"Unfortunate Implications"

I've noticed it comes up a lot that people pothole Unfortunate Implications (which is supposed to be for racism, sexism, etc.) when they really mean Fridge Horror or Accidental Innuendo.

It'd be a good idea to get rid of these, yes?

In fact, we should probably get rid of the ones where it's talking about racism too, since it's a YMMV trope.

Isn't this more of a TRS topic?

No, because we're not fixing a specific article. This is about removing bad potholes from the wiki in general.

My advice would be to point it at the proper trope.

I don't think it's been determined that potholes to YMMVs need to be excised from the Main namespace entirely, only from works pages.

If it's wrong, that's different.

From what I can see, it has been determined. Quoting from What Goes Where On The Wiki:

YMMV (or Subjective Tropes)

• May not be listed or Pot Holed in main pages or character sheets (many have objective counterparts/relatives which can be used instead)

I think a campaign to reduce these potholes would be a good idea. They are frequently used to sneak a bit of editorializing in.

edited 2nd Apr '11 7:57:02 AM by Camacan

I disagree with Silver that when a trope page correctly links/potholes to Unfortunate Implications it automatically needs to be removed. I don't see anything saying subjectives aren't supposed to be in trope pages, only trope lists on works pages and character sheets.

edited 2nd Apr '11 2:40:11 PM by HersheleOstropoler

Subjectives should not be in works examples on trope pages. They can go in the description, of course, if they are related to the topic of the trope.

Did you read the second point in the "Exceptions" section?

edited 3rd Apr '11 7:56:55 AM by Killomatic

That wasn't clear. I'm sorry I missed the discussion.