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Author: Knight9910

Mar 14th 2013 at 6:52:44 AM

There's two problems with that. First, there is a HUGE difference between a vote to alter an existing trope, versus a vote to decide something about a future trope. If you fail to get a consensus to change the name of an existing trope all that happens is it keeps its current name. (That's why TrueCompanions was called Nakama for ages even though everyone hated it.) If you fail to get a consensus to name an unlaunched trope then it stays unlaunched for eternity.

Second, there are times when you just have to admit that people aren't going to give you an overwhelming consensus. Take a look at a lot of political elections, or jury decisions. There are things people don't agree on, and won't ever agree on.

That said, I'm not telling you it needs to be launched NOW. Give it a few more days and hopefully we will have a consensus, but there's a chance we won't and sitting on the trope for three months waiting for a decisive consensus is dumb. But I would say that if there's not a consensus by, say, Sunday or Monday, then just pick whichever name is most popular and launch the sucker. If the name we pick really bothers people that much then they can always call for a vote to change it later.