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So this is a place for people who are interested in helping out, or getting help with, wick checks. Maybe you just want people to double-check your work before you submit it to the TRS, or maybe you have a big project in mind and can't tackle it on your own. Either way, you've come to the right place!

Remember to check out How to Do a Wick Check for a run down. For the list of current and completed projects, see Wick Check Project.

Edited by Berrenta on Oct 2nd 2025 at 9:41:48 AM

ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#2901: Oct 29th 2022 at 7:55:13 PM

[up]i did a couple before falling asleep (they're on my notepad, as it's easier to do it that way and batch add because im on mobile). literally the first one i saw was a Five-Man Band bullet of the type that lists all the character tropes underneath it, which i thought had been fully purged. i just cut it.

Ayumi-chan 3rd happiest man in Connecticut from Iacon City (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
3rd happiest man in Connecticut
#2902: Oct 29th 2022 at 8:19:37 PM

[up][up][up] Any feedback?

She/Her | Currently cleaning: N/A
badtothebaritone (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Snooping as usual
#2903: Oct 29th 2022 at 8:22:35 PM

[up] If you want to be safe, you can often treat an example with multiple wicks as if it had just one since they generally line up in usage. There's no penalty for checking too many wicks, after all.

Edited by badtothebaritone on Oct 29th 2022 at 10:22:56 AM

Ayumi-chan 3rd happiest man in Connecticut from Iacon City (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
3rd happiest man in Connecticut
#2904: Oct 29th 2022 at 8:23:41 PM

[up] Aight, I’ll expand a little.

Any other feedback

She/Her | Currently cleaning: N/A
Yindee Just stoic wisdom. from New England Since: Jul, 2016
Just stoic wisdom.
#2905: Oct 29th 2022 at 8:49:25 PM

[up]x4 Heck, alright. I'll let you take the lead on purging/dealing with what wicks I've gathered so far before continuing on.

Vehicle-Based Characterization | Grief-Induced Split | Locker Mail
ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#2906: Oct 29th 2022 at 8:56:20 PM

[up]nah, it looks good to me, thanks for the help. if there are still a bunch of bad FMB lists kicking around, it's good to know that too. i will make note of the one i cut as well.

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#2907: Oct 29th 2022 at 9:03:17 PM

There are. I've run into like 8 of them, and I cut all of them. Cleanup is slow because we're also trying to rewrite stuff. Just cut them and go, lol.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
ElRise I fix my examples all the time from The Dying City (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I fix my examples all the time
#2908: Oct 29th 2022 at 11:47:09 PM

Can I help with Chick Check?

Graffiti Wall
ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#2909: Oct 30th 2022 at 12:20:49 AM

absolutely, all help is welcome.

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#2910: Oct 30th 2022 at 1:08:04 AM

I will say that I'm not sure what examples you're looking for for the first folder. As in, I don't know what a "non overlapping" example would even look like since the tropes are literally defined the same.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#2911: Oct 30th 2022 at 1:08:57 AM

i honestly don't expect there to be anything there and ill cut it if there isn't, but thought it would be better to have it just in case something unexpected pops up.

ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#2912: Oct 30th 2022 at 1:19:49 AM

~El Rise for reference, if The Chick is misused to just mean "only girl on the team", that's Smurfette Principle. there's a lot of that.

ElRise I fix my examples all the time from The Dying City (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I fix my examples all the time
#2913: Oct 30th 2022 at 1:27:17 AM

Yeah, just realised that.

Graffiti Wall
ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#2914: Oct 30th 2022 at 1:45:10 AM

with the misuse patterns, im thinking the best move is probably going to be disambiguation between The Heart and Smurfette Principle, and maybe also The Load; not a lot of those have come up in the check, but im pretty sure ive seen it misused that way in the wild pretty frequently.

PhantomDusclops92 Nitpicky Nitwit from Italy Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Nitpicky Nitwit
#2915: Oct 30th 2022 at 9:47:07 AM

Going to check Everythings Better With Plushies, the on-page examples are already confused if the trope is supposed to be "Plushies have been made as merchandise for this show" (with the anime folder being a long list of ZCE) or "Character X is often associated to their favourite plush".

They Made A Wick Plushie

ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#2916: Oct 30th 2022 at 12:09:39 PM

~Tropers/Yindee i moved those two examples you put under "not a woman but The Heart" back to the misuse folder because The Chick as written has to be a woman. sure, they should be under The Heart, but we don't have a separate folder for the ones that should be under Smurfette Principle.

Yindee Just stoic wisdom. from New England Since: Jul, 2016
ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#2918: Oct 30th 2022 at 12:26:28 PM

finished up the check. all six of the last wicks were FMB misuse. joy.

maybe disambiguation of The Chick will help get that fuckery taken care of.

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#2919: Oct 30th 2022 at 12:37:34 PM

I'm glad we're finally tackling this. It's been annoying me for years, but we couldn't do it until FMB was tackled first, and then other projects got in the way... Point is, I'm all for burning The Chick.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#2920: Oct 30th 2022 at 12:39:40 PM

i said in the queue entry to ping you when it's opened, i knew you'd be champing at the bit for this. tongue

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#2921: Oct 30th 2022 at 12:42:52 PM

Good, I would've added myself there anyway [lol]

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badtothebaritone (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Snooping as usual
#2922: Oct 30th 2022 at 1:09:52 PM

We're really getting around to tackling some of this site's most ancient beasts.

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#2923: Oct 30th 2022 at 1:10:24 PM

I finally got around to drafting an OP for Off-Model, so it's on the queue.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#2924: Oct 30th 2022 at 1:13:37 PM

And I'm going to do one for Precision F-Strike very soon. It's been a thorn on this website's side for way too long.

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#2925: Oct 30th 2022 at 1:14:17 PM

I still need to do You Got Spunk!.

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