I am surprised that there hasn't been a stable WMG/WMG cleanup thread yet.
Here we look at the entries at WMG and make sure it doesn't get too out of control.
- Stealth complaning and Creator Bashing. Enough said.
- NSFW entries. Basically, any entry that contains or panders to bizarre sexual parings or fetishes.
- Entries that purely consist of trolling or out of context memes. WMG is a silly place, but a line has to be drawn somewhere.
- WMG that seems to be based on Content Leaks, or states that it is jossed/confirmed by leaks. We don't trope leaks.
- WMG that veers into Real Life Troping. Creators can potentially have WMG subpages, but they should only focus on the creator's work - and should only be created if the WMG is about works that don't have their own pages. Things like speculation about why a creator left a project don't belong on WMG.
- WMG for episodic works that spoils future instalments. WMG must always be Spoilers Off, but a WMG page that's specifically for the first book in a trilogy shouldn't spoil the other two.
Edited by Mrph1 on Mar 18th 2024 at 10:08:52 AM
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I mean, it's very stupid but... I don't think it's offensively bad. Just stupid bad.
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I wanna be a cowboy, baby
what can I say except... Ew
On another note. Seeing how there's been two Mario Kart 8 WM Gs based on leaks and datamined content, should we add some kind of commented out notice asking people to not add theories based on leaks?
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KIRBY CAR
I don't really see why not.
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Neptunia Ichiban
The "Doody type" thing just seems more like immature Toilet Humor than anything else, yeah.
Anyway, found this on WMG.Inside Out and eh... feels pretty inappropiate and gross to theorize about a 12-year old kid having been molested as a younger kid? Just, what the fuck.
- Jossed. Riley just has a fear of clowns.
- There's nothing to suggest that that fear didn't COME from being molested.
Discarded and Feeling Blue
Yeah, cut, that's edgy for no reason (and it would have left far worst scars than a generic fear of clowns)
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I wanna be a cowboy, baby
how does this sound for WMG.Mario Kart 8?:
Per site policy on unreleased content, do not add guesses based on content leaks.
Stan GaruKaru for clear skin
It's either real or it's a dream
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Sounds good to me.
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Sounds good, and in line with what we said on Spider-Man's WMG after the comic content leaks a week or two back.
Edited by Mrph1 on Jun 10th 2023 at 9:50:36 AM
She / Her
KIRBY CAR
(x4) ![[tup]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thumbs_up_emote.png "[thumb up]"){kind=small}
An Alternative Character Interpretation I've thought of...What we're given of Bryan's past, and indeed some of how he acts now that It's Personal, could easily indicate that he is, if not necessarily a Retired Monster, at least someone who could easily have been the villain of another story in his younger years.
- Practically confirmed by the trailer for the sequel. Bryan is the villain of another story: his story. Even Evil Has Loved Ones applies to both sides.
I don't really get why this the response implies that Bryan Mills is the villain of Taken 2.
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For anyone who's not seen it, there's an unusual WMG query on ATT
at the moment - a troper who seems to be parroting very slightly modified versions of other people's existing WMG theories.
Edited by Mrph1 on Jun 13th 2023 at 1:12:39 PM
It appears that the WMG page for Love Live! has been clustered with many guesses from different anime series, with each having their own continuity that's not related to School Idol Project. With many other Love Live WMG pages that exists (e.g. Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Love Live! Superstar!!, Genjitsu no Yohane -SUNSHINE in the MIRROR-), should Love Live! Sunshine!! have it's very own WMG instead of a redirect?
She / Her
(x3) I don't think that subbullet is needed either.
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WMG.Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator has this:
It's part of the Meta folder, and Meta guesses aren't allowed, so it can be zapped.
How sweet it is
WMG.Metal Gear Solid V is a dupe of WMG.Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain, plus there are spoiler tags on the latter that need to be addressed as well.
I would cutlist the former, but I need to ensure there's no WMG's that need to move over to the latter.
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How sweet it is
I feel some of the WMG's are about him, instead of his music. There are some related to his music, so the page can stay; we just need to deal with the ones about the artist.
Edit: Found meta guesses in WMG.Pokemon Sun And Moon, and took out a few.
Edited by Berrenta on Aug 2nd 2023 at 10:42:20 AM
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WMG.Jacksfilms — I've no idea what it's trying to say.
I'd like to apologize for all this.
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Yeah, no idea what it's referring to (I know who Sammy is but the first half is confusing me).
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WMG.Economy Watch is entirely written by David Johnson VG, who is apparently the creator of Economy Watch.
(There was a relevant ATT here, which ended up cutting the YMMV page for similar reasons)
..you can't write WMG for your own creation, can you?
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WMG.Doctor Who seems to have a lot of subpages (understandable), a lot of spoiler tagging on those pages (not so good) and a lot of "overheard during filming" and other Content Leak elements.
There's also Doctor Who (with spoilers), reflecting the spoiler tagging on the others...
I've just cut content leaks and removed spoiler tagging from pages for the upcoming specials and series, but it may need a wider review.
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WMG.The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes has a duplicated theory (the one about Clerk Carmine). Remove the dupe?
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She / Her
That sounds like a reasonable removal.
So, there's this one on WMG.Pokemon Future Species, in the "New types and miscellaneous type-related WMG" folder, which is very, uh. Very.