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Just to be clear, IUEO is not a ban on real-life examples, it's a ban on using the page as an Audience Reaction. Like for example, 90% of the wicks to Sturgeon's Law were tropers describing a work as part of the other 10% that isn't shite (in large part because for most of the wiki's existence it was part of the template for Fanfic Recs pages), but we changed it to IUEO, meaning that wicks now have to refer to a work itself expressing the opinion that the majority of some quantity of stuff is shite.
Edited by StarSword Trust me, I'm an engineer!Found this under Pet-Peeve Trope:
- Death Note: Ohba who feels that the Death Is Cheap trope had been overused in other manga.
As this is not an in-universe character, or an in-show statement, should this be removed as not in-universe?
This conversation would be better suited to Trope Talk (either the "Is this an example?" thread or a separate thread).
I got a rock for Halloween.

Pet-Peeve Trope, despite being In-Universe Examples Only, has this folder:
Is IUEO different than No Real Life in it can allow RL examples? If not what's the difference?
If we allow RL examples for this, would they not be Trivia? What is the threshold of notoriety for whom's claims Ming they dislike the trope? Or is it just not worth allowing RL due to these issues?