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Can you explain how real life people display YMMV items?
Fight smart, not fair.
You do not put them anywhere. We have no interest in troping real people in this manner.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Shouldn't the YMMV tab be disabled for them, then? =/
That's a Tech Wishlist issue. Part of the problem is we set these pages to "a creator" but this type doesn't distinguish between actors and authors. Authors can have YMMV pages related to their works.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
If it's a human being that exists in the real world, no YMMV. Neither the page nor any of the tropes marked so.
YMMV tropes can apply to real people, but they automatically attract edit warring and trolls.
Edited by DracMonster
Unless they are in a story. Real Life stuff In-Universe is like any other fictional stuff.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
What if a song by a musician has YMMV items?
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
People who create works — artists, authors, etc. — can have YMMV pages detailing the YMMV items in their works, with the caveat that if their works have separate articles, such items should also be moved to those articles' YMMV pages. They cannot have YMMV items about them as people.
Edit: I changed that paragraph in Permanent Red Link Club to explain this.
Edited by Fighteer "It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Bands are considered works, not creators. Pages for solo musicians should be in the Music/ namespace, and should trope the music, not the person. They can have a creator page as well, but it should be separate.
Rhymes with "Protracted."
Just so we're clear on this: does this mean things like Periphery Demographic would have to be pulled?
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
From an artist's YMMV page? Not at all — Periphery Demographic is about their work, not them as a person. The entry has to be careful to make that clear, though. It can't be an excuse to bitch at them or their fans.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Could you please help me clean up Taylor Swift?
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Done. See how I did it and use that as your example.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
According to Permanent Red Link Club, YMMV pages about real people will always be cut. If this is so, where do we put the YMMV items those people display examples of?