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Why, why, \\\'\\\'why\\\'\\\' does the title have to be a shitty anime reference? It\\\'s not witty at all; it\\\'s an extremely clunky fusion of the phenomenon\\\'s \\\'\\\'actual name\\\'\\\' with a painfully Engrish anime title that has nothing to do with the subject (except for the tenuous-to-the-breaking-point connection afforded by the word \\\"record\\\", which means \\\'\\\'completely different things\\\'\\\' in each context, not to mention that the albums in question were almost universally recorded \\\'\\\'after\\\'\\\' vinyl records had died out as a mainstream medium and that \\\"Record of Loudness\\\" sounds like a bizarre parody of \\\'\\\'Dungeons and Dragons\\\'\\\'-style item names). Would it have made any sense to name the SerialKiller page \\\"Serial Killer Experiments Lain\\\"? There isn\\\'t a page for \\\'\\\'Axis and Allies\\\'\\\' (yet?), but would \\\"Axis Powers Hetalia and Allies\\\" work at all as a title? \\\"Record of Loudness War\\\" is actually \\\'\\\'worse\\\'\\\' than those examples, given that it\\\'s not just a lame reference, but a \\\'\\\'pun\\\'\\\' that has that awkward, \\\"square peg-in-a-nearly-square hole\\\" feeling shared by all truly bad wordplay - and I\\\'m not talking about the entertaining, bad-on-purpose kind of bad here; I\\\'m talking about what Mark Twain referred to when he said that incompetent writers use the \\\"almost right\\\" words. It\\\'s a hobbling cripple of a pun that adds nothing to the title, is distracting to people who know about the anime and baffling to those who don\\\'t (for the record, I was previously familiar with \\\'\\\'Record of Lodoss War\\\'\\\' and I \\\'\\\'still\\\'\\\' thought that it was an awful name), and just provides another example of the stereotype that the people here have to get anime and video games all over everything - which, I guess, has been proven, given that they\\\'ve decided to keep a title that exists entirely for the purpose of shoehorning anime into an unrelated topic. The thread linked above had a bunch of people saying that we shouldn\\\'t \\\"fix what isn\\\'t broken\\\", on the grounds that people still managed to figure out what the page was about, but I always thought that it was good to fix things that are \\\'\\\'stupid\\\'\\\', \\\"broken\\\" or not. Really, the article should have been called \\\"Loudness War\\\" from the start, without any of the conflicting ideas, aesthetic butchery, or half-assed \\\"wit\\\" that it ended up being saddled with.

Why, why, \\\'\\\'why\\\'\\\' does the title have to be a shitty anime reference? It\\\'s not witty at all; it\\\'s an extremely clunky fusion of the phenomenon\\\'s \\\'\\\'actual name\\\'\\\' with a painfully Engrish anime title that has nothing to do with the subject (except for the tenuous-to-the-breaking-point connection afforded by the word \\\"record\\\", which means \\\'\\\'completely different things\\\'\\\' in each context, not to mention that the albums in question were almost universally recorded \\\'\\\'after\\\'\\\' vinyl records had died out as a mainstream medium and that \\\"Record of Loudness\\\" sounds like a bizarre parody of \\\'\\\'Dungeons and Dragons\\\'\\\'-style item names). Would it have made any sense to name the SerialKiller page \\\"Serial Killer Experiments Lain\\\"? There isn\\\'t a page for \\\'\\\'Axis and Allies\\\'\\\' (yet?), but would \\\"Axis Powers Hetalia and Allies\\\" work at all as a title? \\\"Record of Loudness War\\\" is actually \\\'\\\'worse\\\'\\\' than those examples, given that it\\\'s not just a lame reference, but a \\\'\\\'pun\\\'\\\' that has that awkward, \\\"square peg-in-a-nearly-square hole\\\" feeling shared by all truly bad wordplay - and I\\\'m not talking about the entertaining, bad-on-purpose kind of bad here; I\\\'m talking about what Mark Twain referred to when he said that incompetent writers use the \\\"almost right\\\" words. It\\\'s a hobbling cripple of a pun that adds nothing to the title, is distracting to those familiar with the anime and baffling to those who aren\\\'t (for the record, I was previously familiar with \\\'\\\'Record of Lodoss War\\\'\\\' and I \\\'\\\'still\\\'\\\' thought that it was an awful name), and just provides another example of the stereotype that the people here have to get anime and video games all over everything - which, I guess, has been proven, given that they\\\'ve decided to keep a title that exists entirely for the purpose of shoehorning anime into an unrelated topic. The thread linked above had a bunch of people saying that we shouldn\\\'t \\\"fix what isn\\\'t broken\\\", on the grounds that people still managed to figure out what the page was about, but I always thought that it was good to fix things that are \\\'\\\'stupid\\\'\\\', \\\"broken\\\" or not. Really, the article should have been called \\\"Loudness War\\\" from the start, without any of the conflicting ideas, aesthetic butchery, or half-assed \\\"wit\\\" that it ended up being saddled with.

