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Author Existence Failure on YMMV? Wha?

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#1: Feb 3rd 2011 at 10:18:42 AM

I must have missed a memo or something... why is Author Existence Failure YMMV? It's a pretty darn objective trope: "Creator (or, in some uses, actors/etc) dies before finishing his/her series, leaving the franchise unfinished and dead in the water."

Reactions to this might be subjective, but the trope isn't about those.

NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#2: Feb 3rd 2011 at 10:25:26 AM

You want here.

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Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#3: Feb 3rd 2011 at 10:50:06 AM

Not really. That thread is for listing the ones that it's established need the banner. Discussing whether the page falls into that category or not is best done in a dedicated thread to minimize confusion and chaos.

^^ I suspect that it was bannered when "actors" was added to "creators or writers". It's quite easy to say "The [whatever] series by [author] was left unfinished when he died." It's harder to say that "The movie franchise [whatever] was ended by the death of [actor]" with any degree of authority.

edited 3rd Feb '11 11:04:18 AM by Madrugada

NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#4: Feb 3rd 2011 at 11:12:13 AM

Er? It seems pretty obviously objective to me: either the creator died before finishing the work, or he didn't. I was pointing him to that thread so he could get a mod's attention to de-bannerize it, not so he could discuss the issue there. I didn't think the issue needed any discussion.

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#5: Feb 3rd 2011 at 11:16:33 AM

Please do use that thread. That's what it's for. Regardless, I took the banner off since I can find no good reason why it's subjective. Trivia, maybe, but whether the author of a work died is fairly factual (I hope).

edited 3rd Feb '11 11:16:49 AM by Fighteer

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