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Is this mainly one user doing this?
I'm on the internet. My arguments are invalid.
Those below-the-examples witticisms are known as "stingers". They are not banned by policy, and I'm not aware of a consensus for their removal.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Trivia: not all pages with a Stinger is a reference to Statler and Waldorf.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
Yes, I know that. The main argument against Statler and Waldorf stingers is that they are overused and therefore stale, but that's not a prima facie reason to cut them.
Edited by Fighteer "It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
I rather expected you to know that, and was adding a trivial bit of information so that other tropers who might not be as familiar with the site would be aware that The Stinger was not required to appear in that specific form.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
The page for S&W says that changes to stingers should be discussed. It doesn't seem like these deletions are respecting that rule, and whoever's removing them also is not removing the indexing from the JFF page. Incidentally, that should also be removed. Don't index from JFF's.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
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Discar removed them from Chick Magnet and Naked People Are Funny at least, possibly some other pages as well.
Do I have a feeling that S&W is becoming a Discredited Meme, much like Candlejack?...
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Yannow, we did have such a discussion seven years ago in the forums. The status quo has not changed.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
If I may ask... what do you do if you want to add a new S&W stinger? The S&W page says you should ask on one of the discussion pages, but it seems like barely anyone uses those.
I asked on the discussion page for Monster Clown if I could add a stinger there. That was years ago, and I never got a response. I decided to go ahead and add the stinger last year, and no one seems to have taken issue with it.
No "Bowser's Fury" questions please. I haven't played it yet.
So, can we restore the cut stingers, or what?
Just done to Jewish Complaining.
I'm on the internet. My arguments are invalid.
If they were unilateral changes I imagine you could add them back.
Look at all that shiny stuff ain't they pretty
Re-added the stinger to Jewish Complaining.
[ETA] Sent them Discar message and directed them here.
Edited by TheNerfGuy
I've been cutting S/W stingers when I see ones that don't make sense in context... which usually means all of them. It's very, very rare for a Statler and Waldorf stinger to be appropriate in context. Hell, stingers in general are usually just random memes, but those are the most blatant. Anyway, I'm certainly not on a dedicated campaign to get rid of them. I vaguely remember a few I left alone, but this has been going on for years, so who knows if they're even still there.
If the issue now is just cleaning up and discussing which entries to keep, remove, re-make, revise, or make, then I think a projects thread could be useful rather than using this ATT thread.
The question seems to have been answered: "Is there official mod ruling on [thing]?" Answer: "They aren't banned by policy" and "The status quo [from the previous discussion] has not changed."
Look at all that shiny stuff ain't they pretty
Have Statler and Waldorf been banned from pages? Because I've seen them deleted with "memes don't automatically make things wittier" as the cited reason. While I agree with that, Statler and Waldorf aren't generally a meme for the sake of a meme, but an actual joke that happens to be based on a meme form. Is there an official mod ruling?