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rjd1922 Since: May, 2013
27th Oct, 2019 06:50:42 PM

There are a few tropers who feel the need to delete redirects just for being unused or barely-used, but I don't think this is endorsed.

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GastonRabbit MOD (General of TV Troops)
27th Oct, 2019 08:10:20 PM

You could ask in the Locked Pages thread.

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rjd1922 Since: May, 2013
27th Oct, 2019 08:50:01 PM

It's in the Administrivia namespace, so you don't need a mod to recreate it.

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FridgeGuy2016 Since: Feb, 2016
WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
27th Oct, 2019 08:59:57 PM

I think it'd still be good to make sure, personally.

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Kuruni (Long Runner)
27th Oct, 2019 09:59:06 PM

Consider how many complaing tropes are there, I disagree.

FridgeGuy2016 Since: Feb, 2016
27th Oct, 2019 10:11:37 PM

I'm talking about complaining as in what tropers shouldn't do on the main wiki (e.g. "This example comes from the worst show ever."). Not fictional accounts of characters complaining.

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Kuruni (Long Runner)
27th Oct, 2019 11:10:23 PM

There're at least three of them, although only one is in Administrivia namespace. Complaining About People Not Liking the Show, Complaining About Shows You Don't Like, Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch.

...are you going to say the other two are ok to do?

WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
27th Oct, 2019 11:12:05 PM

^ Hmmm, well add those non-administrivia ones to the list then...

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Brainulator9 Since: Aug, 2018
28th Oct, 2019 05:13:49 AM

The other two are actual tropes, though, with In-Universe examples.

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FridgeGuy2016 Since: Feb, 2016
28th Oct, 2019 09:54:18 PM

Well Complaining About People Not Liking the Show could have an administrative page saying that tropers shouldn't do that either. ("This show is hated by a bunch of soulless cretins with no sense of taste in TV.")

And it's safe to recreate the redirect right?

Limpin' with the bizkit.
GastonRabbit MOD (General of TV Troops)
29th Oct, 2019 10:35:29 AM

Maybe make Main.Complaining as a disambiguation page (that would require a mod), and make Administrivia.Complaining to specifically redirect to Administrivia.Complaining About Shows You Dont Like. Even if an Administrivia/ redirect could be made by non-mods, I think it would still be preferable to get permission.

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FridgeGuy2016 Since: Feb, 2016
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