I agree, although the wicks will be a huge task.
Yes, rename needed due to egregious misuse as Stock Phrase and for Sink Holes.
I can take care of some of the wicks for correct usage, but there's going to be probably over half if not more than that as misuse in the wicks. Most of the usage on the wiki is as a Troper Tic.
The latter would make for a good short-term transitional solution while whatever unlucky saps (possibly including myself) get stuck sifting those 6537 (incl. redirects) wicks fix it.
edited 4th May '12 5:13:15 PM by tdgoodrich1
"Polite life will fill you full of cancer." - Iggy Pop "I've seen the future, brother, it is murder." -Leonard CohenObvious redlinking is obvious, whether it's a cut or a This Troper-style redlinking.
I had a dog-themed avatar before it was cool.I think this is the reverse, and exactly the same problem, as I Got Better. That got renamed to Unexplained Recovery and handled in Special Efforts. I'd suggest doing the same with this.
Edit: Personally I don't need a wick check on this, but I'm rather certain I've seen a lot of useless potholes.
edited 5th May '12 10:11:47 AM by Feather7603
The Internet misuses, abuses, and overuses everything.Doesn't help that the trope that sounds like it should be the inverse, It Gets Better, is actually more about a show getting better than the situation contained therein.
Not the reason it's in here, of course, but I wanted to mention that while we were on the subject.
Moon◊That's another one I've seen lots of potholes to. However, I think they're more often actually correct. There's still probably a fair amount of misuse there too, though.
The Internet misuses, abuses, and overuses everything.Hmm, how about renaming the trope to something like "From Bad To Worse" (so the examples added will be more to the point) , but leaving It Gets Worse and It Got Worse alive as redirects? This saves any wick and pothole work, while decreasing unfitting examples...
edited 5th May '12 5:19:24 PM by SS13
Of concern is its use as a Pothole Magnet/Troper Tic.
"Polite life will fill you full of cancer." - Iggy Pop "I've seen the future, brother, it is murder." -Leonard CohenI did a quick random check (too lazy to type it up, and by the way, is there an easy way to do that without too much list-editing?), and most (70%?) potholes are when the situation seems good but gets worse. Leaving it as a redirect will not solve that problem, as the phrase indicates that that's okay use. We don't want that.
The Internet misuses, abuses, and overuses everything.So the definition is basically a Calamity Coup De Grace? Yeah, big surprise that it gets misused for any time stuff starts going (more) downhill.
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.I was always thinking that this was something problematic - looks like full Stock Phrase suckitude.
Are we good for a rename and-then-redlink crowner?
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanCrowner stitched to thread.
Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.I believe the pre-existing term is From Bad to Worse.
Rhymes with "Protracted."I was wondering why this wasn't in TRS after seeing it potholed all over the place.
Calling crowner in favor of renaming and faux redlinking It Got Worse.
Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.Old crowner out, new crowner in.
Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.Calling crowner.
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - FighteerDid the page, subpages and indexes, as well as the notes on Renamed Tropes and the FAQ thread.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanBumping for votes.
Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.Ahem...crowner's already called. It just needs to be done (with the wicks)
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanThere is now a Special Efforts thread to remove the sinkholes. All help is welcome.
Locking.
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
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This trope seems quite abused. The trope page clearly says: "To qualify for this trope, a terrible situation must have some final perfect push over the edge". However, it is widely used whenever anything, well, gets worse. It also seems to become a Pothole Magnet for whenever anything bad happens or something seems worse than something else, making it an annoying Verbal Tic. Just a few examples.
And so on, and so forth. I suggest changing the trope name to something more descriptive and less tempting, like "Bad to Worse".
edited 4th May '12 10:35:25 AM by Thainen