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11 July
11th Jul '23 4:47:37 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 a week, 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.
Dead Man's Chest (150 years for Real Life examples): to avoid gory examples and gossip about deaths that are still relatively modern/recent. Discussed here
and here
. Added to crowner July 14, 2023. (CLOSED)
Unpopular Popular Character (3 months from release of work or introduction of character, whichever comes later): to avoid knee-jerk reactions. Discussed here
, here
and here
. Added to Crowner July 18, 2023. (CLOSED)
Fold-Spindle Mutilation (150 years for Real Life examples): to avoid gory examples and gossip about deaths that are still relatively modern/recent. Discussed here
and here
. Added to crowner July 14, 2023. (CLOSED)
Truce Trickery - TLP, not yet launched
(50 years for Real Life examples): rule of cautious editing judgment. Discussed here
, here
and here
. Added to Crowner July 14, 2023. (CLOSED)
Mainstream Obscurity (20 years): to give the work enough time to not only become mainstream, but also fall into obscurity. Discussed here
, here
and here
. Added to crowner July 16, 2023. (CLOSED)
And You Thought It Would Fail (3 months): to avoid knee-jerk reactions and allow time to see how successful the work is. Discussed here
. Added to Crowner September 7, 2023.
Multiple Demographic Appeal (1 month): to avoid knee-jerk reactions. Added to Crowner July 31, 2023. (CLOSED)
Propaganda Machine (50 years for Real Life examples): rule of cautious editing judgment. Discussed here
. Added to Crowner August 17, 2023. (CLOSED)
Uncertain Audience (1 month): to avoid knee-jerk reactions. Added to Crowner July 31, 2023. (CLOSED)
Arc Villain (end of relevant arc, NREP applies to episodic works only): to avoid speculative troping for episodic works. Discussed here
. Added to Crowner September 4, 2023. (CLOSED)
Hoist by His Own Petard (20 years for RL examples): rule of cautious editing judgment. Discussed here
and here
. Added to Crowner September 7, 2023.
Win Back the Crowd (6 months): to avoid knee-jerk reactions. Currently 1 week NREP. Discussed here
Added to Crowner August 17, 2023. (CLOSED)
Fandom-Specific Plot (1 month): to avoid knee-jerk reactions and allow fandom time to write the fic. Discussed here
. Added to Crowner August 17, 2023. (CLOSED)
Comic Book Run (run must last a minimum of 1 year or 12 instalments, whichever comes first): to ensure that the series and its creative team last long enough to be considered a run.
Discussed here
. Added to Crowner August 17, 2023. (CLOSED)
