What the - the title is absolutely impenetrable to me!
I thought it was a poorly spelt variant on "Like Dude, She's Like In A Coma", but couldn't BEGIN to fathom what it meant.
EDIT: It should give you some idea of how bad I find the title that EVEN AFTER READING AND UNDERSTANDING THE TROPE I DON'T GET IT. That is NOT right.
I dunno, just some suggestions off the top of my head.
edited 14th Nov '10 11:49:21 AM by mmysqueeant
This is why I everything's worse with self-demonstrating articles.
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.I had a bash, is it better now? It can of course be reverted if you want.
EDIT: Or indeed totally rebuilt from the ground up if you want! Rewrite it however you feel is necessary.
EDIT 2: I also insist that this NEEDS a rename. BADLY.
EDIT 3: OK, I just twigged now what it means. But it's a terrible name. It's not true, because like doesn't replace commas, they're still placed on either side of it most of the time. It's not clear, because the syntax is too mind-freakingly bizarre.
Even just "Like Is A Comma" would be better. Or, I prefer "Like As A Comma".
nother name that might work better, "Do You Like Like Me". I really hate the name. :P
edited 14th Nov '10 11:15:29 AM by mmysqueeant
Aw, I liked the name. I like it because it can be used two different ways, like is like a comma, and like is, like, a comma.
Fight smart, not fair.Like Is, Like, a Comma seems like a great title with a weak description.
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.Title is fine. Both meanings came across clearly on a simple read of the title. I adjusted the 'likes' in the description to better resemble the actual usage I hear, to my despair.
It's still not perfect, the bit that reads, "Actual, like, usage doesn't seem...", should really be "It's like, actual usage doesn't seem...", but I couldn't make my hands do that.
edited 14th Nov '10 1:31:58 PM by Daremo
Creed of the Happy Pessimist:Always expect the worst. Then, when it happens, it was only what you expected. All else is a happy surprise.Switching the main page to Like Is, Like, A Comma would institute a forced break while requiring no wik changes.
Fight smart, not fair.Good idea, Deboss. As the one who YKTTWed and launched the article in the first place, I have no problems with that rename suggestion.
In retrospect, I should have used that as the title in the first place. Ah well, I wasn't terribly experienced at the time.
edited 14th Nov '10 8:49:12 PM by Roxor
Accidental mistakes are forgivable, intentional ones are not.It's okay. I didn't know how to propose ptitles at the time or I would have done so. Still glad I got to keep the name on my page. My list makes me feel important.
Fight smart, not fair.Contents moved to Ptitle version. Main.Like Is Like A Comma turned into a redirect.
Laconic and Troper Tales pages moved to the new Ptitle and existing Laconic and Troper Tales pages put on the Cut List.
EDIT: Index listing on Self-Demonstrating Article and Language Tropes updated to link to the new title.
I think we're done now.
edited 27th Nov '10 9:41:37 AM by Roxor
Accidental mistakes are forgivable, intentional ones are not.Well, we could avoid having to use a ptitle if we called it Like As Punctuation or something.
edited 27th Nov '10 12:13:50 PM by halfmillennium

Like Is, Like, a Comma is in need of some tweaking. It takes self demonstrating article and cranks it up to the point where readability is compromised
Or as the article may put it, "Like it has like way too like many like likes in it like, you know?"
Sorry if this post isn't the best. Never used The Trope Repair Shop before
I wonder what a strip tease from a creature made of souls would be like?