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honeyishrunkmyself is running a find-and-replace from "space" to "spaaaaaace". Also removing the word "egregious" entirely in the style of the IANMTU removal.
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Hoo boy, Bowdler.Bowdlerise is a mess.
- Is there any reason the namespace is Bowdler rather than SelfDemonstrating?
- The main self-demonstration is altering the page to make Bowdlerisation and Media Watchdogs seem positive, rather than actually censoring anything.
- The page didn't receive the "removal of spoiler tags above the examples line" update that the main Bowdlerise page did, which is both inconsistent with the main page and a violation of our spoiler-tag policy. The page quote and image caption probably need to be dumped entirely, as there is no way to make them work on a "proper" self-demonstration without including spoiler tags.
With that in mind, I've created Sandbox.Bowdlerise as a better example of self-demonstration.
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Considering the ban on potholing trope names in example lists, should we make a separate self-demonstrating page for Attack of the The Eye Creatures in order to maintain the "the the" joke?
We have precedent, as Gadsby received a self-demonstrating page for this reason.
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It seems someone's been adding examples pertaining to Selfie at the top of example lists, even if the lists are already alphabetized. While there's little risk of it happening with Selfie again for obvious reasons, whatever troper did this might do this again with some other series in the future.

Can someone explain to me why my cut request for Interrupting Meme was declined, considering the quality of the page or lack thereof?