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Komodin TV Tropes' Sonic Wiki Curator from Windy Hill Zone Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
TV Tropes' Sonic Wiki Curator
#1: Sep 3rd 2011 at 11:35:47 AM

For the past couple of days, I've been observing this page and noticed that the page is full of natter, justifying edits, whiny Complaining About Complaining, etc. Normally, I would just clean all that nonsense up and move on to what I do best here. However, I noticed that, not unlike a few other pages, this page just seems to attract this sort of things by the very topic it's covering. When I brought this up in the Natter Alert thread, I was offered two possible solutions to this dilemma: to limit the examples to in-universe examples, or to give the page an Example Sectionectomy. So... what should we do with this page?

Personally, I think the In-Universe Limiting wouldn't work too well; I can't recall any works I've watched/read/played that used this trope with its characters as the reacting audience.

Experience has taught me to investigate anything that glows.
djbj Since: Oct, 2010
#2: Sep 3rd 2011 at 3:41:19 PM

I'm for giving this an Example Sectionectomy. Too much complaining. A lot of the examples aren't even about previews, they are about project development announcements. Many of the example overlap or are duplicates of They Changed It, Now It Sucks! and Ruined Forever.

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
I see the Awesomeness.
#3: Sep 3rd 2011 at 3:46:57 PM

I'm cool with firing the chainsaw.

Fight smart, not fair.
Zyffyr from Portland, Oregon Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
#4: Sep 3rd 2011 at 4:22:59 PM

Some interesting things in there, but yeah a chainsaw would probably be for the best.

artman40 Since: Jan, 2001
#5: Sep 9th 2011 at 8:03:33 AM

Nah. It's just the opposite of And The Fandom Rejoiced so no much problem here.

MorganWick (Elder Troper)
#6: Sep 9th 2011 at 8:49:28 AM

Title sounds like Better Than It Sounds meets Never Trust a Trailer. Actual trope, from what I can pull out of the less-than-clear description, is either pre-release Hype Backlash, or complaining AS A RESULT OF THE PREVIEW! Is this even worth keeping?

crazyrabbits Crazyrabbits from Mississauga, ON, Canada Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Crazyrabbits
#7: Oct 16th 2011 at 7:38:12 PM

I'll throw a vote in for chainsawing the examples. Every second one references people yelling about Ruined FOREVER.

nrjxll Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Not war
djbj Since: Oct, 2010
#9: Oct 17th 2011 at 1:59:59 PM

I'm changing my vote to cutting this page. It feels like Ruined Forever / They Changed It, Now It Sucks!, But More Specific, and not in a way that's useful as a page. I feel that complaining-related Audience Reactions are way over-troped on this site and this is another useless page in that bunch.

edited 17th Oct '11 2:01:20 PM by djbj

DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
The Other Troper
#10: Oct 17th 2011 at 2:18:29 PM

The reaction is legit (not waiting even for the show to start to complain), but the examples should go.

Then again, what about In-Universe examples?

I'm on the internet. My arguments are invalid.
LouieW Loser from Babycowland Since: Aug, 2009
Loser
#11: Oct 19th 2011 at 5:32:51 PM

I agree that this reaction does tend to happen, but I am pretty sure that Komodin is right about there not really being many in-universe examples of this.

I can support no longer having examples for Tainted by the Preview because as far as I can tell they are at best complaining about complaining. I would be interested to hear reasons why we should keep them though.

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Nocturna Since: May, 2011
#12: Oct 29th 2011 at 11:54:07 AM

I would also support cutting the examples.

Catbert Since: Jan, 2012
#13: Jan 19th 2012 at 6:31:15 PM

So are we cutting examples or not?

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#14: Mar 18th 2012 at 3:01:05 AM

This has lagged long enough; created a Single Prop for an Example Sectionectomy here

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#15: Mar 25th 2012 at 6:51:35 AM

Bumping for more votes.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Feather7603 Devil's Advocate from Yggdrasil Since: Dec, 2011
#16: Mar 25th 2012 at 8:21:22 AM

I read through the examples. The only example I felt the want to save was the responses to the complaints about a rainbow in Diablo3 (adding more rainbows, an analytical response to why the complainers were wrong, and the image for Lighter and Softer. The bottom one).

The Internet misuses, abuses, and overuses everything.
lu127 Paper Master from 異界 Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#17: Mar 25th 2012 at 8:24:03 AM

Sectionectomy is fine by me.

"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#18: Mar 28th 2012 at 9:04:55 AM

Calling the crowner in favor of giving Tainted by the Preview an Example Sectionectomy.

Do it, leave a link to this thread in the edit reason, and on the discussion page, and Holler for a thread lock when it's done, please.

edited 28th Mar '12 9:05:07 AM by Madrugada

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#19: Mar 28th 2012 at 9:10:57 AM

Done, done and done and added a No Examples tag in the source. Lock-hollering.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
ccoa Ravenous Sophovore from the Sleeping Giant Since: Jan, 2001
Ravenous Sophovore
#20: Mar 28th 2012 at 9:12:36 AM

Locking up. Nice job.

Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.
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SingleProposition: TaintedByThePreview
18th Mar '12 3:00:04 AM

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Vote up for yes, down for no.

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