To-do list:
- Sort wicks. Items that are useless for anything other than selling should be moved to Shop Fodder, while items that have a use but are still usually sold by players should be moved to the YMMV subpage under Better Off Sold.
- 28% of wicks are correct usage.
- 27% of wicks are misuse as "items that aren't worth using".
- 10% of wicks are misuse as "items with purposes in addition to being sold".
- 6% of wicks are misuse that could not be sorted into the above categories.
- 28% of wicks are either ZCEs or potholes in other text without enough explanation related to how it fits this trope.
My theory as to where most of the misuse is coming from is the common definition of trash as "things that are only fit to be discarded", which people subsequently place too much significance on. I'm unsure how to fix it other than a rename, but other courses of action may work.
Edited by GastonRabbit on May 16th 2022 at 5:39:32 AM
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- Changing it to "You can only use Alien weapons after they're researched, but can be stored until then" or something, since Possession Implies Mastery doesn't need to talk about their cash value.
EDIT: Heck, it's an Averted Trope, so cutting it outright because it's not Omnipresent or anything? Unless someone can say it's a Necessary Weasel?
Edited by Malady on May 22nd 2022 at 11:50:30 AM
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I'd probably axe it, the only notable thing about the alien weapons is that they aren't usable unless researched, even if you physically pick them up on the battlescape and equip them, your soldiers don't understand how to fire them.
So maybe it's a valid aversion? But I'd lean towards not.
"Grandmaster Combat, son!"
I axed it. You could restore if you want. eh.
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Down to the last 98 wicks! We could probably get this done today with one last push. 
Now a lurker. Thanks for everything. | he/him
49 left. Tearing through as many as I can.
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Now a lurker. Thanks for everything. | he/him
35 left now. Gonna take a break. Will get back to this next chance I get assuming someone else doesn't first
Edited by themayorofsimpleton on May 23rd 2022 at 8:10:13 AM
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Just stoic wisdom.
I gotchu, Mayor. ~MacronNotes, the trash has been taken out!
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Sounds good on paper (he/him)
Time to close, then.
Patiently awaiting the release of Paper Luigi and the Marvelous Compass.
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What would be the best way to fix the page?
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I think Shop Fodder would work there as a pothole, although it's pretty bad advice to tell someone to sell alien weapons seeing as they are useful later and are the best weapons in the game.
"Grandmaster Combat, son!"