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Theatre_Maven_3695 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2025-10-01 12:07:23

Doesn't seem like a nothingburger to me; doomposting has been banned on the forums for years, and this seems to be the same attitude spreading to the wiki.

Riolugirl (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
2025-10-01 12:22:33

We have a Wall of Text notifier, but it might be too late to justify sending any.

Edited by Riolugirl "Hark! For your greatest fears manifest in yours truly!" (She/Her) (Current focus: Image Pickin')
Reymma Since: Feb, 2015
2025-10-01 16:52:36

Quotes have been culled from pages when they make the overall tone sound like it's bashing the trope or creator in question. This doesn't quite apply here, but the precedent is there.

But also, many of those quotes are tangential at best, and far too long. The purpose of quotes is to have something to help readers understand the topic, and meandering rants only detract from the article.

Stories don't tell us monsters exist; we knew that already. They show us that monsters can be trademarked and milked for years.
UFOYeah Since: Mar, 2022
2025-10-01 18:25:56

Also, some of the tropes in question forbid real-life examples, so quotes directly from real life shouldn't be allowed either, and real-life quotes on NRLEP tropes' quote pages have indeed been removed for that reason before.

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