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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

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)
#2026: Jun 9th 2020 at 12:54:42 AM

[up] You don't miss a beat, do you? [lol]

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ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#2027: Jun 9th 2020 at 1:28:08 AM

[up]what can i say? i can't stay away for long. tongue

i made an effort to clean Film.Liquid Sky, but it's still a stub (and, until someone cut it a little while ago, directed people to look at its Wikipedia page for its plot summary... yeesh).

jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
SMILE!
#2028: Jun 9th 2020 at 1:22:51 PM

Gear Saints is in really bad shape; I had to comment out a ton of ZCEs. The entire page is poorly put-together, honestly.

Mr. Splitfoot is pretty bad too.

Edited by jandn2014 on Jun 9th 2020 at 4:28:48 AM

Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#2029: Jun 10th 2020 at 10:08:39 AM

Creator.Sarah Silverman could use some help. A lot of wicks were troping her rather than her works. I've cleaned those up, but I notice there are a lot of ZCE issues on the page, and I've commented out a few more.

I don't know anything about her, so I can't fix them myself.

If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
Coolnut Since: Jan, 2001
#2030: Jun 10th 2020 at 3:35:30 PM

Went through part of Chainmail Bikini. (I hope I'm not doing anything wrong.)

HighCrate Since: Mar, 2015
#2031: Jun 10th 2020 at 4:59:53 PM

[up]Looks like good work to me. There are a couple of entries where you've added context explaining which vital areas are exposed, but it's still not established that the rest of the outfit is armor. Those could use a little extra work. They're still better than they were when you started, though!

ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#2032: Jun 10th 2020 at 5:11:31 PM

forgot to note that yesterday i did some work on Music.Ayreon, mostly the main section and the section on 01011001, as that's the album im most familiar with. the rest of the album folders still need work.

Coolnut Since: Jan, 2001
#2033: Jun 11th 2020 at 12:47:01 PM

[up][up] Thank you. It took over an hour (and three updates) to do all the edits. When I can, I'll do another pass (unless someone else wants to take the mantle) and try to add more detail on those other areas, if possible.

Edited by Coolnut on Jun 11th 2020 at 4:02:59 AM

Coolnut Since: Jan, 2001
#2034: Jun 11th 2020 at 8:07:03 PM

Also did Feminist Fantasy, although upon further investigation, I feel the definition doesn't seem to mean much — a "work starring a strong female protagonist", while noble, feels like a People Sit on Chairs situation.

Adept (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#2035: Jun 11th 2020 at 9:02:50 PM

Tista has only like about 5 examples that are not ZCE. While that may be enough for a work page to exist, it still looks pretty bad.

Edited by Adept on Jun 12th 2020 at 12:05:31 AM

Crossover-Enthusiast from an abaondoned mall (Lucky 7) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#2036: Jun 12th 2020 at 9:43:47 PM

Was doing some wick swapping and stumbled on ExpositoryThemeTune.Western Animation. It's all song quotes.

I'm pretty sure the rest of the subpages have the same problem as well, but I cleaned the main Expository Theme Tune page at any rate.

Jawbreakers on sale for 99¢
Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#2037: Jun 13th 2020 at 6:11:06 AM

When doing a TRS cleanup the other day, I commented out ZCE's on Film.What A Girl Wants.

One of them involves tropes joined with a slash.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#2038: Jun 13th 2020 at 3:48:50 PM

I did a ZCE cleanup for Fear of Thunder just now, but I'm left wondering for this trope how much context do we need? I commented out anything that was just "character's afraid of thunder/lightning", but left some entries I'm less sure of that at least describe their behavior during the event or mention its cause. However I'm not sure that's enough context on its own. For example, I don't think it's enough to just list the episode the event occurred in on a show, right?

Nouct over the front from an east coast Since: Sep, 2014 Relationship Status: Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies
over the front
#2039: Jun 14th 2020 at 10:09:21 AM

Does this example below count as a ZCE? Because it's all over the place in Characters.Arknights Others where they just list a country or place as the IRL counterpart to the fantasy nation as the primary template and leave it at that.

Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#2040: Jun 14th 2020 at 10:14:40 AM

[up] Yeah, definitely ZCE. Didn't even mention how it's a counterpart.

jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
SMILE!
#2041: Jun 14th 2020 at 6:29:30 PM

Every single trope listed on Philip Pullman's page is a ZCE.

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)
#2042: Jun 14th 2020 at 6:30:02 PM

[up] Hide 'em all or cut the list outright.

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CustardAndPie Oh Captain!~ from in a tank 'bout to steal yo girl Since: Apr, 2018 Relationship Status: Remembering what Mama said
Oh Captain!~
#2043: Jun 15th 2020 at 1:56:42 AM

If anyone's read Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings, feel free to add context to the examples I commented out. Also it looks like I've got another book to add to my ever-growing "To Read" list.

Hey how you doing well I'm doing just fine I lied I'm dying inside
jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
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)
#2045: Jun 15th 2020 at 10:39:00 PM

[up] I say we cut it.

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jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
SMILE!
#2046: Jun 15th 2020 at 10:42:07 PM

[up] Should Heartwarming.It Sucks To Be Weegie and Awesome.It Sucks To Be Weegie go as well?

Edited by jandn2014 on Jun 15th 2020 at 1:42:32 PM

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)
#2047: Jun 15th 2020 at 10:42:57 PM

Yes.

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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)
#2048: Jun 16th 2020 at 1:22:10 AM

So I went to add something to the Catchphrase example on Jacksfilms, and discovered that some examples have been commented-out.

Now, obviously there's no issue here if they really do count as ZCEs, but I'm at a loss for how to actually add context to Catchphrase examples beyond just stating the phrase and that they say it a lot. One of the hidden ones even seems to have about as much context as some of the non-hidden ones, so I'm quite confused as to what constitutes context for Catchphrase examples and how a valid example should be written.

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#2049: Jun 16th 2020 at 6:22:49 AM

First thought for context would be to describe how and why a catch phrase is used. Is it just something they say randomly, like a Verbal Tic? Is it celebratory, or their version of Oh, Crap!?

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)
#2050: Jun 16th 2020 at 10:51:38 AM

[up] Thing is, some of them he just kinda says as like a meme or Running Gag, and one of them that does provide that sort of context (points out he says it while closing episodes) is also hidden, while some of the non-hidden ones just kinda say "he gets into the habit of saying this".

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