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Real Life folders have a tendency to grow to enormous size as everyone shoehorns in that one bit of trivia they remember. In this case, the Real Life folder is a misnomer as the other examples are real people. But yes, I'd be in favor of cutting alot of those more esoteric examples.
-Sutcliffe should be moved from the Trope Namer folder to B, I agree.
I didn't choose the troping life, the troping life chose me
The Stuart Sutcliffe entry was originally tacked on as a sub-bullet to Pete Best's entry, violating Example Indentation, but I'm fine with moving his entry to the B folder.
Edit: And done.
Edited by GastonRabbit Patiently awaiting the release of Paper Luigi and the Marvelous Compass.
^ Thanks for that. I added bolding to the band name for consistency.
Am working on deleting the bad Real Life folder entries now.
There's quite a few examples on the page of people who left already successful works early on and whose replacements are now more well known- is that allowed? I'd have thought a key element is that they left an obscure work that later became a hit without them.
I think there's an element of trope decay at work, where it has morphed from obscure person who left a then-project before its fame, to just anyone who contributed to a project that was famous. Probably needs cleanup, but that would be a group project.
I didn't choose the troping life, the troping life chose me
While looking at the Trivia entry The Pete Best, I noticed a couple things that look problematic. Specifically:
-the Real Life folder contains not just people, but inanimate objects such as record labels, geographical places, theme parks, locomotives, and letters of the English alphabet. Not only is it hard to see justification for the entries, am thinking this doesn't even apply to non-sentient beings.
-in the Music page
for this entry, there's a folder that says "Trope Namer." Rightly, it includes Pete Best himself, but it also contains an entry for Stuart Sutcliff, who was also an early member of The Beatles, but obviously isn't Pete Best himself. Am thinking this should be moved elsewhere (to the "B" folder).
Would appreciate feedback before acting on these two issues. Thanks!