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bitemytail Since: Dec, 2011
#1: May 19th 2017 at 8:30:09 AM

We've got a trope here that's got a few issues:

  • 1. Lack of crosswicks (8, including indexing).
  • 2. Every example except one is just a quote without any context.
  • 3. The only example that isn't a quote is overly general - bordering on ZCE.
  • 4. Name is stock phrase, so it probably could use a rename even if it is kept.

Wick Check: 19/19 examples

Obviously the first item would be easy to fix, but given all the other issues, do we even want to bother?

For Reference - Inbound count: "Since January 1, 2012 this article has brought 132 people to the wiki from non-search engine links."

That comes out to about 2 people a month on average.

edited 19th May '17 8:31:18 AM by bitemytail

Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
How sweet it is
#2: May 19th 2017 at 12:19:00 PM

Best if we cut this, since it looks like we can't salvage anything.

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Getta Since: Apr, 2016
#3: May 19th 2017 at 2:45:16 PM

Ah well. Just cut it.

We don't need justice when we can forgive. We don't need tolerance when we can love.
bitemytail Since: Dec, 2011
#4: Jul 7th 2017 at 10:24:09 AM

Went ahead and put this on the cutlist, since no one had replied in such a long time (and no one felt it was worth saving).

Berrenta MOD How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
How sweet it is
#5: Jul 7th 2017 at 12:30:16 PM

~bitemytail, you're jumping the gun there.

We haven't even finalized the decision or reached a sizeable consensus, and the wicks weren't handled yet. Declining the cut.

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crazysamaritan NaNo 4328 / 50,000 from Lupin III Since: Apr, 2010
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
#6: Jul 7th 2017 at 3:04:01 PM

For consensus purposes, I'll chime in that I don't see any reason to attempt salvaging the contents.

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#7: Jul 7th 2017 at 4:42:24 PM

Me neither. Seems like starting over from scratch with inspiration from this is the best route for any kind of "keeping".

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Xtifr World's Toughest Milkman Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
World's Toughest Milkman
#8: Jul 11th 2017 at 12:54:54 PM

Ick. This sort of thing is why we have our No New Stock Phrases policy.

I don't see anything worth salvaging. To the chopping block with it.

Speaking words of fandom: let it squee, let it squee.
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#9: Jul 15th 2017 at 7:58:10 AM

Any objections to cutting?

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Madrugada Zzzzzzzzzz Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: In season
Zzzzzzzzzz
#10: Jul 15th 2017 at 12:43:30 PM

As long as the wicks are scrubbed first, none from me.

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
How sweet it is
#11: Jul 15th 2017 at 2:29:14 PM

None here either. Might as well go for it unless someone chimes in?

she/her | TRS needs your help! | Contributor of Trope Report
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
bitemytail Since: Dec, 2011
#13: Jul 17th 2017 at 8:04:42 AM

Removed all links on the related page, except the link to the Laconic.

Put both the main page and the Laconic on the cutlist.

Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
How sweet it is
#14: Jul 17th 2017 at 9:30:52 AM

Okay, now we can cut, since more have spoken up. [tup]

Helps that you took care of the wicks first as well.

Edit: Well, since it appears it's cut already, closing.

edited 17th Jul '17 9:34:28 AM by Berrenta

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