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Comment out Zero Context Examples and leave this comment note on the page itself:

%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample entries are not allowed on wiki pages. All such entries have been commented out. Add context to the entries before uncommenting them.

Edited to be a thread header.

Edited by nombretomado on Mar 3rd 2019 at 6:12:58 AM

Serac she/her (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
she/her
#2576: Jan 5th 2021 at 9:53:43 AM

If it helps, this TRS thread has the original location of the page. But given that the page apparently hasn't been touched since 2011, I seriously doubt the author will come back for it.

PhantomDusclops92 Nitpicky Nitwit from Italy Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Nitpicky Nitwit
#2577: Jan 5th 2021 at 11:10:03 AM

Video Games is filled with ZCE, with many examples being just "This game haves bad translation" with no actual examples of the issues.

Edited by PhantomDusclops92 on Jan 5th 2021 at 8:10:32 PM

ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#2578: Jan 5th 2021 at 1:24:25 PM

I just found The Way of the Metagamer. It looks really bad, and it doesn't look like it's been touched for years except when tropes linked on it had wicks scrubbed.

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dragonfire5000 from Where gods fear to tread Since: Jan, 2001
#2579: Jan 6th 2021 at 10:23:21 AM

3% has some major issues with zero context examples. As in, several entries are just the trope name and nothing else.

Unfortunately, I can't really help in adding context to the page since I haven't watched the series.

"I squirm, I struggle, ergo I am. Faced with death, I am finally, truly alive."
cute_heart Boooo~~ from Valindria Since: Aug, 2015 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Boooo~~
#2580: Jan 6th 2021 at 11:42:06 AM

Just dropping by to say that I stumbled on Same Kind of Different as Me and every example in is a ZCE. I never read this so what should be done with it?

Read the letter Cricket!
Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#2581: Jan 6th 2021 at 3:39:30 PM

[up] I commented out the obvious ZCE's. There may be enough examples to keep the page.

PhantomDusclops92 Nitpicky Nitwit from Italy Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
bwburke94 I am mad scientist! It's so cool! from 1.048596% (Y2: Electric Boogaloo) Relationship Status: She does the things you do, but she is an IBM
I am mad scientist! It's so cool!
#2583: Jan 8th 2021 at 3:48:01 PM

Three of the five examples on Liberality for All are zero-context.

The page is locked, so anyone wishing to add context will need to go through the Locked Pages thread.

2025: the year it all ends?
Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#2584: Jan 8th 2021 at 5:33:25 PM

[up] Seeing how it hasn't seen major edits for a while, I wonder if we need to keep this one. I may need to ask the rest of the staff.

AGuy Since: Jun, 2009
#2585: Jan 9th 2021 at 1:02:26 AM

Signature Scene and Signature Song are filled with ZCEs, leaving their examples pages completely meaningless.

Edited by AGuy on Jan 9th 2021 at 4:02:43 AM

I'm just.. a guy....
Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#2586: Jan 9th 2021 at 6:10:23 AM

Re: Liberality: Okay, dug up another example to add from crosswicking. Looks like the page is saved.

AGuy Since: Jun, 2009
#2587: Jan 9th 2021 at 10:17:26 AM

What should be done with the examples sections of those two pages I mentioned?

Edited by AGuy on Jan 10th 2021 at 3:01:54 PM

I'm just.. a guy....
cute_heart Boooo~~ from Valindria Since: Aug, 2015 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Boooo~~
#2588: Jan 10th 2021 at 12:00:21 AM

The Yu-Gi-Oh Anime recap pages are mostly filled with ZCE, if not, have less than three examples per page. The first pages had some tropes added in the last few months but the rest isn't good. Whoever wrote the pages years ago gave more effort in the synopsis than the examples. Can this still be salvaged?

