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MichaelKatsuro Since: Apr, 2011
2021-07-01 17:39:06

Does seem pointless.

wingedcatgirl MOD (Holding A Herring)
2021-07-01 18:12:16

It's a subpage of Sandbox.Fanfic Ideas, a whole sandbox that's been discussed — but the discussion stalled out on "obviously we can't leave it like this" without ever answering "well what are we gonna do with it".

Edited by wingedcatgirl Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
MichaelKatsuro Since: Apr, 2011
2021-07-01 18:20:00

Delete? We could delete it. Deleting it is a thing we can do.

mightymewtron Since: Oct, 2012
2021-07-01 18:48:30

And we have a thread for this concept, so if this person's still interested in their ideas, they could just repost them in the thread.

We could archive it offsite to be nice though.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
laserviking42 Since: Oct, 2015
2021-07-01 18:51:05

I would add a vote for deletion.

I didn't choose the troping life, the troping life chose me
Arctimon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2021-07-01 18:56:34

So I found another page that has a ton of stuff like this, including links to Ladybug and Tales of Arcadia.

Every single Fanfic Ideas page (including the Sandbox and Laconic) was made by EvilerThanThou.

Yeah, it does look like according to the thread that the thread that Mewtron mentioned was made, but nothing was ever done about the actual pages.

For the record, moderation seemed pretty insistent on deleting them outright back when the thread was made.

GastonRabbit MOD (General of TV Troops)
2021-07-01 19:20:32

Here's the entire list of pages in that namespace. I don't think we should have that namespace; it reminds me of the debate over non-canon subpages from several years ago.

Edit: We previously had a whole series of WorldBuilding/ pages that were all cut, if that matters.

Another edit: Found the ATT query regarding the WorldBuilding/ namespace. It had significantly more pages than FanficIdeas/.

Edited by GastonRabbit I got a rock for Halloween.
laserviking42 Since: Oct, 2015
2021-07-01 19:29:40

A mod's statement, from that thread:

Murder all of that please. ... TV Tropes is not to be used to host original content, aside from the few sanctioned projects like the Pantheon.

I didn't choose the troping life, the troping life chose me
mightymewtron Since: Oct, 2012
2021-07-02 19:07:21

^^^^ To clarify, the Fanfic Ideas thread already existed long before these pages did.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Tabs MOD Since: Jan, 2001
2021-07-02 20:25:45

I'm still a little annoyed the discussion stalled because someone went, "I wanna put this somewhere and I don't like any of the rule-abiding options".

SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
2021-07-03 05:39:34

Um. That crowner did not gain consensus for a deletion. I've denied the requests, we don't sidestep forum discussions like that.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
2021-07-03 08:29:03

Perhaps bring your points up on the thread.

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