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Don't even need a cleanup thread to kill this example...
"A Broken Base is a civil war among fans of a particular franchise."
Now, as the film isn't an installment of a larger franchise, it would be among fans of the film. Given that the detractors in question are NOT fans of the film their opinions are irrelevant for a potential broken base...

I was looking at the YMMV page for Monty Python's Life of Brian here
and after reading the Broken Base entry, I can't help but feel that there's something just a little off about it.
I don't know, but it seems like the entry is going off-topic a little bit in trying to talk about every stance on the film, and the last two sentences don't seem relevant. Also, this:
Seems needlessly insulting, bordering on breaking the Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment.