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amathieu13 Since: Aug, 2013
2022-08-01 16:26:56

re: The Squad more broadly, that would be a TRS issue. I do agree that tropes like Five-Man Band, The Team, The Squad, even Caper Crew are often ZCE magnets. People don't like to explain how a character fits a role, and are often just content stating that a character is the role. Maybe a reminder at the end of the description would help but I doubt it

But I think you have a good case for trope decay or duplicate trope. Apart from the "same but more specific" aspecr of The Squad with The Team, as far as I can see, The Squad is redundant with Command Roster and one of them need not exist.

Edited by amathieu13
ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020
2022-08-01 16:53:33

they edit warred by adding the entry back regardless of indentation. that's an automatic suspension. you should edit the OP to draw attention to that.

i guarantee you this was a Five-Man Band shoehorn at some point. it reads exactly the same.

e: i will note that the troper in question has now moved all the tropes to their own bullet, deleted The Squad, and at least attempted to add context. but the edit war still needs to be dealt with.

Edited by ChloeJessica
MacronNotes (Captain)
2022-08-01 17:08:33

I suspend Sergeant Bane for ZCE issues despite multiple notifiers + edit warring

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Kuruni (Long Runner)
2022-08-04 04:05:55

Bump this. What to do with The Squad? As noted, all of the example on that page are ZCE and its problem is almost identical to Five-Man Band's (which stuck in TRS for some months already, so I don't think send it there would help).

It's thriving enough with 644 articles linked to it.

Edited by Kuruni
MacronNotes (Captain)
2022-08-04 04:31:42

That's not something this ATT is suited to answer.

If you would like ask if The Squad is worth taking to the TRS, you can ask questions in the TRS General discussion thread.

As the main issue the query has been for resolved, I'll lock this as resolved.

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