Why, why, \\\'\\\'why\\\'\\\' does the title have to be a shitty anime reference? It\\\'s not witty at all; it\\\'s an extremely clunky fusion of the phenomenon\\\'s \\\'\\\'actual name\\\'\\\' with a painfully Engrish anime title that has nothing to do with the subject (except for the tenuous-to-the-breaking-point connection afforded by the word \\\"record\\\", which means \\\'\\\'completely different things\\\'\\\' in each context, not to mention that the albums in question were almost universally recorded \\\'\\\'after\\\'\\\' vinyl records had died out as a mainstream medium and that \\\"Record of Loudness\\\" sounds like a bizarre parody of \\\'\\\'Dungeons and Dragons\\\'\\\'-style item names). Would it have made any sense to name the SerialKiller page \\\"Serial Killer Experiments Lain\\\"? There isn\\\'t a page for \\\'\\\'Axis and Allies\\\'\\\' (yet?), but would \\\"Axis Powers Hetalia and Allies\\\" work at all as a name for it? \\\"Record of Loudness War\\\" is actually \\\'\\\'worse\\\'\\\' than those examples, given that it\\\'s not just a lame reference, but a \\\'\\\'pun\\\'\\\' that has that awkward, \\\"square peg-in-a-nearly-square hole\\\" feeling shared by all truly bad wordplay - and I\\\'m not talking about the entertaining, bad-on-purpose kind of bad here; I\\\'m talking about what Mark Twain referred to when he said that incompetent writers use the \\\"almost right\\\" words. It\\\'s a hobbling cripple of a pun that adds nothing to the title, is distracting to those familiar with the anime and baffling to those who aren\\\'t (for the record, I was previously familiar with \\\'\\\'Record of Lodoss War\\\'\\\' and I \\\'\\\'still\\\'\\\' thought that it was an awful name), and just provides another example of the stereotype that the people here have to get anime and video games all over everything - which, I guess, has been proven, given that they\\\'ve decided to keep a title that exists entirely for the purpose of shoehorning anime into an unrelated topic. The thread linked above had a bunch of people saying that we shouldn\\\'t \\\"fix what isn\\\'t broken\\\", on the grounds that people still managed to figure out what the page was about, but I always thought that it was good to fix things that are \\\'\\\'stupid\\\'\\\', \\\"broken\\\" or not. Really, the article should have been called \\\"Loudness War\\\" from the start, without any of the conflicting ideas, aesthetic butchery, or half-assed \\\"wit\\\" that it ended up being saddled with.

Why, why, \\\'\\\'why\\\'\\\' does the title have to be a shitty anime reference? It\\\'s not witty at all; it\\\'s an extremely clunky fusion of the phenomenon\\\'s \\\'\\\'actual name\\\'\\\' with a painfully Engrish anime title that has nothing to do with the subject (except for the tenuous-to-the-breaking-point connection afforded by the word \\\"record\\\", which means \\\'\\\'completely different things\\\'\\\' in each context, not to mention that the albums in question were almost universally recorded \\\'\\\'after\\\'\\\' vinyl records had died out as a mainstream medium and \\\"Record of Loudness\\\" sounds like a bizarre parody of \\\'\\\'Dungeons and Dragons\\\'\\\'-style item names). Would it have made any sense to name the SerialKiller page \\\"Serial Killer Experiments Lain\\\"? There isn\\\'t a page for \\\'\\\'Axis and Allies\\\'\\\' (yet?), but would \\\"Axis Powers Hetalia and Allies\\\" work at all as a name for it? \\\"Record of Loudness War\\\" is actually \\\'\\\'worse\\\'\\\' than those examples, given that it\\\'s not just a lame reference, but a \\\'\\\'pun\\\'\\\' that has that awkward, \\\"square peg-in-a-nearly-square hole\\\" feeling shared by all truly bad wordplay - and I\\\'m not talking about the entertaining, bad-on-purpose kind of bad here; I\\\'m talking about what Mark Twain referred to when he said that incompetent writers use the \\\"almost right\\\" words. It\\\'s a hobbling cripple of a pun that adds nothing to the title, is distracting to those familiar with the anime and baffling to those who aren\\\'t (for the record, I was previously familiar with \\\'\\\'Record of Lodoss War\\\'\\\' and I \\\'\\\'still\\\'\\\' thought that it was an awful name), and just provides another example of the stereotype that the people here have to get anime and video games all over everything - which, I guess, has been proven, given that they\\\'ve decided to keep a title that exists entirely for the purpose of shoehorning anime into an unrelated topic. The thread linked above had a bunch of people saying that we shouldn\\\'t \\\"fix what isn\\\'t broken\\\", on the grounds that people still managed to figure out what the page was about, but I always thought that it was good to fix things that are \\\'\\\'stupid\\\'\\\', \\\"broken\\\" or not. Really, the article should have been called \\\"Loudness War\\\" from the start, without any of the conflicting ideas, aesthetic butchery, or half-assed \\\"wit\\\" that it ended up being saddled with.

Why, why, \\\'\\\'why\\\'\\\' does the title have to be a shitty anime reference? It\\\'s not witty at all; it\\\'s an extremely clunky fusion of the phenomenon\\\'s \\\'\\\'actual name\\\'\\\' with a painfully Engrish anime title that has nothing to do with the subject (except for the tenuous-to-the-breaking-point connection afforded by the word \\\"record\\\", which means \\\'\\\'completely different things\\\'\\\' in each context, to say nothing of the fact that the albums in question were almost universally recorded \\\'\\\'after\\\'\\\' vinyl records had died out as a mainstream medium). Would it have made any sense to name the SerialKiller page \\\"Serial Killer Experiments Lain\\\"? There isn\\\'t a page for \\\'\\\'Axis and Allies\\\'\\\' (yet?), but would \\\"Axis Powers Hetalia and Allies\\\" work at all as a name for it? \\\"Record of Loudness War\\\" is actually \\\'\\\'worse\\\'\\\' than those examples, given that it\\\'s not just a lame reference, but a \\\'\\\'pun\\\'\\\' that has that awkward, \\\"square peg-in-a-nearly-square hole\\\" feeling shared by all truly bad wordplay - and I\\\'m not talking about the entertaining, bad-on-purpose kind of bad here; I\\\'m talking about what Mark Twain referred to when he said that incompetent writers use the \\\"almost right\\\" words. It\\\'s a hobbling cripple of a pun that adds nothing to the title, is distracting to those familiar with the anime and baffling to those who aren\\\'t (for the record, I was previously familiar with \\\'\\\'Record of Lodoss War\\\'\\\' and I \\\'\\\'still\\\'\\\' thought that it was an awful name), and just provides another example of the stereotype that the people here have to get anime and video games all over everything - which, I guess, has been proven, given that they\\\'ve decided to keep a title that exists entirely for the purpose of shoehorning anime into an unrelated topic. The thread linked above had a bunch of people saying that we shouldn\\\'t \\\"fix what isn\\\'t broken\\\", on the grounds that people still managed to figure out what the page was about, but I always thought that it was good to fix things that are \\\'\\\'stupid\\\'\\\', \\\"broken\\\" or not. Really, the article should have been called \\\"Loudness War\\\" from the start, without any of the conflicting ideas, aesthetic butchery, or half-assed \\\"wit\\\" that it ended up being saddled with.

Why, why, \\\'\\\'why\\\'\\\' does the title have to be a shitty anime reference? It\\\'s not witty at all; it\\\'s an extremely clunky fusion of the phenomenon\\\'s \\\'\\\'actual name\\\'\\\' with a painfully Engrish anime title that has nothing to do with the subject (except for the tenuous-to-the-breaking-point connection afforded by the word \\\"record\\\", which means \\\'\\\'completely different things\\\'\\\' in each context, to say nothing of the fact that the albums in question were almost universally recorded \\\'\\\'after\\\'\\\' vinyl records had died out as a mainstream medium). Would it have made any sense to name the SerialKiller page \\\"Serial Killer Experiments Lain\\\"? There isn\\\'t a page for \\\'\\\'Axis and Allies\\\'\\\' (yet?), but would \\\"Axis Powers Hetalia and Allies\\\" work at all as a name for it? \\\"Record of Loudness War\\\" is actually \\\'\\\'worse\\\'\\\' than those examples, given that it\\\'s not just a lame reference, but a \\\'\\\'pun\\\'\\\' that has that awkward, \\\"square peg-in-a-nearly-square hole\\\" feeling shared by all truly bad wordplay - and I\\\'m not talking about the entertaining, bad-on-purpose kind of bad here; I\\\'m talking about what Mark Twain referred to when he said that incompetent writers use the \\\"almost right\\\" words. It\\\'s a hobbling cripple of a pun that adds nothing to the title, is distracting to those familiar with the reference and baffling to those who don\\\'t (for the record, I was previously familiar with \\\'\\\'Record of Lodoss War\\\'\\\' and I \\\'\\\'still\\\'\\\' thought that it was an awful name), and just provides another example of the stereotype that the people here have to get anime and video games all over everything - which, I guess, has been proven, given that they\\\'ve decided to keep a title that exists entirely for the purpose of shoehorning anime into an unrelated topic. The thread linked above had a bunch of people saying that we shouldn\\\'t \\\"fix what isn\\\'t broken\\\", on the grounds that people still managed to figure out what the page was about, but I always thought that it was good to fix things that are \\\'\\\'stupid\\\'\\\', \\\"broken\\\" or not. Really, the article should have been called \\\"Loudness War\\\" from the start, without any of the conflicting ideas, aesthetic butchery, or half-assed \\\"wit\\\" that it ended up being saddled with.

Why, why, \\\'\\\'why\\\'\\\' does the title have to be a shitty anime reference? It\\\'s not witty at all; it\\\'s an extremely clunky fusion of the phenomenon\\\'s \\\'\\\'actual name\\\'\\\' with a painfully Engrish anime title that has nothing to do with the subject (except for the tenuous-to-the-breaking-point connection afforded by the word \\\"record\\\", which means \\\'\\\'completely different things\\\'\\\' in each context, to say nothing of the fact that the albums in question were almost universally recorded \\\'\\\'after\\\'\\\' vinyl records had died out as a mainstream medium). Would it have made any sense to name the SerialKiller page \\\"Serial Killer Experiments Lain\\\"? There isn\\\'t a page for \\\'\\\'Axis and Allies\\\'\\\' (yet?), but would \\\"Axis Powers Hetalia and Allies\\\" work at all as a name for it? \\\"Record of Loudness War\\\" is actually \\\'\\\'worse\\\'\\\' than those examples, given that it\\\'s not just a lame reference, but a \\\'\\\'pun\\\'\\\' that has that awkward, \\\"square peg-in-a-nearly-square hole\\\" feeling shared by all truly bad wordplay - and I\\\'m not talking about the entertaining, bad-on-purpose kind of bad here; I\\\'m talking about what Mark Twain referred to when he said that incompetent writers use the \\\"almost right\\\" words. It\\\'s a hobbling cripple of a pun that adds nothing to the title, is distracting to those familiar with the reference and baffling to those who don\\\'t (for the record, I was previously familiar with \\\'\\\'Record of Lodoss War\\\'\\\' and I \\\'\\\'still\\\'\\\' thought that it was an awful name), and just provides another example of the stereotype that the people here have to get anime and video games all over everything - which, I guess, has been proven, given that they\\\'ve decided to keep a title that exist entirely for the purpose of shoehorning anime into an unrelated topic. The thread linked above had a bunch of people saying that we shouldn\\\'t \\\"fix what isn\\\'t broken\\\", on the grounds that people still managed to figure out what the page was about, but I always thought that it was good to fix things that are \\\'\\\'stupid\\\'\\\', \\\"broken\\\" or not. Really, the article should have been called \\\"Loudness War\\\" from the start, without any of the conflicting ideas, aesthetic butchery, or half-assed \\\"wit\\\" that it ended up being saddled with.

Why, why, \\\'\\\'why\\\'\\\' does the title have to be a shitty anime reference? It\\\'s not witty at all; it\\\'s an extremely clunky fusion of the phenomenon\\\'s \\\'\\\'actual name\\\'\\\' with a painfully Engrish anime title that has nothing to do with the subject (except for the tenuous-to-the-breaking-point connection afforded by the word \\\"record\\\", which means \\\'\\\'completely different things\\\'\\\' in each context, to say nothing of the fact that the albums in question were almost universally recorded \\\'\\\'after\\\'\\\' vinyl records had died out as a mainstream medium). Would it have made any sense to name the SerialKiller page \\\"Serial Killer Experiments Lain\\\"? There isn\\\'t a page for \\\'\\\'Axis and Allies\\\'\\\' (yet?), but would \\\"Axis Powers Hetalia and Allies\\\" work at all as a name for it? \\\"Record of Loudness War\\\" is actually \\\'\\\'worse\\\'\\\' than those examples, given that it\\\'s not just a lame reference, but a \\\'\\\'pun\\\'\\\' that has that awkward, \\\"square peg-in-a-nearly-square hole\\\" feeling shared by all truly bad wordplay - and I\\\'m not talking about the entertaining, bad-on-purpose kind of bad here; I\\\'m talking about what Mark Twain referred to when he said that incompetent writers use the \\\"almost right\\\" words. It\\\'s a hobbling cripple of a pun that adds nothing to the title, is distracting to those familiar with the reference and baffling to those who don\\\'t (for the record, I was previously familiar with \\\'\\\'Record of Lodoss War\\\'\\\' and I \\\'\\\'still\\\'\\\' thought that it was an awful name), and just provides another example of the stereotype that the people here have to get anime and video games all over everything - which, I guess, has been proven, given that they\\\'ve decided to keep a title that exist entirely for the purpose of shoehorning anime into an unrelated topic. The thread linked above had a bunch of people saying that we shouldn\\\'t \\\"fix what isn\\\'t broken\\\", on the grounds that people still managed to figure out what the page was about, but I always thought that it was good to fix things that are \\\'\\\'stupid\\\'\\\', \\\"broken\\\" or not. Really, the article should have been called \\\"Loudness War\\\" from the start, without any of the conflicting concepts, aesthetic butchery, or half-assed \\\"wit\\\" that it ended up being saddled with.

Why, why, \\\'\\\'why\\\'\\\' does the title have to be a shitty anime reference? It\\\'s not witty at all; it\\\'s an extremely clunky fusion of the phenomenon\\\'s \\\'\\\'actual name\\\'\\\' with a painfully Engrish anime title that has nothing to do with the subject (except for the tenuous-to-the-breaking-point connection afforded by the word \\\"record\\\", which means \\\'\\\'completely different things\\\'\\\' in each context, to say nothing of the fact that the albums in question were almost universally recorded \\\'\\\'after\\\'\\\' vinyl records had died out as a mainstream medium). Would it have made any sense to name the SerialKiller page \\\"Serial Killer Experiments Lain\\\"? There isn\\\'t a page for \\\'\\\'Axis and Allies\\\'\\\' (yet?), but would \\\"Axis Powers Hetalia and Allies\\\" work at all as a name for it? \\\"Record of Loudness War\\\" is actually \\\'\\\'worse\\\'\\\' than those examples, given that it\\\'s not just a lame reference, but a \\\'\\\'pun\\\'\\\' that has that awkward, \\\"square peg-in-a-not-quite-square hole\\\" feeling shared by all truly bad wordplay - and I\\\'m not talking about the entertaining, bad-on-purpose kind of bad here; I\\\'m talking about what Mark Twain referred to when he said that incompetent writers use the \\\"almost right\\\" words. It\\\'s a hobbling cripple of a pun that adds nothing to the title, is distracting to those familiar with the reference and baffling to those who don\\\'t (for the record, I was previously familiar with \\\'\\\'Record of Lodoss War\\\'\\\' and I \\\'\\\'still\\\'\\\' thought that it was an awful name), and just provides another example of the stereotype that the people here have to get anime and video games all over everything - which, I guess, has been proven, given that they\\\'ve decided to keep a title that exist entirely for the purpose of shoehorning anime into an unrelated topic. The thread linked above had a bunch of people saying that we shouldn\\\'t \\\"fix what isn\\\'t broken\\\", on the grounds that people still managed to figure out what the page was about, but I always thought that it was good to fix things that are \\\'\\\'stupid\\\'\\\', \\\"broken\\\" or not. Really, the article should have been called \\\"Loudness War\\\" from the start, without any of the conflicting concepts, aesthetic butchery, or half-assed \\\"wit\\\" that it ended up being saddled with.

Why, why, \\\'\\\'why\\\'\\\' does the title have to be a shitty anime reference? It\\\'s not witty at all; it\\\'s an extremely clunky fusion of the phenomenon\\\'s \\\'\\\'actual name\\\'\\\' with a painfully Engrish anime title that has nothing to do with the subject (except for the extremely tenuous connection afforded by the word \\\"record\\\", which means \\\'\\\'completely different things\\\'\\\' in each context, to say nothing of the fact that the albums in question were almost universally recorded \\\'\\\'after\\\'\\\' vinyl records had died out as a mainstream medium). Would it have made any sense to name the SerialKiller page \\\"Serial Killer Experiments Lain\\\"? There isn\\\'t a page for \\\'\\\'Axis and Allies\\\'\\\' (yet?), but would \\\"Axis Powers Hetalia and Allies\\\" work at all as a name for it? \\\"Record of Loudness War\\\" is actually \\\'\\\'worse\\\'\\\' than those examples, given that it\\\'s not just a lame reference, but a \\\'\\\'pun\\\'\\\' that has that awkward, \\\"square peg-in-a-not-quite-square hole\\\" feeling shared by all truly bad wordplay - and I\\\'m not talking about the entertaining, bad-on-purpose kind of bad here; I\\\'m talking about what Mark Twain referred to when he said that incompetent writers use the \\\"almost right\\\" words. It\\\'s a hobbling cripple of a pun that adds nothing to the title, is distracting to those familiar with the reference and baffling to those who don\\\'t (for the record, I was previously familiar with \\\'\\\'Record of Lodoss War\\\'\\\' and I \\\'\\\'still\\\'\\\' thought that it was an awful name), and just provides another example of the stereotype that the people here have to get anime and video games all over everything - which, I guess, has been proven, given that they\\\'ve decided to keep a title that exist entirely for the purpose of shoehorning anime into an unrelated topic. The thread linked above had a bunch of people saying that we shouldn\\\'t \\\"fix what isn\\\'t broken\\\", on the grounds that people still managed to figure out what the page was about, but I always thought that it was good to fix things that are \\\'\\\'stupid\\\'\\\', \\\"broken\\\" or not. Really, the article should have been called \\\"Loudness War\\\" from the start, without any of the conflicting concepts, aesthetic butchery, or half-assed \\\"wit\\\" that it ended up being saddled with.

Why, why, \\\'\\\'why\\\'\\\' does the title have to be a shitty anime reference? It\\\'s not witty at all; it\\\'s an extremely clunky fusion of the phenomenon\\\'s \\\'\\\'actual name\\\'\\\' with a painfully Engrish anime title that has nothing to do with the subject (except for the extremely tenuous connection afforded by the word \\\"record\\\", which means \\\'\\\'completely different things\\\'\\\' in each context, to say nothing of the fact that the albums in question were almost universally recorded \\\'\\\'after\\\'\\\' vinyl records had died out as a mainstream medium). Would it have made any sense to name the SerialKiller page \\\"Serial Killer Experiments Lain\\\"? There isn\\\'t a page for \\\'\\\'Axis and Allies\\\'\\\' (yet?), but would \\\"Axis Powers Hetalia and Allies\\\" work at all as a name for it? \\\"Record of Loudness War\\\" is actually \\\'\\\'worse\\\'\\\' than those examples, given that it\\\'s not just a lame reference, but a \\\'\\\'pun\\\'\\\' that has that awkward, \\\"square peg-in-an-almost-but-not-quite-square hole\\\" feeling shared by all truly bad wordplay - and I\\\'m not talking about the entertaining, bad-on-purpose kind of bad here; I\\\'m talking about what Mark Twain referred to when he said that incompetent writers use the \\\"almost right\\\" words. It\\\'s a hobbling cripple of a pun that adds nothing to the title, is distracting to those familiar with the reference and baffling to those who don\\\'t (for the record, I was previously familiar with \\\'\\\'Record of Lodoss War\\\'\\\' and I \\\'\\\'still\\\'\\\' thought that it was an awful name), and just provides another example of the stereotype that the people here have to get anime and video games all over everything - which, I guess, has been proven, given that they\\\'ve decided to keep a title that exist entirely for the purpose of shoehorning anime into an unrelated topic. The thread linked above had a bunch of people saying that we shouldn\\\'t \\\"fix what isn\\\'t broken\\\", on the grounds that people still managed to figure out what the page was about, but I always thought that it was good to fix things that are \\\'\\\'stupid\\\'\\\', \\\"broken\\\" or not. Really, the article should have been called \\\"Loudness War\\\" from the start, without any of the conflicting concepts, aesthetic butchery, or half-assed \\\"wit\\\" that it ended up being saddled with.

