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wrm5 Since: Mar, 2014
2015-04-25 00:25:01

He is also making a valid point. I'd just remove the GG references and leave the rest, personally, but it's not really my call.

SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
2015-04-25 01:28:22

The link can go, yes.

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SetsunasaNiWa Since: Apr, 2015
2015-04-25 02:20:36

Neither are trope examples. General things should go away or be included in analysis or description. Examples have to be stating the source (Administrivia.HowToWriteAnExample). Real-life section being some 99 % blatant shoehorns or uninteresting discussion moments is a given.

Then there's this. An entry about someone somewhere having a specific way of Complaining about Shows You Don't Like, with Agenda. And it cites a discredited taboo aggregator, on top of making it an example in someone's random post or blog.

^^ And saying that that was a valid point is your call? (edit: I mean, as long as that call decides the fate of example) Are there any other saving graces?

Edited by SetsunasaNiWa
Fighteer MOD (Time Abyss)
2015-04-25 11:32:44

Whether the point is valid or not is irrelevant; it seems like it's stirring up a Flame War that we're trying very hard to keep off the site.

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SolipSchism Since: Jun, 2014
2015-04-27 09:08:50

^ This and ^^ This. It sounds like with the GG references, it's a blacklisted topic; without, it's a vague and general example about "some internet communities". Either way it's bad.

Edited by SolipSchism
harryhenry Since: Jan, 2012
2015-04-29 17:01:09

^^ and ^: Because of those reasons, should I remove the examples because of that?

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