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WhirlRX Since: Jan, 2015
2019-08-24 17:13:34

I also been noticing Real life issues seeping into wrestlers pages.

thecarolinabull01 Since: Jun, 2014
2019-08-24 17:23:00

Me too. Right after the Hogan scandal, someone added Politically Incorrect Villain on his page, and I removed it since it was an attack on the person.

There are others I added a while back that I'm not sure of, such as the Berserk Button entries on Randy Savage's page about his overprotectiveness of Elizabeth (though that one was shared in Kayfabe too) and later the ones about his age and bald spot being mocked on the Billionaire Ted sketches which reportedly added fuel to the fire between him and WWE.

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Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2019-08-24 17:37:49

Shawn Michaels doesn't go back far enough to see who added the original entry.

There's also example indentation issues and a pothole of it, though I think another user removed the pothole usage as is.

The good news is nothing looks like a ban evader issue. The bad news is these are way too complainy. Any related to real life should be cut entirely. Or trimmed down if there's anything to salvage. I also am thinking Wrestlers shouldn't be able to have an Alternate Character Interpretation(a suggestion) due to them being Kayfabe naturally. It will always borderline on ROCEJ enough.

Shadow?
razorrozar7 Since: Aug, 2010
2019-08-24 17:43:19

~thecarolinabull01, regardless of the complaining issue, when you added the Hogan scenario to the Shawn Michaels entry, you created a second-level bullet as a response to a first-level bullet. that's not allowed under any circumstances. see Example Indentation.

Migrated to Chloe Jessica!
WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
2019-08-24 17:43:33

Wrestlers are weird because they're playing personas, but it blurs into reality, making it a thin line. We definitely need to clean these pages up.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2019-08-24 17:54:34

We could also add a commented out note about ROCEJ to each one as we find it. It's not that they can't have alternate characters, but the line blur makes it difficult to deal with.

The Bashing thread is probably the best place to bring it up if we need harder rule changes. Otherwise, this ATT might be enough for cleanup. The thread may be useful otherwise for cleanup.

Shadow?
thecarolinabull01 Since: Jun, 2014
2019-08-24 18:14:39

I went ahead and deleted the ones I mentioned. Probably should have rewritten Nash's jerkass entry to be about his character and not him (since those issues apply his character as well) but it's late and I'm on mobile right now.

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