Complaining: Snark Bait

Yes, it's primarily about bringing wicks into compliance with Flame Bait rules.

Okay, been doing some cleanup. We're not done yet. I deleted everything I could, but here's everything I didn't delete:

Edited by FernandoLemon on Sep 10th 2020 at 6:23:49 AM

Hmm. Are these In-Universe examples good enough that we could redefine this trope as In-Universe Examples Only?

I don't think there are enough examples for that, are there?

Do me a favor, would you mind removing the pothole to it in Bile Fascination, since that page is locked?

I believe Flame Bait wicks on other trope pages are fine as long as they aren’t used to refer to a specific work or genre, and the I Was Young and Needed the Money, Tall Tale and Playing With wicks are In-Universe examples.

We still need to figure out if Flame Bait wicks are allowed on WMG pages as well.

Edited by jandn2014 on Sep 9th 2020 at 1:04:38 PM

Edited to fix that.

Yeah, 6 examples are a bit little. I figure someone could run an example-gathering TLP and - if they manage to scrap enough together - make a new TRS proposing that this trope be redefined as In-Universe Examples Only. I did something similar years ago at Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch.

Also, got the Bile Fascination wick.

Wouldn't the in-universe version of Snark Bait be MST?

I think we can make a trope about characters snarking about a Show Within a Show or some Tall Tales.

Edited by ccorb on Sep 10th 2020 at 5:15:06 AM

Sure, we have 11 examples for that. But, like I said, wouldn't that be too similar to MST?

Edited by FernandoLemon on Sep 10th 2020 at 6:25:42 AM

Since MST is an objective trope about works that snark at other works (it's not IUEO, but it's already implicitly for in-universe examples), it sounds sufficient for these kinds of examples. Plus, MST has nearly 600 wicks vs. the 11 in-universe wicks for Snark Bait, so I think we can just use MST instead of making Snark Bait IUEO.

OK, then we move the In-Universe examples to MST. ~FernandoLemon, are there any other wicks to clean up?

We still have to fix these ones from my previous post. Everything else can stay. No new wicks have appeared since the last time:

Edited by FernandoLemon on Oct 11th 2020 at 2:03:03 PM

I took care of the MST and Pothole examples.

As far as the "Unsure" examples, I removed the one on Parody Sue as it was in effect calling something "snark bait". The others I don't see the harm in keeping, as they're mostly being used in non-derogatory ways.

I mean, Unpleasable Fanbase, DarthWiki.Fallen Creator, and DarthWiki.So Bad Its Horrible are all Flame Bait anyway, so I see no harm in keeping those three.

Thanks for helping me with the remainder of the cleanup, we can now file this one as done.

Okay, then, closing.

We seem to be on a roll today clearing the backlog.