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Deadlock Clock: Aug 6th 2017 at 11:59:00 PM
Erda Erda from Maryland Since: May, 2010
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#1: May 28th 2017 at 6:44:58 AM

So this trope really seems like it should be a YMMV trope. Similar tropes such as It Was His Sled are, and it's an inherently subjective topic since it's a reception-based trope (an aspect of a work that's not its official premise that nevertheless comes to dominate its reputation later). I've seen a lot of tropers move this to the YMMV subpages of works and had to move it back since it's not officially labeled YMMV, and I'm honestly not surprised at their confusion.

I looked at the discussion page and there's a thread from two years ago where someone points this out. They have a response telling them to go to the Trope Repair Shop but it seems nothing came of it — or if someone changed it and then changed it back, there's nothing on that either. So I decided to take care of this myself. Can we do something about this now, or does anyone have any good reasons for why they don't think it belongs in YMMV?

edited 28th May '17 6:45:26 AM by Erda

Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#2: May 28th 2017 at 8:04:56 AM

Fixed the title, as the system won't work with quote marks.

Anyways, opened. Yep, looks YMMV to me.

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malias Since: Jun, 2015
#3: May 28th 2017 at 7:04:00 PM

Definitely move it to YMMV.

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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Xtifr World's Toughest Milkman Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#5: May 30th 2017 at 2:05:03 AM

We have a dedicated thread in Long Term Projects for discussing whether tropes should be made YMMV. Wouldn't this be better handled there?

In any case, I support the change.

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#6: May 30th 2017 at 5:54:11 AM

[up] What thread are you talking about? I'm interested.

edited 30th May '17 5:54:51 AM by Gosicrystal

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#7: May 30th 2017 at 1:59:09 PM

Oh gosh, I may have been thinking of the Trivia thread. [[blush]] Sorry.

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crazysamaritan NaNo 4328 / 50,000 from Lupin III Since: Apr, 2010
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#8: May 31st 2017 at 8:34:54 AM

There used to be one for YMMV as well; it was decided there that few enough articles were being evaluated that they could go through TRS now.

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
Berrenta MOD How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#9: Aug 3rd 2017 at 2:27:12 PM

Clock is set.

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Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#10: Aug 6th 2017 at 2:33:59 PM

+1 for making All There Is To Know About The Crying Game a YMMV item.

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#11: Aug 7th 2017 at 7:52:34 PM

[tup] for YMMV-ification.

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#12: Aug 11th 2017 at 2:49:20 PM

[tup] for YMMV-ification.

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#14: Aug 11th 2017 at 6:14:44 PM

Not really sure why it wasn't YMMV in the first place anyway. It Was His Sled is YMMV, and this is pretty much the Logical Extreme of that, so I don't know why this was made a standard trope.

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#16: Aug 22nd 2017 at 8:21:10 AM

Consensus is in favour of flagging this as YMMV.

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Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#17: Aug 22nd 2017 at 10:06:25 AM

Okay, added to the audience reactions index. Now let's get to moving wicks.

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BattleMaster Since: Feb, 2015
#18: Oct 6th 2017 at 4:39:20 PM

Given that there's a very subjective difference between this trope and It Was His Sled, do we really need to have two of them? I mean, the fact that Rosebud was the name of the sled is the only thing a lot of people know about Citizen Kane anymore.

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#19: Oct 7th 2017 at 1:57:18 AM

These things are not the same at all.

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#20: Oct 15th 2017 at 6:14:54 PM

There's a difference in degree, things that fall under this particular trope are almost memetic in their infamy and outpace knowledge of the original work itself.

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#21: Nov 11th 2017 at 6:52:07 PM

It's been moved to YMMV so shouldn't this thread be closed?

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#22: Nov 29th 2017 at 3:31:55 PM

[up] We still need to move some wicks, I believe.

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#23: Jan 7th 2018 at 10:52:15 AM

Locking per New Year Purge.

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