Not thriving: Guess I Showed Them

Well the title does resemble a line of dialogue (and the trope has an Example as a Thesis) — rename and/or Redirect Farming may be in order here.

But let's cover the more-basics first: Can somebody help crosswick this? It was launched in at least January and yet you can count the wikilinks on one hand. (And possibly inbounds, depending on how you go about your counting)

At time of this post:

• 6 wikilinks
• 19 inbounds

edited 27th Aug '11 10:16:03 AM by Stratadrake

An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.

Sure, but it has to be said, the title is atrocious. It didn't give me any hint of what the trope was. I think we'd better look for a better one.

No real ideas, other than Bigger Threat Behind You, which is also pretty unclear.

I would support the opinion that a rename and/or redirect farming is ultimately necessary here, but wikilinks first.

An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.

You can count six wicks on one hand? Hrm, what did you say your planet of origin was again?

(Actually, as a computer scientist, I can count up to 31 on one hand, using each finger as a one or zero, but somehow I suspect that's not what you had in mind.)

A good start might be to go through the examples and make sure each one links back.

We might actually want to discuss a rename now, though, while it's still unused enough to not be a problem. The current name is clearly dialog-based, and experience tells us that names like this get misused for the stock phrase and underused for the actual trope. I can't think of any suggestions off the top of my head, but it shouldn't be hard to come up with some.

In addition, I'm really, really puzzled by the fact that this calls itself a sister trope to Dead Horse Trope!? I definitely support a description cleanup as well.

Speaking words of fandom: let it squee, let it squee.

Let me show you what a 'four' looks like when you count things in binary....

(But seriously, I can count up to ten per hand because I use my thumb to represent a value of five.)

edited 27th Aug '11 4:56:56 PM by Stratadrake

An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.

I'm almost certain that we have this same thing again, under a different name...

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.

I could swear that too (but I'd rather use proper language). What's the tool that compares articles for what tropes they have in common?

For its benefit, the trope is sometimes related to Always a Bigger Fish, but most certainly distinct.

edited 27th Aug '11 7:12:53 PM by Stratadrake

An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.

Hey guys, I launched this trope. I was pretty sure it existed under another name too, but the closest I could find was some combination of Right Behind Me and Enemy Rising Behind.

"Bigger Threat Behind You" is a better title, and personally, I think it does get the point across. I'll try and think of one that's more concise yet though.

This has been acquiring examples, but not wiks and the name still sounds like dialogue and not at all like the trope.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick

Hollered for a clock due to inactivity

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

It is a duplicate, no usage, and has a dialog-like name. I'll cut it.

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty

Should I clean the wicks up, before the cutlist blanks the Related To page? (It's been cut)

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

OK, I've cleaned up the wicks and moved any in-trope usage to discussion to see if they can be reused for another trope.

Hollering for a lock.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman