We aren't talking about renaming it at this point. The name suggestions are for searchable redirects which the trope needs if we don't rename it. I am not in favour of a rename. I do like Disappointing Last Levels as a redirect though.
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I never had any problem with Xen, nor have I heard complaints outside TV Tropes about the quality drop. The jumping puzzles were easy, but boring.
Back on topic.
Last Level Quality Drop for one of the renames.
Half-Life: Dual Nature, a crossover story of reasonably sized proportions.
It's not looking like a rename. Just a redirect.
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The crowner is still attached, and as long as it is, it will keep being seen as a rename thread (nevermind it says rename in the thread title).
The current tally is 20 vs. 17 (+3). We don't usually see a lot more votes than this, so unless people change their votes (which could conceivably happen if someone proposed an incredible alternative name), I doubt it will change significantly. Perhaps the crowner should be called as against the rename and detached? Not that that is my call to make.
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I think it's been going long enough to call no rename. it still needs a redirect, but really that's a minor thing.
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Late Level Letdown and Endgame Quality Drop are good redirects.
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I'm good with those two. They'd make the trope much more searchable.
If the vote is even 1 vote in favor, then shouldn't the rename go through if no new activity has been made over a couple days? If the vote stays at +1 for the next 3 days, then shouldn't we go through and rename it?
Consensus is not a numerical majority.
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Something like +1 is very clear that there is no consensus to rename. It's something very hotly debated and we fall back to don't rename in situations like these.
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Crown Description:
Do we rename Xen Syndrome? Arguments in favor:- Non-indicative, example-named trope: The name derives from one specific level of one specific videogame, and means nothing to anyone else.
- "X Syndrome" is a discredited naming convention; most snowclones fail the One Mario Limit.
- Subjective Trope; even if you do know the reference, you may or may not consider it an example.
- High number of outside referrals.
- No evidence of misuse presented.
- 111 wicks and 1300+ referrals as of December 2010.
As said before, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. The vote is practically split right now. A far cry from a consensus.