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Darkaros Since: Jul, 2009
23rd Jun, 2019 05:11:19 PM

They're not supposed to be used as tropes (which I see some of them being used as i.e. Characters.Armello, Characters.Pathfinder Kingmaker); replace them with more specific, actual tropes where appropriate like Patricide and Offing the Offspring.

For potholes, if the context doesn't fit the actual article (i.e. the index), it probably counts as a Sinkhole to be removed anyway (like the Murder in the Family spoiler in Pathfinder Kingmaker's page).

It looks like similar misuse to when I cleaned up For Massive Damage a while ago on the Is This an Example thread.

Edited by Darkaros
Pichu-kun Since: Jan, 2001
25th Jun, 2019 12:00:58 PM

People tend to pothole those indexes for tropes that don't exist yet, such as murdering your grandfather or uncle/niece incest.

rmctagg09 (Time Abyss)
26th Jun, 2019 10:19:25 AM

Murder in the Family was supposed to be a supertrope, but I see someone removed the writing on the page denoting it as one.

Edited by rmctagg09 Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
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