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laserviking42 Since: Oct, 2015
2022-02-24 20:43:08

That was done by Bosco 13, who did leave edit reasons, if a bit sketchy. Me's a Crowd is for when someone clones or otherwise duplicates themselves to make life easier, but instead it gets worse. Some of the examples did look a bit shoehorned in, but the mass move is strange, because as you said, Bio Duplication does not exist.

I've sent a notifier asking about this with a link here. ETA: Their edit history is extensive, but I don't see where they re-added these examples at all.

Edited by laserviking42 I didn't choose the troping life, the troping life chose me
Arctimon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2022-02-24 21:04:47

I looked back in their history; I didn't see anything that indicated that the first set of deletions were readded anywhere else. The second set did end up on Self-Duplication.

I also blanked on finding anything related to a "bio duplication" trope.

Adannor (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2022-02-24 22:56:08

They didn't actually promise any movement on the first set in the edit reason, so yeah it was just a deletion.

Speedchesser Since: Feb, 2012
2022-02-24 23:48:22

I'm not sure what's going on with the Bio Duplication thing (maybe they just got the wrong trope name?), but I think the deletions are incorrect. The trope description for Me's a Crowd doesn't actually say that the clones need to disagree. It says that the copies sometimes rebel or degrade. Going by both the main and laconic pages, the trope is just "someone self-clones to get a lot of things done," which most of the deleted examples seem to fit.

Edited by Speedchesser
laserviking42 Since: Oct, 2015
2022-02-25 05:30:48

They did reply, just saying they meant Self-Duplication. I'm trying to clarify, and once again gave this link.

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RobertTYL Since: Oct, 2019
2022-02-26 00:35:08

So... have the editor in question made any response?

The subpage in this state is probably cutlist worthy; anyone have opinions on how to handle this?

Edited by RobertTYL
Bosco13 Since: Jun, 2010
2022-02-26 00:55:51

Meant to say Self-Duplication.

I think it was a case of Missing Super Trope where there was Me's a Crowd but no trope for characters who can duplicate themselves but don't argue with all those examples going into Me's a Crowd before Self-Duplication was created.

Speedchesser Since: Feb, 2012
2022-02-26 01:56:06

Again, the trope description doesn't say the duplicates have to argue. It used to be written more ambiguously until August of last year, but even the strictest interpretation of the old text still isn't that specific.

laserviking42 Since: Oct, 2015
2022-02-26 08:39:03

^^ Again, you made two sets of deletions on the page. One went to Self-Duplication, another set you claimed went to Bio Duplication, which doesn't exist. So I guess you just deleted all the examples and carried on.

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