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This is the thread to use if you feel that the page image itself is good but the caption needs help.

If you think that both the image and the caption are poor, please make a thread in Image Pickin' for the page, and we'll work on the image and caption both at the same time.

As with other TRS and IP threads, please state your reasons and make your case in your first post. Don't make the other posters spend time trying to pry it out of you.

Edited by Willbyr on Jun 21st 2021 at 9:42:03 AM

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#2702: Aug 30th 2021 at 8:09:52 AM

We discussed this before and personally I say just change the wick to Anvilicious and let it remain as a Mythology Gag of sorts.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#2703: Aug 30th 2021 at 8:51:24 AM

[up]I was hoping to avoid that. New readers may not get the joke if we just change the pothole.

Edit: How's this as a compromise: we create a new caption and work in Anvil of the Story?

Edited by Berrenta on Aug 30th 2021 at 11:26:49 AM

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#2704: Aug 30th 2021 at 9:27:29 AM

Let's work in Anvilicious because I don't know how much longer Anvil of the Story will survive.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#2705: Aug 30th 2021 at 9:40:38 AM

Alright...

"Even the anvil is not safe."?

Edit: Caption changed, but not with this exact wording.

Edited by Berrenta on Aug 30th 2021 at 4:28:12 AM

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#2706: Aug 30th 2021 at 10:57:17 PM

A week or two ago I removed the caption for Cheerful Child on the count that it seemed like Word Cruft and gushing, not seeming to adhere to making the article look like it was written be one person and in a neutral tone. Since I was doing a general cleanup on zero context examples on the page, I forgot to put my reason for the caption removal in the edit summary. However, it was added back a couple of days ago.

Is the caption really worth remaining as is given my abovementioned points?

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#2709: Aug 31st 2021 at 12:28:21 PM

The dodginess of the toupee on Dodgy Toupee is easy to see, which I feel renders the caption unnecessary. May I change it to something even more unnecessary, like:

That $7 hairpiece might cause Fake-Hair Drama once in a while, but when you want to look ten years younger, it's a small price toupee.

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#2710: Aug 31st 2021 at 12:45:19 PM

[up] Too wordy for me, TBH.

Edited by Willbyr on Aug 31st 2021 at 12:45:39 PM

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#2711: Aug 31st 2021 at 12:50:55 PM

Cut it down to "When you want to look ten years younger, it's a small price toupee."

EDIT: Small wording change: "When you want to look ten years younger, there's a small price toupee."

Edited by mightymewtron on Aug 31st 2021 at 3:59:46 PM

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#2713: Aug 31st 2021 at 1:03:14 PM

[up][up] The second one is good.

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#2716: Aug 31st 2021 at 7:32:38 PM

The caption on Chris Pine is gushing over his looks. Cut?

MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
#2717: Aug 31st 2021 at 9:39:48 PM

[up] Cut it.


The double-negative on Stop Poking Me! is a little unwieldly. Can I change "not lose" to "win"?

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#2721: Sep 2nd 2021 at 12:28:47 PM

[up] Agreed. I kinda wanna riff on the chorus of System of a Down's "Bounce" ("Jump! Bounce! Up! Down!") but I'm not sure how to work the shooting into it.

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Filthy casual
#2722: Sep 3rd 2021 at 3:10:45 AM

"You just lunge to the right, and hold the trigger tight"?

(Annoyed grunt)
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#2723: Sep 3rd 2021 at 7:45:16 AM

[up] If that's referencing what I think it's referencing, that's brilliant. [awesome]

Edited by Willbyr on Sep 3rd 2021 at 7:45:40 AM

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Filthy casual
#2725: Sep 3rd 2021 at 8:19:30 AM

[up][up]If it involves the words "Time" and "Warp", then yes. smile

(Annoyed grunt)

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