Rename, needs work: Phlebotinum Du Jour

I am not sure if people want to rename Phlebotinum du Jour, but given the fact that people are mentioning name suggestions, I feel like we might as well have a rename crowner to see if there is consensus support for one.

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I think Phlebotinum du Jour is a perfectly workable title.

Common usage, means what it says. I'm not so worried about it being mistaken for phlebotinum that's popular in real life, since having stuff that you can rub on things to make the plot go doesn't make sense in reality. But it is related to something that is popular in the real life: the "hot science" that inspires it. I think that makes "du jour" a good phrase to use.

Again, du jour just seems to suggest more "X of the week" then "currently popular X" to me.

I think if we're worried that "popular, fashionable, or prominent at a particular time" shades into shorter term popularity, we're nitpicking.

I think a rename is a good idea. I've certainly heard du jour before but I honestly never really knew what it meant nor had the need to look it up and educate myself. Also, I find Hot Topic Phlebotinum to be a terrible name. The Latest Trends In Phlebotinum is better.

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Wick Check:

Correct

Used to refer to a topical phlebotinum of the times:

1. Clark Ashton Smith
2. Doctor Solar
3. Dooly The Little Dinosaur
4. Emotion Suppression
5. Characters.Fringe
6. Lightning Can Do Anything
7. Magical Particle Accelerator
8. OlderThanTheyThink.Other
9. Planet of Hats
10. The World Forged By Powers
11. We

Used correctly as a related trope:

1. Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke
2. Green Rocks
3. I Love Nuclear Power
4. Magical Particle Accelerator
5. Nanomachines
6. Nuclear Nasty
7. Quantum Mechanics Can Do Anything

Ambiguous

From Standard Superhero Setting:

Common ingredients: [...]

• I Love Nuclear Power, Lightning Can Do Anything, Touched by Vorlons, The Chosen Many: Classic origin stories.
  • Phlebotinum du Jour may occur in case of long-running universes.
  • Meta Origin, Mass Super-Empowering Event: Getting more and more popular.

Well, you tell me. The "long-running universes" bit muddles it a little because we can't tell whether it means the same franchise swaps phlebotina on a regular basis (which would be wrong) or that the primary phlebotinum of the franchise depends on what's popular at the time (which would be correct). I don't think it's clear either way.

Other

Indexes:

• Fr.ptitlewps5g5dj21br
• Fr.Phlebotinum Applique
• Applied Phlebotinum
• It.Elenco Provvisorio P-S
• Trope Names from the French

Redirects:

• History Of Phlebotinum
• Hot Topic Phlebotinum

Misc.:

• Pages Needing Images
• Laconic.Phlebotinum du Jour

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That's every wick. Out of all the wicks, there are none that are clearly wrong and only one that's ambiguous. All the rest are correct.

Rhymes with "Protracted."

its usage that is far too low.

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I can't see how renaming would help that. Redirects should be sufficient.

Also, it's basically functioning as an index anyway; most of the examples should be on the subtropes.

Rhymes with "Protracted."

IMO, redirects are perfectly sufficient and there's no call for a rename. What's the procedure for a crowner that doesn't develop a consensus?

Called the crowner : No consensus that a rename is needed after five days.

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