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Inspired by this thread, I've noticed that this wiki doesn't have a dedicated cleanup thread for negativity.

As we all know, Complaining About Shows You Don't Like, Creator Bashing and other negativity isn't desired on the wiki, except in a few selected areas like reviews and several Darth Wiki pages (and even then, with limitations). And yet, it's one of the most common sins wiki contributors can make.

So, if you find a page, TLP or discussion whose content seems like a straight-up insult or any other bitching - including complainy soapboxing -, you might ask here for help with removing said content.

The sandbox for this project is located at Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining.

Edited by MacronNotes on Apr 27th 2022 at 5:36:47 AM

HamburgerTime The Merry Monarch of Darkness from Dark World, where we do sincerely have cookies Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: I know
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#1276: Nov 10th 2018 at 10:00:06 PM

I've honestly thought Karma Houdini could use its own cleanup for a while.

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Ferot_Dreadnaught Since: Mar, 2015
#1277: Nov 11th 2018 at 1:30:57 AM

[up] How's this for cleanup?

Cut any Karma Houdini who pulled a Heel–Face Turn (for non-selfish reasons) since there service to good is how they make up for karma.

dragonfire5000 from Where gods fear to tread Since: Jan, 2001
#1278: Nov 11th 2018 at 1:51:27 AM

I'd also say cut any example that boils down to "they didn't get punished enough." A Karma Houdini is supposed to be someone who's dodged karma completely.

PickleRick2017 Since: Oct, 2017
#1279: Nov 11th 2018 at 1:07:10 PM

The YMMV page for The Emoji Movie consists almost entirely of negativity. Granted it is a very infamous film, but the page doesn't seem to properly explain why it's infamous. It's mostly just snark and complaining, with many of the same points being repeated over and again and boiling down to "This movie sucks." Pretty much all of the pages related to The Emoji Movie have this problem, but I wanted to single out the YMMV page because it is by far the worst.

GrigorII Since: Aug, 2011
#1280: Nov 11th 2018 at 3:40:25 PM

One More Day is widely considered the worst Spider-Man comic book ever, and the event and purpose of it (Peter Parker makes a deal with the devil to save aunt May, by erasing his long marriage with Mary Jane) is a fandom berserk button. As such, it is not surprising that it has a long and populated YMMV page. The problem is the page about the work itself: most tropes are either about the general idea of the comic, or written in a complaining or snarky manner. Many entries link to YMMV items, and even the quote at the top is not from the work but as self-deprecating comment from the author (and probably taken out of context). That doesn't seem to be way the main work page should be written. Popular or unpopular is a thing for other subpages, the main page should explain what happens in the work itself, deprived of real-world reactions.

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lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#1281: Nov 11th 2018 at 8:30:42 PM

[up]One Moment in Time has it even worse.

Edited by lalalei2001 on Nov 11th 2018 at 11:30:55 AM

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#1282: Nov 12th 2018 at 2:32:51 PM

YMMV.Sonic Chronicles is in need of a major fixup, though I'm not sure if this is the place for it.

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ADrago Since: Dec, 2015
#1283: Nov 12th 2018 at 9:20:44 PM

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#1284: Nov 13th 2018 at 3:34:58 AM

[up]Critical Research Failure is also being misused. It's about errors that would be obvious to the general public, not errors in general.

Edit: Deader Than Disco has been deleted from that page in the past, but the current version was added by someone else, so it's not technically an edit war.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Nov 13th 2018 at 5:41:14 AM

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Someoneman Since: Nov, 2011
#1285: Nov 13th 2018 at 8:37:50 AM

I reworded the Sonic Chronicles to this. Is it still too complain-y?

[up] I'd assume people who played Sonic Chronicles can be expected to have some prior familiarity with the Sonic franchise, and Sonic Adventure 2 is one of the most popular games in the series IIRC, so I think it's fair to assume that a sufficient amount of fans would notice the Critical Research Failure.

Edited by Someoneman on Nov 13th 2018 at 11:40:17 AM

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#1286: Nov 13th 2018 at 2:57:08 PM

[up]General public in this case means everyone, not just Sonic fans, or even just gamers in general. This is not an example of Critical Research Failure, which is about subjects that require no more than a high school education to know about, with said subjects generally being the kinds of things that would be taught in school.

