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FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#1: Aug 30th 2011 at 8:14:48 AM

Just launched. The intended trope involves a specific situation of mimicking environmental noises to trick someone into a trap, but from the beginning, there are entries simply for "this character can mimic sounds". Personally, I think it may have needed to bake a little longer before launching.

Madrugada Zzzzzzzzzz Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: In season
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#2: Aug 30th 2011 at 8:17:47 AM

That's just bad.

The trope is good, but yeah, it needed a lot more time and most of the examples are bad either because they're just too vague, or there's no "to lure someone else into a trap" aspect.

Send it back for more work.

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FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#3: Aug 30th 2011 at 8:40:53 AM

^_^ I'm only recently getting into the whole TRS/YKTTW thing. How does one toss it back?

TripleElation Diagonalizing The Matrix from Haifa, Isarel Since: Jan, 2001
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#4: Aug 30th 2011 at 8:44:19 AM

Onomatopoeic Distraction?

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CaveCat One cool canine Since: Apr, 2011
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#5: Aug 30th 2011 at 4:53:45 PM

Those were the best examples I could think of, even if none of them had the "lure the enemy into a trap" spectacle. And how does one change the title of a trope that's been launched?

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Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#6: Oct 14th 2011 at 6:28:18 AM

Bump. Do we broaden the trope to match the title, or narrow the title to match the trope?

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Stratadrake Dragon Writer Since: Oct, 2009
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#7: Oct 14th 2011 at 9:08:17 AM

When misuse is specifically caused by bad interpretation of the title, the standard proposal is rename to match definition.

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CaveCat One cool canine Since: Apr, 2011
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#8: Oct 14th 2011 at 9:20:30 AM

That still doesn't answer my question on how to change the title of a trope that's been launched.

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Stratadrake Dragon Writer Since: Oct, 2009
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#9: Oct 14th 2011 at 11:45:48 AM

Oh, a technical question? There is no actual rename function, you just copy-paste the article's code from the old title to the new one and leave [[redirect:NewTitle]] in the old one for a start. But not without agreement (otherwise somebody else may just revert it), which is what crowner votes are for.

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Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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ccoa Ravenous Sophovore from the Sleeping Giant Since: Jan, 2001
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#11: Jan 10th 2012 at 10:30:39 AM

This should be a simple open and shut matter. Cut and send back to YKTTW or clean up and rename?

EDIT: Judging by edit history and the YKTTW archive, it hasn't really grown at all.

edited 10th Jan '12 10:32:49 AM by ccoa

Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.
CaveCat One cool canine Since: Apr, 2011
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#12: Jan 10th 2012 at 2:28:15 PM

Okay, I can send it back to YKTTW for repairs.

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shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#13: Jan 10th 2012 at 2:29:39 PM

Make the YKTTW and link it here then. Thank you.

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ccoa Ravenous Sophovore from the Sleeping Giant Since: Jan, 2001
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#14: Mar 15th 2012 at 6:15:49 AM

This was cut, but it appears Cave Cat never made the YKTTW. Someone want to volunteer?

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CaveCat One cool canine Since: Apr, 2011
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#15: Mar 15th 2012 at 9:29:19 AM

I never redid that trope because now I'm stuck on how to try to fix it, and I still can't think of how to fix it. Sorry.

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