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bwburke94 Friends forevermore from uǝʌɐǝɥ Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#1: Nov 29th 2014 at 6:03:10 PM

When the custom title system was introduced in 2011, it was made completely clear that custom titles were not to be used for renaming pages.

Some people have ignored this rule and submitted custom title rename requests, and very rarely one of these slips through.

  • The "You Fail X Forever" pages were custom titled to "Artistic License - X". This rename took place before the policy was introduced, and no one bothered to un-custom-title them.
  • Series/{{CSI}} custom titles to CSI — as a result, ''Series/{{CSI}}: Crime Scene Investigation'' gives the redundant CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

What should we do about these? Obviously the CSI page in particular is getting moved to the full title, but the custom title needs to be removed so I'm sending a request.

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Odd1 Still just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
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#2: Nov 29th 2014 at 10:28:20 PM

The CSI example here happens for a lot of works, I've noticed, with subtitles. I can't recall any specific examples at the moment, but I know I've seen it a bunch.

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#3: Nov 30th 2014 at 1:55:30 AM

Regarding the former, I would dewick them and possibly cutlist them at the end. Regarding the latter, if the customized title is the correct one (for works) move the work page to the proper title.

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#4: Dec 4th 2014 at 8:45:44 PM

So stuff like The Venture Brothers is fine, but the CSI thing (and the Twilight: Los Angeles issue from a while back) need to go.

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#5: Dec 18th 2014 at 4:42:22 PM

Bumping this because there's a lot of work to do. So are the You Fail X Forevers getting un-custom-titled?

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#6: Dec 19th 2014 at 1:35:37 AM

If they are, that seems like an even better reason for cutlisting the redirects.

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