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I removed snipes on Locked Pages (they may be "unfunny", but that's kind of an insult). Granted, I went overboard on PRLC, but that's been reverted and I only removed a snipe at The Lonely Island, and I thought at the time that shortening the descriptions would be better and more formal. If they're vandalizations, then I apologize, and I'm sorry I didn't post any discussion prior to my edits.
Edited by JackMackerel Half-Life: Dual Nature, a crossover story of reasonably sized proportions.
I think you're being a little hasty regardless of what edits he made. That, and I don't think I saw a question in there.
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Changing things =/= vandalism. Having a look at his edits, it doesn't seem like he did anything more than change the way it said what it said.
Indeed, not only is an insta-ban way overboard, you might, y'know, try discussing these things?
I wouldn't mind having the page have less sniping against people, but it would be nice if we could preserve some sillyness while doing so.
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That said, maybe Jack Mackerel could explain himself in the Edit Reasons next time he makes a major edit so we can avoid these misunderstandings in the future. Yes, it's silly that nuke got his panties all a-twist, but if all it takes to avoid that is saying "removing insults that don't belong on the page", well...
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Is there consensus to revert nuclearneo's edits on that page? It looks like all Jack Mackerel's "vandalism" was actually rewriting the lines in question to be less inflammatory, which seems to be a good idea.
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I'd bring it up in Trope Repair Shop, personally. I didn't find the lines all THAT inflammatory, but best get some consensus before removing/adding them.
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Well let me take a look... Oh, Hell yeah. Nuke's edits/reversions are completely unnecessary. If anything, he's the one who's been vandalizing.
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Reverting a more informative and funny description is not vandalism.
Actually, yeah. I'd say you are the one in the wrong, Nuke. The edits you most recently reverted had nothing wrong with them. There's really no need to make Locked Pages a Take That! against every page ever locked. It's meant to be informative.
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@Neo - But you still haven't explained why I was trolling. I've already posted a topic to TRS to try and solve this.
Edited by JackMackerel Half-Life: Dual Nature, a crossover story of reasonably sized proportions.
You weren't wrong, Jack Mackerel.
Nuclearneo, unless you can prove that Jack Mackerel was being a vandal by simplifying the descriptions of the locked pages, I think that we can safely say that he was not.
In addition, attempting to call down the banhammer on him without discussion is poor form.
Take Thats in the reasons a page was locked aren't particularly funny. I see nothing that qualifies as vandalism on Jack's part, or indeed anything that requires moderator action onhis part. Nuclearneo, you need to learn that just because you think something is funny, doesn't mean others will agree, and that just because you added something doesn't mean it's too perfect to edit.
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@Madrugada - Thank you.
Slightly on-topic, the original person who inserted them was Ethereal Mutation, but he/she's a lurker.
Half-Life: Dual Nature, a crossover story of reasonably sized proportions.
Jack Mackerel just vandalized Locked Pages and Permanent Red Link Club. Please ban.