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selkies Professional Wick Checker Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
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#1: Jan 10th 2023 at 1:11:36 PM

The formatting of A Noun Referred To As X makes it unclear whether it's trying to be a supertrope, an index, or a trope.

It lists what's supposed to be subtropes as examples and then has fictional works as examples as well in the same section. It's also starving since its wicks are only 19 for a page made 7 years ago.

MorganWick (Elder Troper)
#2: Jan 11th 2023 at 5:50:37 AM

Looking at the history it seems to have been created as a trope but had a "Tropes" section added to the examples section, which I believe is trying to be a list of trope names that are examples of the trope, not necessarily subtropes, since the tropes in question are character naming tropes, not Title Tropes.

That said, the page as it stands does not attempt to explain what makes this naming convention tropeworthy, resulting in a bunch of "X, Just X" examples that are endemic with Title Tropes, and the link count is low enough that it can be taken to TRS without a usage check as Not Thriving.

Edited by MorganWick on Jan 11th 2023 at 5:54:54 AM

Amonimus the Retromancer from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
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#3: Jan 11th 2023 at 8:34:18 AM

It's unambiguously a trope, but a poorly maintained one.

Edited by Amonimus on Jan 11th 2023 at 7:34:29 PM

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selkies Professional Wick Checker Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
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#4: Jan 11th 2023 at 2:54:08 PM

Say, if I take it to TRS, which I might after the TRS queue list gets a bit less packed, should it be classified under not thriving, not tropeworthy, or just needs help?

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