Why, why, \\\'\\\'why\\\'\\\' does the title have to be a shitty anime reference? It\\\'s not witty at all; it\\\'s an extremely clunky fusion of the phenomenon\\\'s \\\'\\\'actual name\\\'\\\' with a painfully Engrish anime title that has nothing to do with the subject (except for the extremely tenuous connection afforded by the word \\\"record\\\", which means \\\'\\\'completely different things\\\'\\\' in each context, to say nothing of the fact that the albums in question were almost universally recorded \\\'\\\'after\\\'\\\' vinyl records had died out as a mainstream medium). Would it have made any sense to name the SerialKiller page \\\"Serial Killer Experiments Lain\\\"? There isn\\\'t a page for \\\'\\\'Axis and Allies\\\'\\\' (yet?), but would \\\"Axis Powers Hetalia and Allies\\\" work at all as a name for it? \\\"Record of Loudness War\\\" is actually \\\'\\\'worse\\\'\\\' than those examples, given that it\\\'s not just a lame reference, but a \\\'\\\'pun\\\'\\\' that has that awkward, \\\"square peg-in-an-almost-but-not-quite-square hole\\\" feeling shared by all truly bad wordplay - and I\\\'m not talking about the entertaining, bad-on-purpose kind of bad here; I\\\'m talking about what Mark Twain referred to when he said that incompetent writers use the \\\"almost right\\\" words. It\\\'s a hobbling cripple of a pun that adds nothing to the title, is distracting to those familiar with the reference and baffling to those who don\\\'t (for the record, I was previously familiar with \\\'\\\'Record of Lodoss War\\\'\\\' and I \\\'\\\'still\\\'\\\' thought that it was an awful name), and just provides another example of the stereotype that the people here have to get anime and video games all over everything - which, I guess, has been proven, given that they\\\'ve decided to keep a title that exist entirely for the purpose of shoehorning anime into an unrelated topic. The thread linked above had a bunch of people saying that we shouldn\\\'t \\\"fix what isn\\\'t broken\\\", on the grounds that people still managed to figure out what the page was about, but I always thought that it was good to fix things that are \\\'\\\'stupid\\\'\\\', \\\"broken\\\" or not. Really, it should have been \\\"Loudness War\\\" from the start.

Why, why, \\\'\\\'why\\\'\\\' does the title have to be a shitty anime reference? It\\\'s not witty at all; it\\\'s an extremely clunky fusion of the phenomenon\\\'s \\\'\\\'actual name\\\'\\\' with a painfully Engrish anime title that has nothing to do with the subject (except for the extremely tenuous connection afforded by the word \\\"record\\\", which means \\\'\\\'completely different things\\\'\\\' in each context, to say nothing of the fact that the albums in question were almost universally recorded after vinyl records had died out as a mainstream medium). Would it have made any sense to name the SerialKiller page \\\"Serial Killer Experiments Lain\\\"? There isn\\\'t a page for \\\'\\\'Axis and Allies\\\'\\\' (yet?), but would \\\"Axis Powers Hetalia and Allies\\\" work at all as a name for it? \\\"Record of Loudness War\\\" is actually \\\'\\\'worse\\\'\\\' than those examples, given that it\\\'s not just a lame reference, but a \\\'\\\'pun\\\'\\\' that has that awkward, \\\"square peg-in-an-almost-but-not-quite-square hole\\\" feeling shared by all truly bad wordplay - and I\\\'m not talking about the entertaining, bad-on-purpose kind of bad here; I\\\'m talking about what Mark Twain referred to when he said that incompetent writers use the \\\"almost right\\\" words. It\\\'s a hobbling cripple of a pun that adds nothing to the title, is distracting to those familiar with the reference and baffling to those who don\\\'t (for the record, I was previously familiar with \\\'\\\'Record of Lodoss War\\\'\\\' and I \\\'\\\'still\\\'\\\' thought that it was an awful name), and just provides another example of the stereotype that the people here have to get anime and video games all over everything - which, I guess, has been proven, given that they\\\'ve decided to keep a title that exist entirely for the purpose of shoehorning anime into an unrelated topic. The thread linked above had a bunch of people saying that we shouldn\\\'t \\\"fix what isn\\\'t broken\\\", on the grounds that people still managed to figure out what the page was about, but I always thought that it was good to fix things that are \\\'\\\'stupid\\\'\\\', \\\"broken\\\" or not. Really, it should have been \\\"Loudness War\\\" from the start.

Why, why, \\\'\\\'why\\\'\\\' does it have to be a shitty anime pun? It\\\'s not witty; it\\\'s an extremely clunky fusion of the phenomenon\\\'s \\\'\\\'actual name\\\'\\\' with a painfully Engrish anime title that has nothing to do with the subject (except for the extremely tenuous connection afforded by the word \\\"record\\\", which means \\\'\\\'completely different things\\\'\\\' in each context, to say nothing of the fact that the albums in question were almost universally recorded after vinyl records had died out as a mainstream medium). That would be like naming the \\\"Serial Killer\\\" page \\\"Serial Killer Experiments Lain\\\". The pun adds nothing to the title, is distracting to those familiar with the reference and baffling to those who don\\\'t (for the record, I was previously familiar with \\\'\\\'Record of Lodoss War\\\'\\\' and I \\\'\\\'still\\\'\\\' thought that it was an awful name), and just provides another example of the stereotype that the people here have to get anime and video games all over everything. The thread linked above had a bunch of people saying that we shouldn\\\'t \\\"fix what isn\\\'t broken\\\", on the grounds that people still managed to figure out what the page was about, but I always thought that it was good to fix things that are \\\'\\\'stupid\\\'\\\', \\\"broken\\\" or not. Really, it should have been \\\"Loudness War\\\" from the start.

Why, why, \\\'\\\'why\\\'\\\' does it have to be a shitty anime pun? It\\\'s not witty; it\\\'s an extremely clunky fusion of the phenomenon\\\'s \\\'\\\'actual name\\\'\\\' with a painfully Engrish anime title that has nothing to do with the subject (except for the extremely tenuous connection afforded by the word \\\"record\\\", which means \\\'\\\'completely different things\\\'\\\' in each context, to say nothing of the fact that the albums in question were almost universally recorded after vinyl records had died out as a mainstream medium). That would be like naming the \\\"Serial Killer\\\" page \\\"Serial Killer Experiments Lain\\\". The pun adds nothing to the title, is distracting to those familiar with the reference and baffling to those who don\\\'t (for the record, I was previously familiar with \\\'\\\'Record of Lodoss War\\\'\\\' and I \\\'\\\'still\\\'\\\' thought that it was an awful name), and it just provides another example of the stereotype that the people here have to get anime and video games all over everything. The thread linked above had a bunch of people saying that we shouldn\\\'t \\\"fix what isn\\\'t broken\\\", on the grounds that people still managed to figure out what the page was about, but I always thought that it was good to fix things that are \\\'\\\'stupid\\\'\\\', \\\"broken\\\" or not. Really, it should have been \\\"Loudness War\\\" from the start.

Why, why, \\\'\\\'why\\\'\\\' does it have to be a shitty anime pun? It\\\'s not witty; it\\\'s an extremely clunky fusion of the phenomenon\\\'s \\\'\\\'actual name\\\'\\\' with a painfully Engrish anime title that has nothing to do with the subject (except for the extremely tenuous connection afforded by the word \\\"record\\\", which means \\\'\\\'completely different things\\\'\\\' in each context). That would be like naming the \\\"Serial Killer\\\" page \\\"Serial Killer Experiments Lain\\\". The pun adds nothing to the title, is distracting to those familiar with the reference and baffling to those who don\\\'t (for the record, I was previously familiar with \\\'\\\'Record of Lodoss War\\\'\\\' and I \\\'\\\'still\\\'\\\' thought that it was an awful name), and it just provides another example of the stereotype that the people here have to get anime and video games all over everything. The thread linked above had a bunch of people saying that we shouldn\\\'t \\\"fix what isn\\\'t broken\\\", on the grounds that people still managed to figure out what the page was about, but I always thought that it was good to fix things that are \\\'\\\'stupid\\\'\\\', \\\"broken\\\" or not. Really, it should have been \\\"Loudness War\\\" from the start.