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Good luck maintaining a page for things that are "confusing and nonsensical", without it involving things that can be perceived as "complaints". Really, I don't see too much difference between the names Headscratchers and It Just Bugs Me. They're both for things that don't make sense.
I do see a bit of difference between You Fail X Forever and Artistic License. One is a title that sometimes gets me laughing out loud when I read a specific example and apply it. The other one is a watered down title that no longer has much to do with the actual page it's on. Just read the trope description and see if it sounds like Artistic License to you.
"This trope is for those who try to use history, but their knowledge of history seems to stop some time last week."
How? By actively working to enforce policies and their spirit, and by bringing things to FastEddie's attention. For example: the current article on Deadpool is very well done. It's written in first person, and if you know anything about Deadpool's media, this presentation really makes the most sense. There's recently been a discussion on first person articles, and consensus is currently leaning toward getting rid of most of them, but keeping appropriate examples like Deadpool and the Joker the way they are.
Well, I bet if we put our minds to it, we could ruin this article in under a month. If FastEddie thought the presentation of Memento wasn't funny enough to justify, I'm sure he just hasn't seen the Deadpool article yet. If he ever does, it's probably done for. On that same note, there are probably loads of videogame articles that are currently getting a by, safe from Eddie's detection. We can speed that process along, if we want to actually make tvtropes go downhill.
(Meh, I'm mostly joking.)
I think the core problem involving the “complaining” and
such being rooted out is that some people, instead of being involved in several
internet communities and venues, have a tendency to latch on and root to a
given community so they take there whole being with them. I know It’s a
tendency I myself have at least.
No, I think what you meant to say was something like, "People are complaining about tvtropes here, just because they're not allowed to complain about tvtropes on the main site itself."
As for the storm of feces, I'm not aware of anything going on over there that's been caused by something over here. I don't think anyone's going to really take my advice of bringing things to FastEddie's attention or enforcing his policies more actively.
And I don't get that "for the sake of bitching" either. People complain here because in no other place are TV Tropes complaints more relevant (TV Tropes included). They complain at all because these are their opinions, and that's what forums are for. There's no other reason to complain, as nothing will be done about it either way.
EDIT: I have no actual schemes or plots against tvtropes going on. The only thing closest to it is improving the mirror wiki, and I'm to lazy to have even done that very much.
Le sigh. I should probably just forget about tropes and go back to editing on the Star Wars wiki. Or, you know, less internet and stuff. :-)
So like, a Wikipedia version of Encyclopedia Dramatica with less shitty attack articles and more summaries on shows, food, games, and memes.
I would call it, Flamopedia. or Shitpedia.
Wild Mass Guess: TVTropes has grown so powerful, that eliminating the Encyclopedia Dramatica article sent ripples through reality that eventually killed Encylopedia Dramatica.