Looking at the "related to" links, I think there is a decent amount of misuse that uses the trope name to refer to stalling in general.
- Cast A Deadly Spell: I am unfamiliar with the work, but it seems like a correct use to me.
- Chase Scene: Correct Index.
- Tropers/Circeus: Troper page of the one who is responsible for the trope.
- Circeus: Troper page of the one who is responsible for the trope.
- Digger: Apparently this is a misuse.
- Just For Pun: Talks about how it is a pun.
- WMG/Kamen Rider Decade: I think this seems like a misuse, the trope is used to refer to stalling unrelated to bathroom stalls.
- Maximum Carnage: This looks like misuse to me, the trope is used to refer to stalling unrelated to bathroom stalls.
- Nine To Five: I am not familiar with this work.
- Laconic/Stalling For Time: This is just the laconic version of the trope which is basically Hiding In A Bathroom Stall.
- Star Trek Specter: I think this is a correct use.
- The Warriors: There is no further explanation about this trope on the page that I can see.
Based on the fact that the trope appears to have been misused multiple times despite having so few uses, I think it really would benefit from a rename. Given the misuse, I would think it would be okay to start thinking of alternate names right now, but I could be wrong.
I would suggest Hiding In A Bathroom Stall as at least a straightforward redirect if not a boring obvious new name.
edited 26th Jan '11 4:17:09 PM by LouieW
"irhgT nm0w tehre might b ea lotof th1nmgs i dont udarstannd, ubt oim ujst goinjg to keepfollowing this pazth i belieove iN !!!!!1 dStall Stealth? Restroom Refuge? Stall Survival?
Just throwing out names.
Put me in motion, drink the potion, use the lotion, drain the ocean, cause commotion, fake devotion, entertain a notion, be Nova Scotian![]()
Given the apparent recent spate of confusing trope names, boring but precise may be exactly what we're looking for.
Support Hiding In A Bathroom Stall.
Reading it, the trope isn't the good guy hiding. It's the villain methodically checking all the stalls.
He's Searching the Stalls.
Neither of the uses on Digger are correct. They're both just general stalling. I don't think plumbing is even available in the setting, though I do recall a privy... there's certainly not rows of bathroom stalls, anyway.
How it's written, it's "The hero hides in a stall, then the villain starts checking them all."
Like Circeus noted though, I do believe that the description should be written in more general terms when describing the two parties involved—"a man on the run" and "his pursuer," for instance.
edited 26th Jan '11 12:43:35 PM by SeanMurrayI
I made a crowner here
which I do not believe is premature given the amount of clear abuse under the current name.
Nobody liked Restroom Refuge ...
edited 27th Jan '11 4:16:19 PM by DrStarky
Put me in motion, drink the potion, use the lotion, drain the ocean, cause commotion, fake devotion, entertain a notion, be Nova ScotianAh, yes, thanks.
But if we ever had a supertrope for characters finding isolation or solace in the bathroom, Restroom Refuge would be at the top of my list! :)
Maybe part of the reason that it isn't getting much attention is that 'stalls' is an American English word? In Britain we call them cubicles, or just plain toilets/loos. If bathroom or restroom were added to the trope title, they still aren't used in the same context in the UK, but at least it would be understood what the trope is about.
edited 29th Jan '11 1:29:29 PM by Fiwen9430
Done.
In moving the wicks I found that some of them were incorrect, mistaking it as stalling for time in general, presumably because of the old misleading title, like Louie W said. Not many wicks in total. Some of them provided no details or few details. I moved these ones to discussion since I could not tell if they were mistaken or not.
It seems that this article may not have had a YKTTW, originally. The most recent one
is someone proposing a duplicate trope and finding the article already in existence. Given the old discussion page had no YKTTW link, perhaps this one could be tied on to the new discussion page as best-effort. It looks like the main text got a revamp about that time, too.
edited 11th Mar '11 1:48:53 AM by Camacan
As the one who launched it, I distinctly remember there being a YKTTW. However, people easily forget that a lot of those where lost in that data loss back in (IIRC) 2008.
Thanks for the info. The Great Crash echos yet.
Now the rename is complete, should we re-purpose the original name? Stalling for time seems like a widespread trope.
I expected we would already have it under a different name but I can't find it. Is it too common to be interesting? We've got Padding but I'm thinking in-world — like when someone has to keep the health inspector occupied any way they can while frantic activity occurs in the kitchen.
edited 11th Mar '11 1:52:08 AM by Camacan
There's Holding the Floor (stalling by talking) and Scheherezade Gambit (stalling Arabian Nights-style).
edited 11th Mar '11 1:52:56 AM by troacctid
Aha, thanks! No wonder I couldn't find them — Holding the Floor? That sounds more like a focus on good oratory.
Stalling for time in the general sense would be a supertrope to both 'em. But I think Holding the Floor is the one we see most. How about redirecting Stalling For Time to Holding the Floor? Or should we make a supertrope about all stalling?
edited 11th Mar '11 2:08:52 AM by Camacan
Crown Description:

Take a guess. Probably not that hard — hint: it's a pun.
If that fails you, well, head meet desk: The Big Bad searches bathroom stalls one by one because he knows The Hero is hiding out there.
At only 12 wicks (article age unknown) I'm not sure this name is working. The pre-existing phrase is unrelated to what's happening in-universe — in some interpretations it's the writer who is the one stalling for time, which strikes me as similar naming logic to Hold Your Horses and Get On With It Already.
edited 25th Jan '11 5:40:21 PM by Stratadrake
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.