Not Thriving: Instructional Title

Instructional Title has a single sentence description that reads like an index, but the page itself isn't an index. The examples on page are basically lists of works. Almost none of them have context. As far as cross-wicks:

Wick Check (100%):

• A Guide To Intervital Relationships By Lupe Abramson - ZCE
• Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator - Used as a trope, with context
• Dr. Strangelove - ZCE
• Event Title - Instructional Title listed as 'compare to' in description.
• How to Be a Superhero - ZCE
• How to Lose Friends & Alienate People - ZCE
• How to Teach Physics to Your Dog - ZCE
• How To Title - Redirects to Instructional Title (Note - has zero wicks)
• How to Train Your Dragon - ZCE
• How to Train Your Dragon - ZCE
• Kid A - Example of a song. Has context.
• Pita-Ten - Notes chapter names are in this format. "This happens" type of ZCE
• The Burkiss Way - ZCE
• The Magnetic Fields - Lists two song titles of this format. No context.
• The Zack Files - Notes a book named in this format. "This happens" type of ZCE
• Title Tropes - indexing

Total - 1 example with context.

Instructional Title found in: 16 articles, excluding discussions.

Since January 1, 2012 this article has brought 40 people to the wiki from non-search engine links.

Proposing either turning this into an index (removing the need for context), or just cutting it. The redirect (How To Title) itself should be cut, as nothing is using it.

edited 8th Apr '18 1:23:50 PM by bitemytail

This has the same problem that nearly all titles tropes have. To wit: it's a valid pattern in media, that says something about the work, but its kinda weaksauce and there's no way to provide context other than the title.

I put How To Title on the cutlist, as it's still unused.

Why can't we have it as an index?

I put that as one of my suggestions in the OP.

Clock is up; closing for inactivity/lack of consensus. No action is to be taken on the basis of this thread.