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#1: May 18th 2021 at 1:34:04 AM

While doing wick cleaning for the TRS for Genre-Killer, I came across this example on Milli Vanilli:

  • Genre-Killer: The fall of Milli Vanilli arguably triggered the revolt against pop music that occurred in the United States in the early 1990s, which ended the careers of just about every pop artist not named Madonna and led to the rise of Grunge and Gangsta Rap, thanks to them having more of an air of authenticity, while most vocal pop acts transitioned into easy listening. It wasn't until the Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, and Britney Spears finally broke through in the latter half of the decade that bubblegum pop music became okay to like again for a new generation of kids and teens.

As is known, Examples Are Not Arguable, so this example can probably go.

But is there a cleanup for this kind of thing? I feel like some examples presented as "arguable" might be legit, but just need to be rewritten, while some shouldn't. Should I start an "arguable examples" cleanup over in Long-Term?

(Note that the odd title is because I was going to ask this in ATT, but I decided to ask here to get some feedback on a potential cleanup.)

Edited by themayorofsimpleton on May 18th 2021 at 4:34:45 AM

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#2: May 18th 2021 at 5:28:49 AM

The example is also too recent, as Genre-Killer requires at least a ten year waiting period since the genre was "killed".

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#3: May 18th 2021 at 5:38:20 AM

[up] I believe the waiting period is from the release of the work or year of the event, not the genre itself being killed.

Anyway, should I make an "arguable examples" cleanup?

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#4: May 19th 2021 at 4:14:28 AM

[up]I feel like if a genre was "killed" but revived less than a decade later, it defeats the point of having a ten-year waiting period for that to be kosher. (I know this is still derailing the intended point of the thread.)

Edited by MorganWick on May 19th 2021 at 4:14:54 AM

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#5: May 19th 2021 at 4:34:15 AM

[up] I'll cut the example for the reasons mentioned by both of you and also for Examples Are Not Arguable.

I'll ask again though. Should I start a cleanup thread for "arguable" examples?

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#6: May 19th 2021 at 8:59:37 AM

Less a question of "should you?" and more "do you want to?" But in, like, 100% of cases, the "arguably" and/or the entire entry can be deleted. I wouldn't bother discussing myself.

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