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Cider The Final ECW Champion from Not New York Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
The Final ECW Champion
#1: Jan 24th 2012 at 5:05:21 PM

The link still works, so why does it show up red huh?

Or Is It

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Oreochan from Pennsylvania Since: Dec, 1969
#2: Jan 24th 2012 at 5:11:06 PM

It wasn't deleted,it was made into a deliberate red link due to becoming a troper Verbal Tic. It's now been renamed to The End... Or Is It? and it's listed on the Permanent Red Link Club.

edited 24th Jan '12 5:11:57 PM by Oreochan

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Cider The Final ECW Champion from Not New York Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
The Final ECW Champion
#3: Jan 24th 2012 at 5:33:19 PM

I always thought this was an ending trope...or at least something where the conclusion was uncertain. I just used it on the Blade comic page. The comic did not technically come to an end but at the end of the particular issue we were not sure if Blade had really killed the Worm or not. Is that the kind of pot holing that got it red linked?

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FinalStarman from Clinton, Massachusetts Since: Nov, 2011
#4: Jan 24th 2012 at 7:27:13 PM

[up] That use actually seemed correct. What got Or Is It redlinked was the potholing that consisted of "I find this uncertain" rather than deliberate ambiguity as to what the true conclusion is at the end of a work.

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#5: Jan 25th 2012 at 6:56:44 AM

The problem with the original name is that it became a kind of wiki meme, much like If You Know What I Mean and the hateful I Am Not Making This Up. It needed to die and be reborn with a title that made it clear that it's a trope and not a Stock Troper Witticism.

edited 25th Jan '12 6:56:56 AM by Fighteer

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