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Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#1: Jul 12th 2023 at 5:45:06 PM

Launched in 2009, yet it only amassed 10 wicks and no on-page or work-based examples anywhere. This makes it wick-starved and example starved.

This may be tropable, so we may need to give it another go in TLP or yard it.

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Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#2: Jul 12th 2023 at 5:45:46 PM

Since I was the OP, pinging myself would be unnecessary.

Opened.

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Yindee Just stoic wisdom. from New England Since: Jul, 2016
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#3: Jul 12th 2023 at 5:48:49 PM

Fine with either.

Edit: Cut works.

Edited by Yindee on Jul 12th 2023 at 12:54:55 PM

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#5: Jul 12th 2023 at 5:57:56 PM

Cut. Yard if salvageable.

Edited by MacronNotes on Jul 12th 2023 at 9:17:40 AM

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#9: Jul 12th 2023 at 6:33:02 PM

I can go either way but I'll say cut as well.

Edited by Echidna on Jul 12th 2023 at 9:33:19 AM

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#10: Jul 12th 2023 at 7:04:41 PM

Anything of value from the description can be moved to Analysis.Conservation Of Ninjutsu. I doubt there's anything to salvage from the examples.

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#11: Jul 12th 2023 at 8:06:38 PM

[up]I strongly agree.

It is better off as part of Analysis.Conservation Of Ninjutsu.

Yes, it would technically be a Cut.

Edited by Nen_desharu on Jul 12th 2023 at 11:30:32 AM

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#17: Jul 13th 2023 at 6:27:45 AM

Old comment from the Discussion page, by Anonymous Mc Cartneyfan:

Re Cut:

Is it completely covered by other tropes? I know much of what it covers falls under the Law of Conservation of Ninjitsu and other Too Many Cooks filings, but this is so elegant — are we sure it's all elsewhere?

ETA: This law has a large area of coverage — it's near-universal, even if it isn't cited much. We shouldn't cut this, but list the subtropes under it, like with the Laws of Metafictional Thermodynamics.

Seems like back in 2010 there were considerations to scrap it.

Edited by Gosicrystal on Jul 13th 2023 at 3:28:18 PM

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#18: Jul 13th 2023 at 6:38:28 AM

[up]I don't know what the Cut List request said because it happened years ago (I think it was before the Cutmaster position was folded into a larger mod package), but the fact that someone contesting the cut still acknowledged that there's overlap makes me inclined to continue supporting cutting it, if only because the lack of wicks a problem on its own.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Jul 13th 2023 at 8:40:51 AM

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Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#19: Jul 13th 2023 at 6:49:13 AM

If we decide to cut (and possibly move the salvageable contents to Analysis), I'm good with that. [tup]

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#21: Jul 13th 2023 at 7:47:56 AM

Yarding is a free action, and with at least 15 cut or yard votes I think we can just cut this.

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#22: Jul 13th 2023 at 9:06:14 AM

[up][up]Yes.

Calling in favor of reducing Law Of One to zero.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Jul 13th 2023 at 11:08:28 AM

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#23: Jul 13th 2023 at 9:23:45 AM

Saying ten wicks is giving it to much credit, four or maybe five at most. Definite cut.

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#24: Jul 13th 2023 at 9:26:58 AM

Dewicking was apparently done. As soon as the trope is cut, we can close this.

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