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Seems a bit out of place, if nothing else. "Allowed" is kind of an odd question — we don't specifically have a rule against that sort of thing because it so rarely comes up.
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The stinger has no relevance to the trope, only to the page. And I think it's been long enough that it's no longer necessary.
I had a dog-themed avatar before it was cool.
It's been there since pre-history for the page (pre-2010).
That said, the troper in question
started editing again in 2012 and has edited as recently as March 2016. He has not "fallen off the face of the earth." He hasn't died.
At first, I was gonna say to keep it because of its age and the whole "memorial for passed tropers" idea. But... he's alive, apparently. So... it may be time to cut the memorial to him...
Look at all that shiny stuff ain't they pretty
^ So what, do we have a faked death?
Whatever we have, there's no point to keeping a memorial if there's nothing to memorialize.
I had a dog-themed avatar before it was cool.
Seriously, though, I think it can be cut for basically being pointless.
Look at all that shiny stuff ain't they pretty
I say cut the memorial for the troper, but leave in the memorial for colored text.
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Should I remove the troper “memorial” then?
Edited by LegitimateIdiot This account is dead. I’ve said a lot of dumb things in the past and I wish to forget them. I’m sorry if I’ve ever hurt anyone.
I think you should remove it because the troper returned, so it's both pointless and wrong.
My (conspiracy) theory is probably that the original CAD died or went missing and somebody else used that username. Much like Gus.
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The troper page pre-dates the last history purge, which was sometime in 2011 IIRC. But the troper has been using the site with that username since 2012, and periodically since then.
There's little reason to suspect this is somebody else because why would they keep somebody else's troper page without admitting to it archiving it or something.
I think it's fine to cut the faux memorial.
Look at all that shiny stuff ain't they pretty
Okay, I’ve made the edit so I think we can lock this thread now.
Edited by LegitimateIdiot This account is dead. I’ve said a lot of dumb things in the past and I wish to forget them. I’m sorry if I’ve ever hurt anyone.
The stinger for Rainbow Speak has an ode to an inactive troper and the now-defunct colour markup. What’s up with that? Is that allowed?
Edited by LegitimateIdiot