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Since: Jan, 2001
27th Apr, 2024 08:31:28 AM
The rule applies to tropes. The nature of YMMV is that not everyone will agree with it. Inserting "arguably" into Good Bad Bugs or whatever is probably fine but may not help the entry because the "arguably" part is already assumed.
It's always been my understanding that the intention behind Examples Are Not Arguable is to state that either something is an example of a trope, or it isn't an example, and that entries that read along the lines of "X/Y is arguably an example of this trope" should be clarified or deleted.
However, lately I've noticed several instances of users seemingly interpeting the policy to mean that the words "arguable", "arguably" and other variants thereof aren't allowed to be used on the site in any context short of directly quoting a work, even on YMMV or Darth Wiki pages. Is this a correct reading of the policy, especially given that YMMV tropes are by their very nature something that people are going to potentially argue over?