yep! that's what's called No On-Page Examples — you can add examples to work pages, but not on the page itself. contrast with Definition-Only Pages, which are the ones that don't allow examples on their own page or on work pages
Godwin's Law is actually listed under neither, so ~BoltDMC has a point.
On-page examples should be prohibited from Godwin's Law as it attracts complaining.
Edited by Nen_desharu on Feb 15th 2023 at 10:55:05 AM
Kirby is awesome.If Godwin's Law isn't actually listed on No On-Page Examples, it shouldn't be added without discussion. There are a number of older tropes that lack on-page examples for no apparent reason other than that they were created at a time when standards for pages were much, much laxer. And for some of these tropes, all they really need is for off-page examples to be crosswicked onto the page.
I don't know whether Godwin's Law would fall under "just needs crosswicking" or "should be No On-Page Examples" (or some other category), but that's what discussion is for.
If you suspect that it attracts complaining, that may be cause for a wick check to see if that assumption holds true. If it does, then that's the sort of thing that could be taken to Trope Repair Shop.
I agree that normal examples would probably just attract complaining. I feel In-Universe examples of character invoking and talking about Godwin's Law would be fine to have on the page.

Is it okay to add a trope to a works page when the trope page has no added examples? There's an example of Godwin's Law in a work I'm adding entries to, but the trope page itself does not have any work examples on it.
Many thanks!