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LaundryPizza03 Maintenance? from Texas Since: Aug, 2020
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#1: Nov 30th 2020 at 5:59:12 PM

Fast Eddie struck the examples back in 2012, presumably after The Second Google Incident. It's a rather creepy trope, but no worse than our other Sexual Harassment and Rape Tropes like I Have You Now, My Pretty and Outfit-Rip Sex Check, so there is no reason to single it out as a Definition-Only Page. Now that the issue has long settled down, we could probably restore examples from the history that aren't creepy.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#2: Nov 30th 2020 at 11:58:57 PM

Opening.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#3: Dec 1st 2020 at 6:16:07 AM

Sure, why not? Have the single-prop at the ready, just to be sure.

crazysamaritan NaNo 4328 / 50,000 from Lupin III Since: Apr, 2010
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
#4: Dec 1st 2020 at 6:49:58 AM

The trope should be rewritten to focus on scamming the "model" rather than the specific scam of sex. It can also be used to extort pornographic photos and money, without sex.

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
Vilui Since: May, 2009
#5: Dec 2nd 2020 at 10:05:18 AM

There's also an Agatha Christie novel in which this is done to ensnare one of the murder victims.

Prfnoff Since: Jan, 2001
#6: Dec 2nd 2020 at 10:22:43 AM

The line-of-dialogue title probably should be changed as well. My own first suggestion would be Candid Photo Ploy.

Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#7: Dec 2nd 2020 at 10:25:23 AM

Model Scam is already a redirect, fwiw. If we're going to go through the wicks we may as well rename to avoid the stock phrase.

FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#8: Dec 3rd 2020 at 6:44:51 AM

[up] There's only 86 wicks, so it's not that much of a hassle.

Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#9: Dec 3rd 2020 at 7:56:29 AM

I didn’t say it was going to be. Just that we will need to do so anyway to add OP Es.

Edited by Synchronicity on Dec 3rd 2020 at 3:56:58 PM

ccorb from A very hot place Since: May, 2020 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#11: Dec 3rd 2020 at 1:37:03 PM

I know. It's a comment on the aversion of some TRS users to unnecessary renames due to the tendency of those threads to stall.

crazysamaritan NaNo 4328 / 50,000 from Lupin III Since: Apr, 2010
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#12: Dec 3rd 2020 at 3:20:00 PM

Sandbox.Model Scam is up for review, probably a bit longer than it needs to be. I don't exactly see consensus with my preference to expand, so comments on that would also be appreciated.

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
DoktorvonEurotrash Lex et Veritas from Not a place of honour (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#13: Dec 4th 2020 at 5:13:37 AM

Thank you for bringing this back, I have a non-pornographic example to add as well when it's launched.

crazysamaritan NaNo 4328 / 50,000 from Lupin III Since: Apr, 2010
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
#14: Dec 12th 2020 at 6:44:01 AM

Opinions on the sandbox and on renaming to Model Scam?

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
Zyffyr from Portland, Oregon Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
#17: Dec 17th 2020 at 12:13:45 AM

Sandbox looks good, as does the name.

FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#18: Dec 17th 2020 at 6:30:57 AM

Good description. Sorting the examples would be all that's left, then.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#19: Jan 17th 2021 at 1:24:54 AM

Bumping. Does anyone disagree with the proposed course of action.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
ccorb from A very hot place Since: May, 2020 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
#20: Jan 17th 2021 at 4:47:35 AM

Nope.

Added the pre-cut on-page examples to Sandbox.Model Scam.

Edited by ccorb on Jan 17th 2021 at 7:51:00 AM

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Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#21: Feb 4th 2021 at 12:56:16 PM

Bump. The sandbox looks good. Can that be officialized so we can start sweeping?

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
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#22: Feb 4th 2021 at 12:56:38 PM

Sure.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
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#23: Feb 9th 2021 at 9:33:48 PM

Yeah sandbox looks good enough to swap in.

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crazysamaritan MOD NaNo 4328 / 50,000 from Lupin III Since: Apr, 2010
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
#24: Feb 9th 2021 at 10:22:02 PM

Do the thing!

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
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#25: Feb 9th 2021 at 10:59:57 PM

Moved contents over to Model Scam and cleaned some of You Would Make a Great Model's wicks

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