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BradyLady Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#1: Dec 17th 2013 at 3:33:00 PM

I didn't know how to remove the tags, or indeed that I couldn't, and so some of them end up appearing twice. I'm not sure any of them are needed now. Can a mod please look into my Dovetailing Words YKTTW and see what needs to be done? Thank you.

edited 17th Dec '13 3:36:19 PM by BradyLady

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#2: Dec 18th 2013 at 12:27:18 AM

Well, while I do not have the power of removing tags, at a glance:

  • "Needs examples" has to stay for now. 6 isn't really enough.
  • "Description needs help", I think should also stay. More than half of the description is about what the trope is not and there isn't much "sap" about what the trope is.
  • "Already have?" can go. Tagging something without explaining why is a horrible practice.

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Madrugada Zzzzzzzzzz Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: In season
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#3: Dec 18th 2013 at 5:02:12 AM

I took off "Already Have?" since Septimus is right about it being kind of useless without a reply explaining which tropes we already have it could be.

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BradyLady Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#4: Dec 18th 2013 at 10:41:55 AM

Most of the extraneous tags have been removed, but "Needs Examples" and "Description Needs Help" are now there twice apiece. I think one each of them needs to go. :)

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#5: Dec 18th 2013 at 10:46:53 AM

Seconding the removal of duplicate tags. Tags aren't votes,especially since they aren't stuffing-proof.

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KarjamP The imaginative Christian Asperger from South Africa Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#6: Dec 18th 2013 at 10:49:43 AM

[up]Except the Motion To Discard tag.

Telcontar In uffish thought from England Since: Feb, 2012
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#7: Dec 18th 2013 at 12:51:07 PM

[up]Including that tag. It can be repeated many times in comments, but should only be on the actual draft once, because — as Sep said — vote-stuffing is possible.

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ShanghaiSlave Giver of Lame Names from YKTTW Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
#8: Dec 19th 2013 at 2:07:52 AM

sorry, can't quite grasp the meaning of the term from the words alone, but what is "votes stuffing"?

[down] I see, thanks. don't really hear about "ballot stuffing" a lot from where i came from.

edited 19th Dec '13 3:53:49 AM by ShanghaiSlave

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KarjamP The imaginative Christian Asperger from South Africa Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#9: Dec 19th 2013 at 2:37:03 AM

First hit brings up Wikipedia article for Electorial fraud.

Using the find feature of my browser, the term "Vote Stuffing" is used within the "Ballot Stuffing" section.

I think that's what he meant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_fraud#Ballot_stuffing

edited 19th Dec '13 2:37:49 AM by KarjamP

Telcontar In uffish thought from England Since: Feb, 2012
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#10: Dec 19th 2013 at 3:28:26 AM

Yes; one person can add the same tag multiple times, which means they can't be treated as individual votes.

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Stratadrake Dragon Writer Since: Oct, 2009
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#11: Dec 19th 2013 at 12:18:57 PM

The fact that a YKTTW can be given more than one of the same tag at all is a flaw still waiting for a fix.

edited 19th Dec '13 12:19:07 PM by Stratadrake

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