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Edited by GastonRabbit on Aug 3rd 2025 at 6:31:00 AM
I get that, but there should be enough sensible people in this thread to point out that we just can't have such an extreme reaction to one entry. A more sensible reaction is to just clean the page. Cutting the RL section and banning it outright is a very extreme measure and should be treated with the respect it deserves.
Look at all that shiny stuff ain't they prettyI'd like to nominate Worst. Whatever. Ever! to be added to NRLEP, it seems to me like an obvious case of "too common in real life to trope".
There's only one Real Life example there so far and it's just a Trump quote, so I'm apathetic; it doesn't seem like we need to take action here, though whether or not the quote belongs there is a different matter.
I'm pretty sure Donald Trump (the real person, that is) shouldn't be a subject of any trope example (the Trump and ROCEJ says that), so I think the example should be cut.
Edited by FridgeGuy2016 on Mar 30th 2020 at 9:11:59 AM
Limpin' with the bizkit.He's not the subject; something he said is the subject. Even pretending it's not a Trump quote, it could still be an example of the trope...
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallYeah, there are entries that are allowed where Trump or another politician is the subject. Note the three criteria in the stickied post in that thread.
This particular trope has a problem with ZCE quotes, but that is pretty much what the trope is, a stock phrase. I feel like that example could stay or go. But the trope shouldn't be made NRLEP over just one example.
Where's the pattern of issues? No pattern, not broke. Ain't broke, don't fix.
Look at all that shiny stuff ain't they prettyThe Trump and ROCEJ thread guidelines
are more meant for when discussing works/avoiding political shoehorning.
The three criteria WaterBlap mentioned for a current political figure being the subject of a trope example are for fictional works only, which this is not. There is an exception for when the politician is the creator of a work, in which case we can trope them in the context of the creator of that work. In no other case can a current political figure be the subject of an example.
Donald Trump is a current politician and the subject of the example (at least from a grammatical perspective.) If the quote were even remotely flame-baity, I'd remove it on those grounds, but it's fairly apolitical so I'll argue in favor of the spirit of the rules on this one.
I'm going to ask this: How do we determine when a trope is too common IRL to have real life examples?
Limpin' with the bizkit.There's a few things it can mean:
- When there are so many examples in RL that the RL section would become full of general examples or inflated with innocuous and uninteresting examples. Like, the specific examples are mostly the same but since we can't have general examples the section becomes inflated with essentially the same example over and over again.
- When the trope is a totally normal thing and so listing examples is utterly bland and uninteresting.
- When examples cannot be validated and essentially become Troper Tales.
At first, "too common" was a valid reason for making something NRLEP, but by at least 2017 it became a deprecated reason for proposing NRLEP. Nobody ever removed that section from the Administrivia page, for some reason... I guess nowadays it's once again a valid reason for proposing NRLEP... it comes in waves.
Look at all that shiny stuff ain't they prettyIt was the administrators' (somewhat early) April Fool's joke, but I'll revert it as the day's over.
Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods of Incremental)
Yeah, keep saying that all you want, I highly doubt it's true.
You don't think so? Why? I personally think it would fit (it was a little early, but I assumed that was due to them being busy or trying to account for the earliest timezone). The previous waves weren't this, but I kinda assumed this one would be as it's a little too close to April 1st to be a coincidence and they would have known that redlinking works by the third "test", so they likely tried to annoy us on purpose...
Edited by Piterpicher on Apr 2nd 2020 at 9:18:58 PM
Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods of Incremental)Because it's just a random glitch that's happened too often for it to just be an April Fools joke. If they were going to pull a joke on us, why would they fuck around with our crowners? Why not do something sillier that doesn't actively cause problems for the wiki? Why would they damage all the crowners in such a way that takes our time and effort to fix, with the glitch lasting long after the joke would've been funny?
It makes literally no sense for it to be a joke. It's a nice thought, but highly unlikely.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallThat's a fair point. Good April Fool's jokes are relatively harmless and can easily be reverted once the day is over (like me creating an intentionally misspelled page). This one is going to be quite a pain to fix in comparison. Still uncertain on whether this is just a malfunctioning script, but yeah, it will have to be corrected.
Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods of Incremental)Okay, this is ridiculous. I'm removing the entries that were added without agreement or discussion.
This includes "Worst. Whatever. Ever!" for only having one entry that could be removed for other reasons and "Took a Level in Kindness" since there was agreement not to include it in the crowner.
If you're going to unilaterally add a trope to the crowner, be prepared for it to be removed with just as much discussion.
Edited by WaterBlap on Apr 2nd 2020 at 2:48:41 PM
Look at all that shiny stuff ain't they prettyFor the record, I didn't add them, I just restored them after the crowner was wiped with the glitch (that was Ading for the former and Tehrannotaur for the latter).
Edited by Piterpicher on Apr 2nd 2020 at 9:56:53 PM
Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods of Incremental)Boo To The Zoo was added to NRLEP, but I deleted it due to the page's nonexistence. Was this an unlaunched trope or something?
Limpin' with the bizkit.I'm thinking of moving Permanent Elected Official to the Too Common folder of NRLEP. Any objections?
Limpin' with the bizkit.I've always thought the sections were meant to explain the main original reason for the trope's being added. I've never seen the appeal of reorganizing the index, especially looking at it now where there's an AL trope in "too common" despite that literally being impossible.
I would say leave PEO alone. Especially if it is currently in "impossible in RL" as that is the polar opposite of "too common in RL."
Look at all that shiny stuff ain't they pretty
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Honestly, when we see a real life example on a trope that isn't NRLEP but shouldn't have real life examples, it's a knee-jerk reaction to suggest we make it NRLEP. I don't know why, but it happens.
Limpin' with the bizkit.