It looks like it's a consensus (over 90% of votes are in favor of a rename).
What are our options again? Silly Simian, Funny Monkey, Funky Monkey (though, as pointed out, "funky" means either "strange" or "cool", not "funny").
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Mirthful Monkey, More Fun With A Barrel Of Monkeys, Monkeys For Funnies, Funny Monkey Business, Monkeys Are Bananas, and the ones you mentioned.
I personally like Silly Simian, but of course we will do an alt names crowner.
Edited by themayorofsimpleton on Aug 5th 2021 at 3:06:30 PM
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I hollered since the crowner is so overwhelmingly in favor of renaming.
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Gratuitous Monkey, however, is a different concept than the rest. It's about "adding a monkey to a work that's not about monkeys", rather than "monkeys for comedy".
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Ah OK. I will edit in out of my post.
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Calling in favor of rename. Get an Alt Names crowner ready.
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Done!
Will holler to hook.
Changed the crowner.
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What about Simple Simian? I have added it to the crowner.
I however still prefer Silly Simian.
Edited by Nen_desharu on Aug 6th 2021 at 10:32:27 AM
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Showtime!
that meaning of simple is too archaic and fails the Clear part of CCW
FWIW, I still think this is a tropable concept in its own right.
It's a tropable concept if we can find a good line for "gratuitous" and not let it devolve into a "list of primates in media" thing now, which Everythings Better With Monkeys currently is.
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Agreed, and if we find something tropable in it it might be worth taking to TLP.
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...I think we can call now. We seem to have a winner.
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It's unanimous for Silly Simian. Calling!
Funny Monkey has a high enough ratio to be a redirect.
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Playing With/ and Laconic/ subpages are cut; seeing if there are anything in Quotes/ that can be saved.
In the meantime, I'm sure we'll need to give the page itself a makeover and weed out on-page misuse, so making a sandbox here.
Edit: Well, I know at least one quote's a definite keeper:
Not sure on some of the rest.
Edited by Berrenta on Aug 12th 2021 at 9:38:31 AM
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Given that Silly Simian is the new name, it would be great to mention apes in the description and laconic since both monkeys and apes are considered simians.
Edited by Nen_desharu on Aug 13th 2021 at 10:50:04 AM
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Good thing I decided to sandbox instead of moving the page as is. Some on-page examples do need a look over.
Some Weblinks Are Not Examples-violating items need a look. Also took care of natter that says "yes, this place exists."
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Should we remove the paragraph about how monkeys aren't always used for comedy? I'm sure the "scary monkey" concept can be TLP'd/Salvage Yarded if it doesn't already exist.
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Go for it.
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Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph
We have Maniac Monkeys, and also Killer Gorilla.
Edited by Lymantria on Aug 13th 2021 at 11:47:59 AM
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Ah I had a feeling we had it already.
So, do you think Heroic Monkey and Gratuitous Monkey are tropable concepts?
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That's the minimum, but the vote count also has to stabilize.
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