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That just creates even more work down the line. If it shouldn't be done, alright. Maybe drop then a PM to that effect, or put it in the Discussion page, and report them if they keep doing it. But if it's a valid example, then like with redlinked creator and works pages, I'd say it's better to leave it there to encourage someone to make it.
I'd like to get moderator confirmation that adding in pre-commented-out entries is against the rules and they may be removed at will.
Because I also see that a lot on pages for unreleased works, and when I brought it up on the cleanup thread
I got a non-committal response.
If it's considered kosher to delete them on sight, I plan to start doing so, because I see it as a blatant attempt to circumvent the rules about troping unreleased works.
There's two different discussions here;
- adding ZCE already commented-out
- adding unreleased work examples already commented-out
So, for example, the most recent three edits in Fire Emblem: Three Houses have been Speculative Troping (in the sense that they're written as if they apply to a game that has not been released yet), but with the entries already hidden by comment tags.
Would it be acceptable to delete these entries with a link to this ATT in the edit reason?
I've been seeing this kind of thing in quite a few places, so I'd like to figure out the best practice for handling it.
We don't have unreleased work examples commented-out across the wiki, so the same excuse doesn't work. Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
As we still have not gotten a clear answer from the moderation staff regarding best practices for handling pre-hidden trope entries, I have created a new thread
laying out the scope of the problem as I see it and offering recommendations. Input is welcome.
I've clarified the policy: It is never acceptable to add pre-commented examples to articles. Never, under any circumstances, no matter what.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Well, think of it this way. Comment out or not, what they do is still either adding ZCE or speculative troping and neither is acceptable. And they should be notify according to what they have done.
Now, what to do with it? There's no doubt that speculative troping can be outright deleted. But for ZCE, I think all we can do is send them a ZCE notification and lets them get what they want for once.
Edited by KuruniI agree with Kuruni; only speculation, outright wrong examples, or examples based in leaks should be outright deleted.
Keet cleanup

Is it allowed to add commented-out zero-context examples on the wiki pages?
It seems weird... because clearly the editors adding those know about our ZCE policy and that ZCE are not actually allowed. Yet they add those incomplete examples on the page, which only means more work for other people. Seems unfair.
One argument could be they do it with intention to edit it later themselves, but that's what the to-do list is for, or some sandbox page.