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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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#1: Feb 9th 2013 at 3:56:11 PM

I just came across Lightbulbs For A Face today, and while the title initially made me think that it's about "Faceless Eyes for robots and Mechanical Lifeforms" (a la the geth from Mass Effectnote ), the description is actually more "Glowing Eyes on a completely shadow/darkness-concealed face", which makes the current title a non-indicative one. Also, someone had noted in the YKTTW draft that it Needs A Better Title, but s/he was ignored. There was also a mod request for getting rid of or fleshing out the Zero Context Examples, which doesn't appear to have been addressed.

Currently at only one wick, zero inbounds.

Suggestion: Rename, possibly send back to YKTTW for refinement.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#2: Feb 9th 2013 at 4:01:04 PM

We actually deal with send-back-to YKTTW and recent pages in general in the other thread you posted in. 'Coz a) these threads tend to backlog forever and b) they tend to have all the same problems.

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#3: Feb 9th 2013 at 4:35:55 PM

But according to this response, that thread doesn't deal with renames. I took that as a sign that I should take it to TRS.

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Stratadrake Dragon Writer Since: Oct, 2009
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#4: Feb 9th 2013 at 6:57:44 PM

This wasn't even launched properly — no crosswicking, for example. So in this case a rename isn't necessary so much as a cut and re-YKTTW for a better name.

edited 9th Feb '13 6:58:34 PM by Stratadrake

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AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#5: Feb 9th 2013 at 10:21:06 PM

The only thing I see worth keeping here is the idea of the trope — an obscured face where you only see the glowing eyes, as a subtrope to or variant of The Faceless.

edited 9th Feb '13 10:22:37 PM by AnotherDuck

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shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#6: Feb 9th 2013 at 11:32:41 PM

This needs to be taken to the bad TKTTW launch thread. Please take it there so this thread can be locked.

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