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Author: EtherealMutation

Sep 27th 2008 at 9:39:52 PM

I've come to the conclusion that a majority of these types of titles are just in-jokes made by whoever got to writing the article first without really thinking about whether or not it makes sense without context.  For example, ComicsCode, of all things, used to be the "trope namer" that was renamed to CensorshipBureau.  It was also a pretty blatant, self-indulgent attempt to just further the TakeThat against the CCA (half of the article was just animosity dedicated towards the ComicsCode) that completely ignored both the obscurity of the CCA (no, most people don't know jack about 1970s and earlier comics) and the unintuitive nature of it.

Anyway, it's something for a case by case examination.  Most of them probably should be renamed, though.  In-jokes only make the site more inaccessible.  Personally, I think the only "trope namers" that don't draw from an already widespread term should either give an idea right in the title what it's about or draw from an incredibly popular source (as in... ''StarWars'' or ''TheSimpsons'' level popular, not naming something after an obscure ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'' character).