain]] about such changes.
228	* TheyChangedItNowItSucks.WebsitesAndSoftwareDesigns: Not only was there complaining, some examples felt like they were placed to get around the ban on RealLife examples.
229	* Tsundere.RealLife: Most RealLife {{Jerkass}}es would fall somewhere on the {{Tsundere}} spectrum, making listing them pointless.
230	* WhamEpisode.RealLife: RealLife is not ([[TrumanShowPlot to the best of our knowledge]]) pre-scripted.
231	[[/folder]]
232
233	[[folder:Potshot redirects]]
234	Before [[Administrivia/CreatingNewRedirects creating a redirect]] to a page in the Main/ namespace became a mod-only task, sometimes people made redirects that were nothing but {{Take That}}s, and recreating these redirects is off the table.
235
236	* EdwardOedipusGayfishCullen: Created as a redirect to ''Literature/{{Twilight\|2005}}'', it was literally nothing but a TakeThat
237	* FoxCancelsEverything: Redirected to TheFireflyEffect. Made worse by the fact that it encouraged the common misuse of the trope to complain about shows you like being ScrewedByTheNetwork.
238	* NukingTheFridge and NukeTheFridge: When not redirected to JumpingTheShark or DarthWiki/RuinedForever, it served as stealth [[Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike complaining]] about [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull the fourth Indiana Jones film]] or was ill-defined.
239	[[/folder]]
240
241	[[folder:So Bad It's Horrible subpages which were just that]]
242	While this is one of the few areas on the wiki where outright derision of a work is permitted, there are certain standards that are expected, and limits as to how much edit warring and bickering will be tolerated before it's decided that a subsection just isn't worth keeping around.
243
244	* Horrible.{{Cars}}: Redundant to the RealLife section of TheAllegedCar. Few examples even qualified.
245	* Horrible.{{Fanfic}}: Besides having enough NSFW content to make an HBO executive turn bright red (many entries were of RuleThirtyFour), more than a few examples smacked of thinly-veiled, backhanded recommendations of the stories and/or Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike.
246	** Horrible.FanficAuthors: Created to split Horrible.FanFic, it contained what was then the "repeat-offender" section. Caused an index-wide Administrivia/EditWar for being suspect of complaining.
247	* Horrible.TheKingOfHate: Eventually became bloated to the point where literally every Let's Play series he ever made was listed. The final straw was when examples surrounding the creator's personal life began to appear, resulting in the page being cut.
248	* Horrible.{{Software}}: Redundant, given DarthWiki/IdiotProgramming. Few examples even qualified.
249	* Horrible.{{Sports}}: It felt more like [[Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike Complaining About Sports Things You Don't Like]]. It also had moments of Administrivia/ThisTroper and Administrivia/ConversationInTheMainPage.
250	* Horrible.VoiceActing: Did not have the proper criteria that the other pages have, causing it to look like a soapbox for [[Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike Complaining About Voice Acting You Don't Like]]. The entries were also overly overwhelming in number and better fit elsewhere.
251	* Horrible.WebOriginal: Suffered a ridiculous amount of edit-warring, even compared to the other SBIH pages. The last straw came when certain people started using the page as a method of flaming each other, resulting in the page being deleted, and the users in question being banned from the site. The later page Horrible.WebVideo was cut and locked to prevent a reoccurrence.
252	[[/folder]]
253
254	[[folder:Problematic ImageLinks]]
255	* ImageLinks.AbsoluteCleavage: Too NSFW; the main page has a note saying not to add links to images due to the trope's nature, and this page was being used to circumvent that before it was cut and locked. Some time after the trope got renamed, ImageLinks.NavelDeepNeckline (the new name for the trope) also has been locked.
256	* ImageLinks.BoundAndGagged: Was edging on NSFW territory, and was host to loads of arguments about which image to add to the main page.
257	* ImageLinks.ButtSticker: Was attracting fetishistic examples.
258	* ImageLinks.GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: [[Administrivia/KnowTheStaff Staff decision]] based on the presence of borderline NSFW images and concerns that more might be added.
259	* ImageLinks.KimKardashian: Most of the images were of her looking "sexy", many of which were NSFW. There was really no reason to have the page on the wiki.
260	* ImageLinks.{{Lolicon}}: Dubious legality, issues with advertisers, and attracted too much negative attention on other sites.
261	* ImageLinks.NationalGeographicNudity: A trope concerning nudity would inherently make an ImageLinks page NSFW. In addition, it was recreated after being cut.
262	* ImageLinks.SnuffFilm: Per [[Administrivia/KnowTheStaff staff]] request, as most images would be too graphic for the wiki.
263	[[/folder]]
264
265	[[folder:Former locations of locked pages]]
266	* Administrivia.TheGoogleIncident and Administrivia.TheSecondGoogleIncident: Moved to Archive.TheGoogleIncident and Archive.TheSecondGoogleIncident because the pages exist for historical purposes and aren't meant to be edited.
267	* Main.AllBlueEntry
268	* Main.CNReal: Was originally about the programming block, but became a major complaint magnet for those who disapproved of Creator/CartoonNetwork’s NetworkDecay. The complaining was so severe, even after the block ended, that it was cut and blacklisted from the wiki. It was much later recreated at Creator.CNReal, long after CN had abandoned live action series.
269	* Main.FastEddie: Locked before the move of all troper pages to the "Tropers/" namespace, for the same reason as Tropers.FastEddie. Was recreated afterward by a troll simply to bash Fast Eddie.
270	* Main.CrowningMomentOfFunny and [[Main/CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Heartwarming]]: Moved to [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Sugar Wiki.Funny]] and SugarWiki.HeartwarmingMoments, respectively. Only locked at all because the trope pages themselves were locked before the rename.
