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SeptimusHeap
MOD
(Edited uphill both ways)
MarqFJA
(Before Recorded History)
2016-10-28 13:29:58
Yes, exactly.
And sorry for the late reply. I've forgotten about this for some reason.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

In light of the second premature launching of Royal States of America
, and the fact that it has 17 green hats despite the raised issues with the description (pointed out by the moderator who unlaunched the trope the first time around), I'm suspecting that the high number of hats may be misleading well-intentioned contributors into launching WIP tropes without considering other contributors' comments on the draft, which may be compounded if so much time passed that one could mistakenly believe that the hats were made after the issues were raised, and thus wrongly assume that it means the misgivings were misplaced.
Thus I suggest this possible solution: In the event that a trope draft is suffering from critical issues that need to be resolved before launching, and yet it has 5 or more green hats in total, moderators should have the ability to reset a WIP trope's hats to zero. To alleviate worries of abuse, this ability could be limited by requiring the assent of multiple moderators before a hat-reset could actually be implemented — sort of like a separate hat system for moderators.
Suggestions for further improvement of this potential solution would be appreciated.