To be honest, I still think we could have done what we did for Damsel in Distress and Distressed Damsel and leave the wicks alone as mentioned earlier.
Edited by MacronNotes on Jan 20th 2022 at 2:04:57 PM
Macron's notesAlright! That's a load off my back!
Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576I'm not sure why the TRS Wick Cleaning says to go through the trouble of sorting examples across subtropes instead of just swapping the name.
Either way, if the change from Distressed Damsel to Damsel in Distress didn't require cleanup, I agree with the other two mods here that this can be closed, but I'm not going to close it immediately (but if any other mod reading this is less hesitant in closing this, I'd be fine with that too).
I got a rock for Halloween.
- I guess the reason for the sort it's because the subtropes exist and they're likely more accurate.
While Damsel in Distress does have Subtropes, there's an assumption that Damsel in Distress is the most specific example?
Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576I think it was just because on the last page of the thread people agreed to wick clean because that’s standard procedure for renames/transplants. I don’t think Septimus Heap’s suggestion to leave the wicks alone got much attention.
But since we aren’t cleaning for misuse, I don’t think wick cleaning is super necessary. If someone finds a Mind Control, they are free to change it to one of the subtropes. I think we can let it stay on Administrivia.TRS Wick Cleaning if people still want to work. But I don’t we need the wick to be sorted out completely in order to close the thread.
I can close this thread if there aren't any objections. However, I am not in a rush to do so.
Macron's notesI'm good to close and just add to the wick cleaning page.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallAs it’s been a few hours and there haven’t been any objections since I am going to go ahead and morgue this.
Macron's notes
Crown Description:
Mind Manipulation is currently and index, but it's often misused as a trope. In addition, its redirect, Mind Control, has significantly more wicks than the main name. What should be done with the page? Options are not mutually exclusive.

950
on Mind Manipulation now.
4520
on Mind Control.
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