Edited by cute_heart on Jan 10th 2021 at 9:48:04 PM

Read the letter Cricket!
AGuy Since: Jun, 2009
#2589: Jan 10th 2021 at 12:13:25 AM

I commented out all of the ZCEs on the main page of Signature Song - which turned out to be most of the examples. I'm tired now, so I'll probably get to doing the other example pages later.

Seriously, though - I really don't think those pages I mentioned work well for examples. Would some of you mind giving me your own thoughts on them?

Edited by AGuy on Jan 10th 2021 at 3:14:33 PM

I'm just.. a guy....
miraculous Goku Black (Apprentice)
Goku Black
#2590: Jan 15th 2021 at 3:10:35 PM

So I found Wicked Saints which is bad....

"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#2591: Jan 15th 2021 at 3:14:26 PM

Luckily, it's also small. I ran through. Someone might want to check the ones I didn't hide.

The character's page is even worse.

Edited by WarJay77 on Jan 15th 2021 at 6:14:54 AM

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jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
SMILE!
#2592: Jan 15th 2021 at 3:47:04 PM

Not a single example on the character page had sufficient context, so I cutlisted it.

Edited by jandn2014 on Jan 15th 2021 at 6:47:21 AM

themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
SomeLibre WELCOME BACK MOTHERFUCKER from [SERVICE UNAVAILABLE] Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: Chat, is this real?
WELCOME BACK MOTHERFUCKER
#2594: Jan 17th 2021 at 7:50:26 PM

Need clarification for this from YMMV.SCP Foundation:

LGBT Fanbase: A small, but notable contingent, which has become increasingly visible over time as the site evolves and changes.

Cassie | they/them/he | Help needed for filling out entries on the Series X SCP category
RallyBot2 (Elder Troper) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
#2595: Jan 17th 2021 at 9:09:10 PM

[up]That is in fact a ZCE. Can't speak for whether it's actually true as I'm not interested in it whatsoever.

cute_heart Boooo~~ from Valindria Since: Aug, 2015 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Boooo~~
#2596: Jan 17th 2021 at 10:43:15 PM

Commented out the obvious ZCE's in The Rainbow Trilogy, but the other ones left need some expanding.

Read the letter Cricket!
AGuy Since: Jun, 2009
#2597: Jan 19th 2021 at 2:11:31 PM

Apologies in advance if I was too aggressive here - but I had some of the subpages on Signature Song cutlisted. The ones I proposed earlier were cut, and I submitted all the rest except the subpage for professional wrestling - though that page is majority ZCEs, there are enough examples that elaborate there for me to not just immediately cutlist the whole page. As the examples section will be lacking after all the cuts, I think we can move the non-ZCEs to the main page and then cut it.

I am still of the opinion that the page is better off with no examples at all - the nature of the page leads to an examples section which is useless to anyone who's not familiar withtl the works in question.

EDIT: Cut requests for the music subpages were declined, likely due to the number of inbound links, though the others stood. That leaves the music and professional wrestling subpages up. I'll comment out all of the ZCEs later - I expect the pages to be relatively bare afterwards.

Edited by AGuy on Jan 20th 2021 at 4:42:49 AM

I'm just.. a guy....
Nen_desharu Nintendo Fanatic Extraordinaire from Greater Smash Bros. Universe or Toronto Since: Aug, 2020 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Nintendo Fanatic Extraordinaire
#2598: Jan 22nd 2021 at 10:16:59 PM

Title Theme Tune is filled with ZCEs

Can I add the following to the Anime folder:

If I can't, then similar ones should be clarified or removed.

Kirby is awesome.
Crossover-Enthusiast from an abaondoned mall (Lucky 7) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#2599: Jan 22nd 2021 at 10:42:02 PM

[up] Yes, that is not enough context. ZCEs should be commented out, not removed.

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Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#2600: Jan 23rd 2021 at 7:00:34 AM

Only time that one should outright remove ZCE is when doing wick cleaning for TRS. Otherwise, use %% to comment it out. Another valid reason would be for unauthorized examples that are also ZCE (CM, MB, tropes that require citation, etc).


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