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Mimic1990 Since: Oct, 2016
21st Nov, 2020 06:11:25 PM

It seems like they're trying to force a meme, where the point is this artist is very reclusive and goes out of their way to hide their work in order to be mysterious, and this user is trying to force that mysteriousness on the wiki here.

It's vandalism and also a violation of The Fic May Be Yours, but the Trope Page Is Ours.

Edited by Mimic1990
WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
21st Nov, 2020 06:13:02 PM

^ Wait, why is it a violation of the second one? Is this vandal the creator? How do we know?

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Mimic1990 Since: Oct, 2016
21st Nov, 2020 06:20:32 PM

^ Well, not necessarily.

The point I'm making is that they're trying to enforce a meme on our page, without considering that our page is... well, our page, and not the place for them to make silly memes.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
21st Nov, 2020 06:46:57 PM

Sent ~Kiss Kiss Fall On Ice an Edit Reason notifier which included a link to this ATT thread. Not sure if this isn't too little too late, since they edit warred over their vandalism, but still went ahead and did it so they'll be aware of the situation.

iamconstantine Since: Aug, 2014
21st Nov, 2020 07:30:23 PM

Reverted vandalism.

Edited by iamconstantine
wingedcatgirl MOD (Holding A Herring)
21st Nov, 2020 07:36:03 PM

I added a reminder in the page source that blanking is always forbidden and people who do it get suspended. Maybe this will stop them, but if it doesn't, they can't say they weren't warned.

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Willbyr MOD (Y2K)
21st Nov, 2020 09:33:44 PM

They blanked the page again; I've reverted it and suspended them.

DivineFlame100 Since: Mar, 2014
21st Nov, 2020 10:02:43 PM

If that page is attracting vandalism because of faithful fans wanting to preserve the artist's anonymity through a meme, I think it may need to be locked, especially if this is happening more frequently.

FishiousRend Since: Jul, 2020
21st Nov, 2020 10:18:40 PM

Let's not go full JesuOtaku just yet.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
21st Nov, 2020 10:43:21 PM

I got a reply from ~Kiss Kiss Fall Online stating more or less what was guessed here, that the edits were made for the sake of the meme. Since Willbyr's confirmed they've been suspended I directed them to the "Edit banned/Suspended - would like to edit again." thread.

Mimic1990 Since: Oct, 2016
21st Nov, 2020 11:38:40 PM

@Divine Flame 100 - At the moment it's just one person who was doing it over and over. We should wait and see if it keeps up before we decide to lock it.

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