Discussion Administrivia / ExampleSectionectomy

I have been wondering the same. In fact, the page should give priority to the straight cases of ES over the other types of "purging" (as these are much less common). Turning the page into an index would be a good idea, too. However, this is something that should be discussed with the wiki staff.

EDIT: Fixed a very embarrasing mistake.

Personally, I third this action. Still, a mod should approve of folderizing this page.

I've done an attempt at this.

Orwellian Editor was locked and given an ES for being too controversial. Should I move that trope from unsorted to "too contentious"?

I am also curious about this. One of the reasons I favor(ed?) TV Tropes over Wikipedia was its intentional lack of restrictions on what merits inclusion... this new trend of pruning "bloated" pages worries me.

Seriously. I mean, it says "if the examples are poor quality". Who is determining what "poor quality" means, and what standards are being used? I mean, unless its a case of "I like that example/I don't like that example", in which case, wow...

The Trope Repair Shop is right there, guys.

See Administrivia for all you need to know.

This is, quite frankly, getting ridiculous. Huge portions of the wiki are getting deleted with no warning and for no reason. How many people does it take to approve this kind of thing? It seems like all it takes is for one mod to get rubbed the wrong way by something trivial.

Sadly, changes never come without a sacrifice.

The authority is oppressing us. We must disobey !

"We are not a stuffy encyclopedic wiki. We're a buttload more informal. We encourage breezy language and original thought."

And yet it's been going the opposite way since 2010 and has more in common with That Other Wiki than itself. Are examples open for discussion? No examples allowed. Might it rub a vast, almost non-existent minority the wrong way? Deleted entirely. Troper Tales? What do you mean, that never existed. "This page just defines the term, here's zero examples to help you understand what exactly it means. Just go through *every* page on the site to find any."

The front page itself is a "Funny Aneurysm" Moment these days.

Welcome to the world of Why Fandom Can't Have Nice Things.

Perhaps, instead of complaining for what's not here anymore, you could help us preserve what's still intact (or mostly intact). As long as tropers continue abusing the lenience and informal tone of the wiki, more deletions are going to happen.

And by the way, this discussion page should only pertain the Example Sectionectomy article, not the policies of the wiki. The forums are where you should take this to.

It doesn't make sense at all ! But it's completely cool ! So... er, potatos and burning lemons !