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Wondering if this really counts as an example...
In The Andy Griffith Show, Warren Ferguson served as Andy's deputy for most of the 6th season before disappearing with absolutely no in-character explanation. (Out of character, it was because the character was unpopular and seen as a Replacement Scrappy to Barney Fife.)
The thing is, the character wasn't entirely written out. There are still occasional comments from other characters suggesting that Warren is still around and still an active deputy, he's just never seen again on camera.
So what I'm wondering is, is he really an example of Chuck Cunningham Syndrome? Or does that require a character to be written out 100%?
Edited by wrm5openNo Title Live Action TV
Not entirely sure what to do here
.
Someone deleted a Narm entry because they disagreed with it. I restored it and said not to, and they then stripped out almost all of the context from the example. I don't think it's edit warring because his edits were very different, but I'm not sure what to do here. Especially since the example is from a very controversial episode. I understand Rule Of Cautious Editing Judgment but that doesn't seem the best way to go about it.
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Looking on the Edit history
, I noticed a comment regarding the misuse of a trope:
"Anyone who seriously thinks there's a such thing as a non-comedic running gag should be banned."
Any thoughts on this? Uncalled for? Hits the nail on the head?
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YMMV.Relic Hunter lists the protagonist, Sydney, as an example of a Mary Sue. There seems to be a consensus on the wiki that the protagonist can't be a Mary Sue, but I can't find anything explicitly forbidding this on the trope page. Should the example stay (somebody obviously does have the opinion that Sydney is a Mary Sue, protagonist or not) or should it be removed as Not An Example?
Edited: The same YMMV page also has a ZCE for Critical Research Failure. Is removing ZCEs from YMMV pages allowed?
Edited by GnomeTitanresolved No Title Live Action TV
Obvious question. Why is Doctor Who Audio Visuals in the Series/ namespace?
It should go in either Fanfic/ (if audio works are allowed in Fanfic/) or AudioPlay/ (if audio works are not allowed in Fanfic/) because the work is entirely audio-based.
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Series.Keeping Up With The Kardashians, someone went ahead and changed pretty much every mention of Bruce Jenner to Caitlyn.
The thing is... he was never Caitlyn on the show. The show didn't touch upon her transition until the very end of the most recent season, and ended before he announced his name, etc.
And even if the show did include Caitlyn, changing mentions of Bruce in the past (specifically mentions of Olympic medals) seems... odd. I mean, if a fictional character changes their name in a work, we wouldn't retroactively change all mention of them to their new name, especially when discussing events that occurred while they had their original name.
Honestly not sure what to do, so I bring it up here.
Edited by LarkmarnopenNo Title Live Action TV
Why is the Dr. Who page edit locked? It's not on the list, so I've got nothing. (I was going to add an example of a just-launched trope)
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I see that the character page for Lost Girl has two entries labelled "Spolier Character". Now, I have only watched the three first seasons so I don't know these characters or why their very existence is considered a spolier, but I do know that blanking out the names of entire character folders is generally frowned upon.
Is there any reason to keep these "spoiler characters" or should the folders be renamed to the names of the characters?
Edited by GnomeTitanopenNo Title Live Action TV
There's a reference to The Gate That Will Not Be Named on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. I know the normally policy on that is kill it with fire, but since it was a topic specifically covered by the episode, does that also apply? (Maybe a "his episode about Thing was controversial and that's all we're saying because Rule Of Cautious Editing Judgment ?)
Edited by eowynjediresolved No Title Live Action TV
Doctor Who is locked but is not listed on Locked Pages.
So my question is - why is it locked? Is it because all the examples are on its subpages, and if so, why does that rule not apply to similar work pages?
Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did
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I'm currently finishing the Go Ask Malice book and going over the Angel & Faith series, and thought to edit Faith's character page when I came across a Zero Context Example, Sugar-and-Ice Personality. I can think of a good description to add, but would this be the best trope to describe her? It's not that she's cold, in fact she's quite friendly and open, so I was wondering if there might be less of a Square Peg Round Trope to put in.
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So I'm planning on splitting The Daily Show into The Daily Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.
I've got sandboxes that I think are pretty much ready to go (in that they've got examples and descriptions, though they're a bit repetitive): Sandbox.The Daily Show, Sandbox.The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Sandbox.The Daily Show With Trevor Noah.
My question is at that point can I pull the trigger on this? I'd rather do it sooner than later, as Trevor's run has started and the longer we wait, the more work we create for ourselves as people will add tropes we'll have to move.
Edited by LarkmarnopenNo Title Live Action TV
If Alan from Show A has a Captain Ersatz or Expy named Bob in show B, should Captain Ersatz or Expy be listed on Alan's show's page (or his character page as the case may be)?
For example on Mick Foley's page the Captain Ersatz example is of a character in Fire Pro Wrestling, and the Expy example is of Abyss in TNA, both of which are CE's or E's of Foley, not that Foley is the CE/E. Seen this several times on wrestlers' pages, especially Fire Pro Wrestling CE's.
Edited by randomsurferopenNo Title Live Action TV
This one's gonna require some backstory. A few years back the makers of Kamen Rider did a little running numerical theme between a couple seasons. Each Rider series had a number that appeared in their name and used that number of devices in their Transformation Trinket. In that form the pattern existed for (maybe) Decade (10), whose belt fit one card; Double, whose belt fit two USB sticks; OOO (3 O's), whose belt fit three medals; and Fourze, whose belt fit four "switches". Depending on who you ask, they either stopped the pattern there or went underground with it, hiding subtle references to the number, first on the belt and then eventually wherever people could Fan Wank them (things like "Wizard's belt has a hand on it and hands have five fingers" and "Gaim uses locks and lock sounds like roku, the Japanese word for six)."
So entries like that were cluttering up the Fridge pages for the various seasons and we're deciding what to do with them over in the forum thread
but frankly most people aren't really interested in discussing it and it's hard to get a consensus, which is why I'm here. My favorite option is to either make a Just for Fun page for Kamen Rider to list all the farfetched theories or add it as an entry in the WMG page. I just want something centralized for the various seasons and I don't want it in a namespace where people go to learn about the shows. More opinions would be very appreciated. Thanks!
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Regarding MeridenCrow's rather numerous and odd-seeming edits to the Revolution page, are they of concern? I've noticed some indentation issues in a couple places, for example.
Edited by QuantumReality
Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did
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beebroox had been playing around with the image for Buffy the Vampire Slayer trying to find a better one. His past two were pretty good, but he's fussed over resolution. Might it be an idea to get a image picking discussion going to find what would be the best for, frankly, what started the whole site in the first place?
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Ref. French Series.
I'm assuming this is only for shows from metropolitan (European) France?
I ask as I was about to add a show, but reflected that it's French-Canadian, from Quebec, even though it has screened on French TV.
Also, what would be the status of French-language shows from outside France - from Quebec, Switzerland or Belgium - would they go here?
Just checking.
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Very long edit war on Anvilicious on the new Supergirl's
page. Started back in May, recently popped up again.
Basically, one person keeps putting in what amounts to a justifying edit. Other people keep trying to say "prove it." Edit reasons are getting a bit rude, too. Not great form all around.
Personally, I think it should stay gone. It's a Justifying Edit that doesn't really add any context to Anvilicious itself and it reeks of Examples Are Not Arguable.
Pulling to discussion for the moment.
Edited by Larkmarn

Edit War spotted on the tear jerker page of Game Of Thrones between snake300 and Troll Brutal (with snake300 having changed almost all the quotations at the top of the page those last 2 days, with one editing reason which could be summed up as "Screw this character, that other one that I prefer is better").
Edited by NonoRobot