Edit: The Trope Repair Shop thread covers this better.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Nov 13th 2018 at 5:51:00 AM

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Someoneman Since: Nov, 2011
#1287: Nov 13th 2018 at 4:01:28 PM

[up] In that case, it could probably fit under Plot Hole or Series Continuity Error.

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#1288: Nov 13th 2018 at 4:06:32 PM

[up]That sounds like a good idea.

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chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
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#1289: Nov 13th 2018 at 4:11:32 PM

Series Continuity Error seems like the best trope for it. Critical Research Failure should be about a work getting basic details of real-life topics wrong, not messing up the details of previous installments. I also wouldn't file it under Plot Hole, since that's supposed to be for a gap in logic that undermines a major part of the story.

Someoneman Since: Nov, 2011
#1291: Nov 17th 2018 at 9:49:49 AM

Does 4Kids Entertainment really need a trope list? All the tropes are either troping the company itself (Big Applesauce, Bittersweet Ending) or stealth-complaining about their censorship and supposedly poor translation work.

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#1292: Nov 17th 2018 at 10:38:34 AM

I agree. The YMMV page has already been PRLC'd; I could get behind an Example Sectionectomy here as well.

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OldLadyNightMan Since: May, 2018 Relationship Status: Hiding
#1294: Nov 19th 2018 at 11:01:32 AM

An Example Sectionectomy too much. It should just be cleaned up and (possibly) locked, like the Seltzer and Friedberg page.

Mickoonsley19 Since: Feb, 2018
#1295: Nov 19th 2018 at 11:50:20 AM

Surely there must be some objective, neutral tropes in their dubs. I vote to clean the page.

Someoneman Since: Nov, 2011
#1296: Nov 19th 2018 at 6:31:42 PM

Are the censorship-related tropes like Bloodless Carnage and Frothy Mugs of Water on 4Kids okay or not? There's nothing inherently wrong with them, but I can't help but feel a bit of negativity when reading them, as if the writer was saying "this company is ruining anime with its censorship". Does anybody else feel that way, or am I just making things up?

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#1297: Nov 20th 2018 at 7:22:15 AM

If the Seltzer and Friedberg page is locked, maybe locking this page wouldn't be a bad idea. Cleaning up the page instead of doing a full Sectionectomy might work, but I agree with Someoneman about how otherwise objective tropes are probably being used for complaining.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Nov 20th 2018 at 9:22:35 AM

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rjd1922 he/him | Image Pickin' regular from the United States Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
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#1298: Nov 20th 2018 at 2:43:10 PM

This example in the Real Life section of Do Not Adjust Your Set seems like complaining and misuse to boot, since there's no hijacking of the TV signal:

  • Obligatory Political Program in election years, in Brazil; all public TV stations have the exact same program. The difference it's that's not only one villain, but thousands of them; and all of them trying to pull the best lie to gain your vote. Our luck is that voting is obligatory, but we can still null it. The same happens in Chile, though voting is no longer obligatory.

Edited by rjd1922 on Nov 20th 2018 at 4:44:10 AM

Keet cleanup
Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#1299: Nov 20th 2018 at 3:56:27 PM

[up] Yikes. Motion to cull it.

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#1300: Nov 21st 2018 at 9:50:03 AM

[up] Cut the Brazil example, but didn't notice this one right below it. It seems a bit more in the spirit of this trope as it's interrupting programming:

  • In Venezuela, Chile, Argentina and other countries there are Cadenas where the government can interrupt all the TV channels and radio stations at will. This was made for emergency reasons but has been abused for propaganda by all the governments, to say the least. At the time of writing cadena. What's the emergency? The president is graduating college students.

I also saw this on FanNickname.Anime, which seems like complaining (and YMMV.Akira indicates some people prefer the 1989 dub):

  • AKIRA:
    • Good Dub - The 2001 Pioneer / Animaze Dub.
    • Bad Dub - The 1989 Streamline Dub

Edited by rjd1922 on Nov 21st 2018 at 11:50:14 AM

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