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SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
2015-05-05 15:20:00

Until the cutlist stops screwing around with the Related To page, I think not. De-wick first.

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SolipSchism Since: Jun, 2014
2015-05-06 12:40:36

Oh, I wasn't suggesting cutting it without moving the wicks. I was juat asking if we think 65 wicks is too many to bother changing it at all. My intention was to clean up the wicks and then cutlist it.

But it sounds like it'd be okay, so I'll put it on my to-do list and get to fixing it... hm, I think this weekend, Sunday probably.

crazysamaritan MOD Since: Apr, 2010
2015-05-06 12:49:09

Redirects should in theory be clear of wicks.

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
Madrugada MOD Since: Jan, 2001
2015-05-06 15:00:58

^ Whether that's true or not depends on why the redirect exists, Samaritan. In some cases, they can be wicked quite legitimately, for instance, when the main name uses a gendered term but the trope can apply equally well to the other gender, and the redirect is the other gendered term. Another instance is for AmEnglish/BritEnglish spelling differences The redirect to the other spelling exists in part so that editors don't have to memorise/memorize which one the trope uses.

crazysamaritan MOD Since: Apr, 2010
2015-05-06 18:05:01

That's part of why the emphasis was put. :)

In theory, we all write in English, but sentence structure and spelling vary accourding to regional preferences.

In theory, non-gendered tropes don't use gendered names.

In theory, every work has it's own page.

In practice', these factors (and others) aren't true. :)

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
bwburke94 (Y2: Electric Boogaloo)
2015-05-08 06:57:36

^ In theory, "according" isn't spelled "accourding", and "it's" doesn't mean "its".

Typos aside, redirects having wicks is OK in rare circumstances, so they're cleaned up less often than outright redlinks are. Unfortunate Implication is not one of those rare circumstances.

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SolipSchism Since: Jun, 2014
2015-05-08 09:54:23

Just dropping in to say ^ lolol and also note that I haven't forgotten about this. I'm planning on taking care of it on Sunday, two days from now. I'll be busy this evening and most of tomorrow, but I should have plenty of time on Sunday.

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