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Rename: Like A Weasel get usage counts

This needs a good redirect farm. The usage seems correct as 'character is a Yes Man' but the name is a bit...obscure.

 2 Septimus Heap, Sat, 4th Aug '12 1:20:42 AM from Zurich, Switzerland
Another Wizard Boy
67 wicks and 34 inbounds, for the record. I tihnk this qualifies as underperforming.
ExtraOrdinary Apprentice
Ah, I didn't know what counted. It is pretty common although when someone wants this trope, they aren't going to be looking for 'like a weasel'

Fallen Paladin
Good trope, terribly opaque name. How about something along the lines of Opinion Flipflop?
You always take us with you when you go
I always thought the name worked on two levels. It's a line from Hamlet, and it's also a good way of describing someone who does this.

The name is obscure/obtuse and the trope is underperforming. Seems like a rename could help.

 7 Deboss, Sun, 5th Aug '12 1:26:01 PM from Awesomeville Texas
I see the Awesomeness.
So, it's supposed to be a specific instant of Yes Man flipfloping around? Screwing With The Yes Man maybe?
Fight smart, not fair.
Paper Master
Clocking.
Temptation lies in the forbidden. Some doors should never be re-opened.
Zzzzzzzzzz
It may be a line in Hamlet, but it's just a line in Hamlet where Hamlet says a cloud looks like a weasel. He's not referring to Polonius as "like a weasel". Without he context of the whole exchange "It looks like a camel", "Yes, it does", "Or like a weasel", "Or that" it's irrelevant to the trope, which appears to be "Yes Man even if that means contradicting themselves".
"I wish to be surrounded by people who do not look like me in a place full of interesting aromas and colors." — blackcat
 10 lu 127, Mon, 7th Jan '13 9:14:02 AM from the Keep
Paper Master
Crowner's hooked.
Temptation lies in the forbidden. Some doors should never be re-opened.
Paper Master
Calling for a rename.
Temptation lies in the forbidden. Some doors should never be re-opened.
 12 Septimus Heap, Sat, 26th Jan '13 4:42:36 AM from Zurich, Switzerland
Another Wizard Boy
Alt names crowner here but to be honest we need better names there.
ExtraOrdinary Apprentice
 13 Septimus Heap, Sun, 21st Apr '13 2:01:20 AM from Zurich, Switzerland
Another Wizard Boy
Votes bump with crowner!

Snapshot:
ExtraOrdinary Apprentice
With Mod Hat On
Go ahead with it. The crowner is decisive, and the thread's been languishing long enough. There may be a better name out there that we didn't find, but Opinion Flipflop isn't horrid, like "Like a Weasel" is.
"I wish to be surrounded by people who do not look like me in a place full of interesting aromas and colors." — blackcat
 15 Septimus Heap, Sun, 21st Apr '13 5:08:22 AM from Zurich, Switzerland
Another Wizard Boy
Did the rename, wicks (including some misuse removal) and all the tagging required, except for Baka (locked page; edit request was submitted) and Like A Weasel (the old laconic; it's on the Cut List and the wick will go away as soon as it gets cut).

edited 21st Apr '13 5:08:31 AM by SeptimusHeap

ExtraOrdinary Apprentice
With Mod Hat On
Thank you for finishing this one up, Septimus. Locking
"I wish to be surrounded by people who do not look like me in a place full of interesting aromas and colors." — blackcat
The system doesn't know you right now, so no post button for you.
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Alternative Titles: Like A Weasel
26th Jan '13 4:41:10 AM
Vote up names you like, vote down names you don't. Whether or not the name will actually be changed is determined with a different kind of Crowner (the Single Proposition crowner). This one just collects and ranks alternative names.
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