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\'\'\'#: Renames and mergers aren\'t the same thing.\'\'\' More than anything, it\'s just a straight-up [[SquarePegRoundTrope misuse]] of the page. If a trope is renamed, that means it\'s \'\'name was changed\'\'. If a trope is merged, that means it was \'\'combined with another trope\'\'. They \'\'can\'\' overlap, but they\'re entirely different things. Allow me to elaborate:
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\\\'\\\'\\\'#1: Renames and mergers aren\\\'t the same thing.\\\'\\\'\\\' More than anything, it\\\'s just a straight-up [[SquarePegRoundTrope misuse]] of the page. If a trope is renamed, that means it\\\'s \\\'\\\'name was changed\\\'\\\'. If a trope is merged, that means it was \\\'\\\'combined with another trope\\\'\\\'. They \\\'\\\'can\\\'\\\' overlap, but they\\\'re entirely different things. Allow me to elaborate:
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\\\"FandomBerserkButton was merged from \\\"Nerd Rage\\\" which was too ambiguous and \\\"Gannon-Banned\\\" which was an obscure \\\'\\\'Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda\\\'\\\' reference.\\\"
This is an example of a listed merger that makes sense, since \\\'\\\'a name change, did in fact, occur\\\'\\\'. As an added bonus, it states the problem with one of the old names. On the other hand:
\\\"TheDitz absorbed \\\"Ralph Wiggum\\\", which was TheSameButMore.\\\"
Listing \\\'\\\'this\\\'\\\' makes no sense, because \\\'\\\'no name change occured\\\'\\\'. It doesn\\\'t tell me anything about why the old trope\\\'s name was bad, just that the trope attached to it wasn\\\'t distinguished enough, so we got rid of it and redirected it. The new name is still attached to the same trope it was before, and the old trope doesn\\\'t even \\\'\\\'exist\\\'\\\' anymore. It\\\'s \\\'\\\'gone\\\'\\\'. In that respect it\\\'s more similar to a trope getting \\\'\\\'cut\\\'\\\' than a trope getting renamed, we just keep the old names for the inbounds.
\\\'\\\'\\\'#2: It begs the question: what else we can put here?\\\'\\\'\\\' If we\\\'re putting mergers on this page, are we going to include splits as well? Which leads to my next point:
\\\'\\\'\\\'#3: This list is already massive.\\\'\\\'\\\' Quite simply, the list of RenamedTropes is huge - so huge it had to be split into subpages. The list will only get longer over time, and including mergers, splits, of whatever else on this list will just clutter it up. In my opinion, it\\\'s just not worth it.
This is an example of a listed merger that makes sense, since \\\'\\\'a name change, did in fact, occur\\\'\\\'. As an added bonus, it states the problem with one of the old names. On the other hand:
\\\"TheDitz absorbed \\\"Ralph Wiggum\\\", which was TheSameButMore.\\\"
Listing \\\'\\\'this\\\'\\\' makes no sense, because \\\'\\\'no name change occured\\\'\\\'. It doesn\\\'t tell me anything about why the old trope\\\'s name was bad, just that the trope attached to it wasn\\\'t distinguished enough, so we got rid of it and redirected it. The new name is still attached to the same trope it was before, and the old trope doesn\\\'t even \\\'\\\'exist\\\'\\\' anymore. It\\\'s \\\'\\\'gone\\\'\\\'. In that respect it\\\'s more similar to a trope getting \\\'\\\'cut\\\'\\\' than a trope getting renamed, we just keep the old names for the inbounds.
\\\'\\\'\\\'#2: It begs the question: what else we can put here?\\\'\\\'\\\' If we\\\'re putting mergers on this page, are we going to include splits as well? Which leads to my next point:
\\\'\\\'\\\'#3: This list is already massive.\\\'\\\'\\\' Quite simply, the list of RenamedTropes is huge - so huge it had to be split into subpages. The list will only get longer over time, and including mergers, splits, of whatever else on this list will just clutter it up. In my opinion, it\\\'s just not worth it.
