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The trope page for "Rousseau Was Right" notes that Roosseau didn't hold that people are fundamentally good, but rather that they're fundametally amoral, and inclined to act in their own self-interest. Given this, why is the trope named "Rousseau Was Right"?
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I know this isn't the best place for it, and that a lot of mods tend to stay away from the Darth Wiki pages, but since very few people actually use the discussion pages (and taking it to the locked entries thread didn't work), I thought I'd give it a shot over here.
Regarding the Jeph Loeb entry on the Fallen Creator page, Hush shouldn't be listed as an example. It's not anywhere near being a critical failure like the article implies. It's also very popular with fans and is even a bit of a favorite with a lot of Batman fans. It's one of the first books recommended to people looking for more recent Batman stories. IGN has it ranked at the 10th best Batman story of all time. There are even reviewers who call it one of Loeb's best written works. There's also an article somewhere explaining why it's "overrated" (which it couldn't be unless a lot of people liked it in the first place). And if it's at all helpful, it also has a 4.5 star rating on Amazon and a 4.2/5 on Goodreads with over 13,000 votes.
There are some other questionable entries there, but this one definitely shouldn't be on the page, since it requires more than just personal opinion. A lot of people obviously like the book. Loeb himself is considered a fallen creator, but it's not because of Hush.
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Kinda worrisome edit here
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The edit reason is worrisome because it feels a bit possessive and doesn't seem to have any idea of what Knight of Cerebus actually is. I can't be certain because the edit itself is entirely without context. Plus they added a... banner? I don't know what to call it but a random hunk of text in irregular format telling people not to add any more (which is odd because I'm not even finding any entries in the history).
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Can a webcomic have Getting Crap Past the Radar as an example? obviously there is no overt radar here (well, its sponsored on hiveworks so presumably does need to stay pg-13, but i digress) in this case (Paranatural) the author chooses to make the comic family-friendly, no one even swears and the main characters are 12, so it is very suprising when he throws in a reference to flipping someone off. However, is it really GCPTR? does a self-imposed radar count?
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Okay, I'm just gonna ask, I've been looking at Film A To M and I came across this... is this a good entry for Wallbangers or does it just come off as complaining?
"Maleficent oh dear god Maleficent, so The self proclaimed "Mistress of All Evil" and who commands all The Power of Hell turns out to not be all that bad and is actually good? And The Fairies are incompetent morons who endanger Aurora instead of being the loving and doteful caretakers? I'm gonna need an Aspirin the size of her Dragon Form to get over this headache. Walt Disney is rolling in his Grave."
I feel like it's the latter.
Edited by Psyga315openNo Title
I'd like to request something be done about the troper "The-Literary-Lord". They have been making disruptive edits on My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks and related subpages, removing valid trope entries for no apparent reason. I sent two P Ms, one yesterday and one several minutes ago, and neither has gotten a response.
Their behavior seems as though they open an edit window and leave it open for several hours and save it later, undoing the edits made since then, because that's what's happening, they're reverting other trope entries that have been reworded to previous wordings. However, given their edits are hours apart, I'm not sure if this is a technical problem or if they're being purposefully disruptive, but others tropers including myself have had to go back and add back in what they remove.
Edited by DrakeClawfangopenNo Title
Question: If you see a trope with a self-referential link in the trope description, do you
a) insta-correct it?
b) take another sip?
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https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/KorraKorraHerself
And I quote...
"We'll see seeing a lot of closeups of Korra's feet
And why not? Maybe at some point, she'll forgo any foot wear. Which makes it even easier to earthbend. She'll even remain barefoot in her Southern Tribe home.
Happened in the season 3 finale. Korra's boots, along with her armbands and ponytail braid were taken from her. so that the skin on her limbs would be exposed to a liquid-metallic poison that enters the bloodstream through the flesh, effectively leaving her barefooted. Her feet get closeups during her fight with Zaheer and when she projects fire jets, along with several fluid shots as she fights."
(shudders) I though that Fetish Fuel crud wasn't allowed? Ew.
Edited by TheLemsterPjuopenNo Title
Is Never a Self-Made Woman applicable to a single character within the subject setting, or is it a form of Setting Gimmicks where it has to be the rule governing all characters that can qualify for the trope (in this case, all women), akin to World of Action Girls, Everyone Is Bi, and other such tropes?
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Okay. This might just be me being a grouch so please don't jump down my throat, but... self-demonstrating folder titles. Do they have to be a thing? Because if you're looking for one particular folder, it can get really annoying to actually have to read them instead of just skimming until you find the one you want.
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This troper
has created a thread
solely to ask other tropers to edit a page. While being edit banned herself.
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Another question here caught my attention as I don't want to get myself in trouble.
Point 9 on Administrivia.TV Tropes Customs under Editing The Wiki Proper says, "It is perfectly permissible to ... wholesale remove examples that are incorrect or violate a wiki policy like Zero-Context Example without anyone's permission, although you should leave an edit reason and note on the discussion page." I've been interpreting that as "Delete Zero-Context Examples whenever you see them," and thus that's what I've been doing (albeit with edit descriptions).
I hadn't actually read the Zero Context Example page until now, where it says instead that ZCEs should be "moved to that page's discussion space, or, if this represents a much bigger problem throughout an entire page, brought to attention in this Special Efforts thread dedicated to fixing these issues" and can also be commented out.
Is there a preferred method of dealing with ZCEs? I assume I should stop "wholesale removing" them, since I see now that the TV Tropes Customs page seems to be the only page encouraging simple deletion. And that Administrivia page should probably be changed, if that's not the preferred method of dealing with them.
Thanks in advance for any insight.
Edited by SolipSchismopenNo Title
I've seen several references here to the effect of "Lost And Found has been renamed to Trope Finder," but I'm confused. When I go to Trope Finder it goes to a page that calls itself Lost And Found - as though Trope Finder is a redirect - rather than the reverse. Please help me understand.
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Could someone please confirm something for me, once and for all? I kind of want to cover my ass before I start quoting rules at someone. There is no such thing as a self-explanatory trope, correct? If it's on a trope list, it needs an explanation as to how it applies (and not just "X is one"), no exceptions.
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This from the Larry The Cable Guy page and didn't know if was a valid addition to the entry or just a really subtle justifying edit:
- Poe's Law: Larry pisses off an impressive number of self-professed intellectuals who seem to be completely unaware that he's just a fictitious character played by a comedian. Andrew "Dice" Clay pulled off a similar ruse years before.
- To be fair, as the Larry persona has become Whitney's primary money-maker, he rarely, if ever, appears in public out of character (see Secret-Identity Identity below). He has gone so far as to stay in character as Larry for a 60 Minutes interview; his only concession for that more serious venue was to tone down his affected Southern accent to a more conversational tone.

[Query is Web Video, by the way; no idea why it's not on here.]
So the last time I did a site-wide alteration, I received a suspension for it, so I figured it's best if I ask here.
Recently, The Cinema Snob, which had until then been a hub page for all of the works of Brad Jones, was split up into separate pages to cover different notable works (DVD-R Hell, Brad Tries, etc). So is it okay if I approach all potholes to The Cinema Snob that are actually referring to a different show (or to Brad himself), and change them to their proper targets?