I see the Awesomeness.
Support. The only example I think might be worth keeping is the "Ancient Rome" one. You might make it workable if you implement a "thousand years or older" rule.
Fight smart, not fair.
Lost in Space
Hmm, I'm also going to take a grammar comb to the description. It's got an Uncanny Valley feel to it - not quite right.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Zzzzzzzzzz
Sheeit. Ax the Real Life section, Put "Ancient Rome" up at the top in a "Trope Namer" folder and flag it as "No Real Life Examples on pain of banning."
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
Azor Ahai
Rome is mentioned in the description, so I'm not sure it also needs a section all to itself (though if there's going to be a Real Life section it might as well mention it).
On the other hand, if that Stalin quote is real, that's probably worth mentioning.
On the gripping hand, googling for it turns up that page and a few random blogs, so it probably isn't real unless there's some better translation of it out there.
132 is the rudest number.
Welcome, traveller, welcome to Omsk
Definitely supporting an axing of the Real Life section. So much of it seems to be Complaining About Governments You Don't Like.
It does not matter who I am. What matters is, who will you become? - motto of Omsk Bird
Azor Ahai
Or in the case of Singapore, gushing about governments you like.
Hodor
Removed the Real Life section, created Trope Name folder, and just spruced the rest of the page up. I do feel my Brave New World example is fairly poor, so feel free to take a shot at it.
Lost in Space
I did that writing pass on the description, fixing some of the awkward wording. Think we can lock this.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Bread and Circuses has a problematic Real Life section. It's yet another of the hot button political topics that's going to bring everyone out of the woodwork to complain about stuff. Not to mention the natter it attracts — I sent a natter PM about an entry this morning and got an angry response that we should just delete the section, and looking at it, I agree.
I would like to eliminate the section entirely and put a No Real Life Examples notification on the page. I just don't see how we can keep it neutral when we're accusing countries of being repressive dictatorships.
edited 21st Mar '11 7:30:45 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"