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2021-09-07 06:27:21

OK yeah that's bad. I'd summon them, but I don't want this to turn into a political argument (which it probably will if they are.) Also your post is hardly a Wall of Text, I've seen 4,000-word long Walls of Text on this wiki.

Either way, requesting mod intervention here.

Edited by themayorofsimpleton Works That Require Cleanup Of Complaining | Troper Wall
Willbyr MOD (Y2K)
2021-09-07 06:28:01

They're suspended; revert what needs to be reverted.

perkeez Since: Aug, 2018
2021-09-08 06:18:54

It seems to me Mr-Husk is being treated poorly due to having opinions that do not align with the majority of users. They should be able to express them, but as long as they are not aggressive about it.

Just trying to improve any page that needs it.
2021-09-08 06:25:45

^ He was suspended because politics needs to be discussed neutrally on the wiki, if it can even be discussed at all. We are not a political debate site.

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MichaelKatsuro Since: Apr, 2011
2021-09-08 06:28:15

They should be able to express them, but as long as they are not aggressive about it.
He is able to express his views. On the forums. But not on the wiki proper. The wiki isn't here for people to express their political opinions, regardless of what those opinions are.

Edited by MichaelKatsuro
mightymewtron Since: Oct, 2012
2021-09-08 09:37:31

He was also shoehorning in political opinions at the expense of being a good editor, i.e. adding misuse, misdefining tropes to fit his own bias, and edit warring. Those can get you in trouble no matter what your opinion is.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
TheLivingDrawing Since: Apr, 2019
2021-09-08 16:05:50

Since climate change is an objective fact does denying it also count as willingly posting wrong information?

Edited by TheLivingDrawing Once Upon A Time.
laserviking42 Since: Oct, 2015
2021-09-08 16:11:34

^ I think the "debate" around climate change is far out of the scope of this wiki, to the point where any mention should just be nuked. We describe and catalog tropes as they occur in various works of fiction, only occasionally noting how real life sometimes bears a resemblance.

What the suspended troper did was add an entirely extraneous entry about Carbon Dioxide on Accentuate the Negative. Even if they'd been pushing for radical emissions reductions and a heavy green tax it still would have been wildly inappropriate for this website.

Edited by laserviking42 I didn't choose the troping life, the troping life chose me
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