271	* Main.{{Microsoft}}: MediaNotes/ComputerWars debaters simply couldn't resist the temptation to use the page to {{troll}} and [[Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike rant]] about the company. We kept the pages for Creator/MicrosoftStudios, Platform/MicrosoftWindows, and their Xbox series of video game consoles after that, though their parent company's page was later recreated as an index at Creator.{{Microsoft}}, to make it easier to keep track of their products and subsidiaries.
272	* XJustX: The former name for Administrivia/ZeroContextExample. Despite strong warnings on the page against its use as a PotHole, contributors continued to use it.
273	[[/folder]]
274
275	[[folder:Persistent initialisms]]
276	We prefer people not to use initialisms and acronyms as redirects to a page, considering that they're often confusing for non-fans and can have multiple referents. Note that some of these are accidental; initialisms with numbers or lowercase letters count as Administrivia/{{Wiki Word}}s.[[note]]While new Main/ pages now have to go through TLP or be made by a mod, the rule still stands for other namespaces.[[/note]]
277
278	* AoStH: Initialism to ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog''.
279	* {{ATHF}}: Initialism to ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce''.
280	* {{AVGN}}: Initialism redirect to WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd.
281	* {{CMOA}}: Initialism redirect to Crowning Moment Of Awesome. Locked due to the rename to SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.
282	* DS9 and {{TNG}}: Initialism redirects to ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' and ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', respectively.
283	* FiM and MLPFiM: Initialism redirects to ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
284	* {{IWBTG}}: Initialism redirect to ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy''.
285	* {{LCD}}: Initialism redirect to LowestCommonDenominator. Confusing, as it more commonly stands for Liquid Crystal Display.
286	* ME1, ME2, and ME3: Redirects to ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', and ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', respectively.
287	* {{MMO}}: Initialism redirect to MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame
288	* MMORPGs: Plural initialism of MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame. Please use [={{MMORPG}}s=] if you want a link or [=[=MMORPGs=]=] if you don't.
289	* MW3: Initialism redirect to ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3''
290	* NPCs: Plural initialism redirect to NonPlayerCharacter, used more accidentally than anything else. Please use [=[=NPCs=]=] or [={{NPC}}s=].
291	* OotS: Initialism redirect to ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''.
292	* PS1: Acronym redirect to Platform/PlayStation.
293	* RPGs: Plural initialism redirect to RolePlayingGame, used more accidentally than anything else. Please use [=[=RPGs=]=] or [={{RPG}}s=].
294	* SA2: Initialism redirect to ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''.
295	* SatAM: Abbreviation of ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'', a longer colloquial name that more people will understand.
296	* TF2: Constantly redirected to ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', and was commonly used for the second film in the ''[[Film/TransformersFilmSeries Transformers]]'' [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries Film Series]], ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen''.
297	* UT2003, UT2004: Initialism redirects to ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament2004''.
298	* WH40K: Initialism redirect to ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''.
299	* {{YGOTAS}}: Initialism redirect to ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''.
300	[[/folder]]
301
302	[[folder:Other/Unsorted]]
303	* Awesome.FourChan, Funny.FourChan, and Heartwarming.FourChan: Not a tropable work on its own, plus we are not interested in troping real life users.
304	* Awesome.{{YouTube}}, Funny.{{YouTube}}, and Fridge.{{YouTube}}: All three were cut when users started using them to [[Administrivia/RealLifeTroping trope real life [=YouTubers=]]] instead of the videos they appeared in. In addition, after the site's YMMV page was cut as a result of Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease violations, people began complaining about the decision on the Fridge page, which made its already poor quality even worse.
305	* CharacterNamedTropes: Was intended to help in renaming efforts, but was never used to help renames, just supported the idea.
306	* Characters.EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: Keeps attracting spam for some reason.
307	* Characters.WorkPagesAreAFreeLaunch: Cut and locked for being a misplaced work subpage.
308	* DarthVaderTheEldritchAbomination: A [[Administrivia/TheSameButMoreSpecific Same But More Specific]] variant of RonTheDeathEater that applied to villains, wherein they were made worse than they were in canon.
309	* Characters.HowToCreateAWorkPage: Cut and locked for being a misplaced work subpage.
310	* DepressionFuel: You may be looking for TearJerker.
311	* {{GAR}}: Once a redirect to {{Badass}}, it was created as a page that describes MemeticBadass through PerverseSexualLust. Cut for being a redundant meme.
312	* ItLooksLikeThis: Created as an example of a redlink for the Administrivia/RedLink page. Allowing it to be blueshifted would kind of defeat its purpose.
313	* MediaWatchdogs: Plural redirect to MediaWatchdog.
314	* RelationshipTextUpgrade: Now known as RelationshipReveal.
315	* Synopsis.HowToCreateAWorkPage: Cut and locked for being a misplaced work subpage.
316	* Synopsis.WorkPagesAreAFreeLaunch: Cut and locked for being a misplaced work subpage.
317	* TitleBin: Made originally as a place where tropers would suggest names for new tropes. It was quickly filled to the brim with in-jokes, killing [[Administrivia/NamingATrope its purpose]]. The abuse was channeled into DarthWiki.TropesThatWillNeverHappen.
318	* UsefulNotes.SuicidePrevention: Cut and locked because TV Tropes is not qualified to give medical advice, and attempting to do so could potentially cause legal issues.
319	* Moments subpages for Website/{{Twitter}}: While the Awesome page was cut for political soapboxing, the others were axed later as Twitter is not a tropable work and it's also [[Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease troping real life]].
320	* YMMV.{{Advertising}}: Contained complaining for DarthWiki/WhatAnIdiot, plus it's an illegitimate page (work mediums should not have YMMV pages).
321	[[/folder]]
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