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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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#1: Apr 11th 2019 at 6:03:37 PM

I'm not sure why this page was made BUPKIS, as it doesn't seem overly difficult to illustrate. Two suggestions, both from Know Your Meme; I think the card is funnier (the old image was also a card, but this one wasn't suggested before):

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hitler_card.png

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/godwins_law_chart.png

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#6: Apr 11th 2019 at 11:50:34 PM

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#7: Apr 12th 2019 at 12:08:59 AM

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#8: Apr 12th 2019 at 3:42:48 AM

I vote to leave imageless. Does this trope really need an image? Really?

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#9: Apr 12th 2019 at 3:46:35 AM

[up] Thank you for saying that. (I'm also not convinced 1.1 shows more than Ja Faa C, even if this face is Hitler, but I think there's a bigger question of whether putting a picture of Hitler on this page is actually a good idea.)

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#11: Apr 12th 2019 at 5:32:46 AM

[tup]1.1 > [tup]1.2. Either works.

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#12: Apr 12th 2019 at 5:38:20 AM

Perhaps a crowner between the OP's options and "no pic"?

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#13: Apr 12th 2019 at 7:42:42 AM

DRCEQ, I don't understand. No trope needs an image, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't add one. I don't see any problem with having a picture of Hitler on a trope about Hitler comparisons, seeing as we already have one on Hitler Ate Sugar.

Edited by rjd1922 on Apr 12th 2019 at 9:45:02 AM

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#14: Apr 12th 2019 at 8:14:58 AM

Yes, but that page has examples in fictional media. This just seems like a Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment moment.

Edited by DRCEQ on Apr 12th 2019 at 10:15:51 AM

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#15: Apr 12th 2019 at 7:11:24 PM

1.1 with rounded edges ([down]fixed)

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hitler_card_6.png

Edited by eroock on Apr 12th 2019 at 7:58:51 AM

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#16: Apr 12th 2019 at 7:54:21 PM

Original source. I cut off the top and bottom, but with rounded edges it looks odd for the bottom to have less space than the sides.

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#17: Apr 13th 2019 at 12:47:09 AM

DRCEQ, did you just pull a Godwin's Law on Godwin's Law?

For me, either of the suggested images work. 15 is slightly better than 1.1.

Edit: possible alternative is this comic, though I think that the original suggestions are better.

Edited by petersohn on Apr 13th 2019 at 9:49:33 PM

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#18: Apr 13th 2019 at 1:31:13 AM

^ Paragraph 5 of the description notes that using Hitler in a reasonable context is not the trope.

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#19: Apr 13th 2019 at 3:20:33 AM

[up]I know that. That's why I don't understand the problem with showing Hitler on this page.

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#21: Apr 14th 2019 at 3:32:45 PM

[up] LOL OK, even I have to concede that one is brilliant.!

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#24: Apr 14th 2019 at 5:35:17 PM

It's actually a significantly better picture than the previously suggested ones; it gets rid of some of the Ja Faa C issues, and there's little chance of a Poe's Law style misinterpretation of the picture as being favorable to Nazis.

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#25: Apr 14th 2019 at 5:36:24 PM

Shrink it down to wiki size. It probably won't lose much the transition.


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