No, it can't because it's clear that Acceptable Targets was being confused in the OP for Unacceptable Targets; this has already been addressed in full.
Nazis and the KKK are deemed Acceptable Targets when crafting works of fiction, anyway. The pages certainly don't require any kind of split, either; rather, we should just be deciding whether or not these pages should be moved to the YMMV index.
edited 5th Dec '10 10:52:55 AM by SeanMurrayI
Yeah, that's the right order of decissionmaking.
Lets first decide if we should hive it the YMMV tag or not.
If we do give it the YMMV tag, then the next issue is if we should also have an non-YMMV version to put on works pages.
I argue that we should indeed give Acceptable Targets the YMMV tag: Which groups are acceptable targets and which ones are not varies from person to perosn, from subculture to subculture, and from culture to culture. This "trope" does not describe how reality is portrayed in fiction (the objective tropes I'm suggesting does, but that's another issue), and it doesn't describe our social reality itself in a way that on any level approaches being objective or neutral. On the contrary, since the pages are written by the Wiki Magic of a lot of people of different backgrounds and opinions, I doubt there's anyone who agree with everything written on those pages. So, the pages are nice, but they are in fact pure YMMV - and that's what make them useful in the first place - they portray the wide range of targethood, the fact that everyone is someone's target.
BTW, I do think cultural views on the issue of "acceptable targets" are quite different between USA, Europe and Japan - the three main poles of this wiki's content.
Of course, TV Tropes also contain material (and have many readers) from elsewhere as well. For example, the film At Five In The Afternoon is made by an Iranian woman and takes place in Afghanistan.
Also, if we limited our view to USA, Europe OR Japan, there would still be huge disagreements on what targets are actually socially considered acceptable. Claiming that such a list isn't YMMV is quite a political statement - and with the list being the way it is, I think it's a statement that noone would actually agree with. I'm not saying that the page is intended as a political statement, I'm just saying that it runs on pure YMMV and should be labeled as such.
I only say Acceptable Targets should be treated equally to Unacceptable Targets. At present, Unacceptable Targets is considered YMMV while Acceptable Targets is not. Whatever standards are agreed on, they should apply to both camps equally.
Xzenu's unwittingly proven his own point. Even within those regions there are examples. A Welshman and a Frenchman would probably have vastly different views, and a Scotsman might well disagree with both of them.
They're all YMMV. If Unacceptable Targets is YMMV, Acceptable Targets should be as ell.
edited 5th Dec '10 1:37:07 PM by halfmillennium

I don't think there was any coherent vibe to find, it was going in all kinds of directions.
As for the OP, it can of course be interpreted in various ways, but it does address a Godwin's Law problem - intentionally or otherwise.
Anyway, I think Acceptable Targets is good the way it is now. However, I still think the whole thing could benefit from splitting into a YMMV section and the objective tropes I'm proposing.