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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010
2013-11-04 10:52:49

Seems like that would be all of them. Would that count as blanking the page?

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PPPSSC Since: Nov, 2009
2013-11-04 11:09:05

You are allowed to blank subpages if and only if every example is misuse (in order to prevent them from being locked), but make sure to leave a clear edit reason for why you're doing that.

JapaneseTeeth Since: Jan, 2001
2013-11-04 11:10:41

Actually, I don't think you're supposed to do that either. Proper course of action would be to put the page on the Cut List, with reason.

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Fighteer MOD (Time Abyss)
2013-11-04 11:20:11

It is acceptable to remove invalid examples on a wiki article. If it is an otherwise valid subpage, and deleting bad examples leaves it blank, then it should not typically be cut unless a request is made to have the cut page unlocked afterwards, because someone might offer a valid example in the future.

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010
2013-11-04 12:23:29

I cut them all.

The only one I'm considering rewriting and readding is this one:

  • This troper has Plato's "The Republic" on tape. There is little as epic as finally beating a massive boss with the power of a speech about the way money corrupts the upper class. Naturally, since the level of sound varys wildly, even surviving it was impressive.

While obviously the "I'm impressive for beating it" parts need to go, it is a bit of a CMOA for the game to allow someone to create a boss fight using the Plato's Republic. Any thoughts?

Edited by Larkmarn Found a Youtube Channel with political stances you want to share? Hop on over to this page and add them.
Fighteer MOD (Time Abyss)
2013-11-04 12:47:16

Also, the "This troper" has to go. You know, it would seem rather hard to have Awesome Moments for a game whose content is created by its players without slipping into Troper Tales. Maybe we should cut the page.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010
2013-11-04 13:05:20

Yeah, getting rid of "This troper" went without saying.

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mlsmithca (Edited uphill both ways)
2013-11-04 13:24:57

I was planning to do a sweep of the Awesome.Video Games subpages about a year or so ago to do exactly this - remove any moments that are clearly personal tales of awesome rather than awesome moments inherent in the game. Never got past more than four or five pages, though (including one that was basically rendered blank as a result). It probably requires a concerted cleanup effort, but there's already a long-term project for removing Troper Tales from the Moments pages, so it can be filed under that, I suppose.

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