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NoRecentExamplesPlease
27th Feb '20 12:47:51 AM
Crown Description:
These are pages where it has been proposed to limit Real Life examples to those before a certain point in time, usually for reasons of the Rule Of Cautious Editing Judgment or recency bias. Please discuss tropes in the thread before adding them; entries added without discussion are subject to deletion. Proposed time limits may be over a rolling period (e.g. "no examples from the past 6 months") or a fixed point in time (e.g. "no examples after 1975"). Vote UP to agree with a proposed change; vote DOWN to disagree. If an item has a (CLOSED) on it, there is no need to vote on it; the result has already been decided, meeting the following requirements:- They have ten or more total votes,
- have been on the crowner for at least 72 hours, measured from when the addition of the new crowner entry is announced in a thread post,
- and are stable with at least a 2:1 vote ratio.
Dork Age: At least five years to prevent knee-jerk reactions. (CLOSED)
Win Back the Crowd: At least one week after release. (CLOSED)
EndOfAnAge.Real Life: At least five years to prevent potential knee-jerk reactions. (CLOSED)
Hindsight Tropes ("Funny Aneurysm" Moment, Harsher in Hindsight, Hilarious in Hindsight): After the event that makes it harsher/funny/heartwarming is over. (CLOSED)
The Scrappy: At least six months after the character is introduced or becomes hated. (CLOSED)
Quietly Cancelled: At least two years, unless confirmed by Word of God.(CLOSED)
Limit Box Office Bomb to those that finish their theatrical runs. (CLOSED)
"So X, It's X" tropes (So Bad, It's Good, So Okay, It's Average, So Bad, It's Horrible): At least one month after the initial release to prevent knee-jerk reactions. (CLOSED)
Role Reprise: At least five years in-between works (excluding voice-only roles for primarily live-action characters, since certain big franchises would be almost impossible for qualification otherwise).(CLOSED)
Fair for Its Day: 20 years after a work's initial release. (CLOSED; later amended to 15 years)
Critical Dissonance: At least one month after the work is released to prevent knee-jerk reactions, or end of first season/theatrical run, whichever comes later. (CLOSED)
Values Dissonance/Values Resonance/Society Marches On: 20 years after a work's initial release if it's about the dissonance/resonance from different time periods. Works discussing the dissonance/resonance between different cultures won't require a waiting period. (CLOSED)
WrittenByTheWinners.Real Life: At least 200 years after the event. (CLOSED)
Fan-Preferred Couple: At least a month after the work releases/season ends, since the romantic landscape and fan preference can change a lot relatively quickly, leading to a fanon ship either becoming canon or falling out of favor with the audience. (CLOSED)
Career Resurrection: At least 5 years(CLOSED)
Apparently Powerless Puppetmaster: For Real Life examples, at least 20 years after they leave office. (CLOSED)
Genre Turning Point: 10 years after initial release, to ensure that the genre did indeed change. (CLOSED)
Fair for Its Day: 15 years after a work's initial release. (Currently 20 years.) (CLOSED)
One-Hit Wonder/Two-Hit Wonder (real life examples): At least 5 years or the artist's official retirement/disbandment. (CLOSED)
Vindicated by History: At least five years to ensure history has judged the work more favourably. (CLOSED)
They Changed It, Now It Sucks!/It's the Same, Now It Sucks!: At least six months after a work's initial release. (CLOSED)
EnemyMine.Real Life: For political examples, at least 10 years after the alliance is formed (CLOSED)
