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Dirtyblue929 Since: Dec, 2012
Dec 23rd 2014 at 6:34:11 PM •••

What I want to know is why this trope's name contains an exclamation point. I guess it's a reference to the film mentioned at the bottom of the page, but that just makes them even more indistinguishable.

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010
Dec 23rd 2014 at 9:12:32 PM •••

It's not a reference so much as an unfortunate side effect of how the site's coding works. The film has a custom title that gives it the exclamation point. As a result, all the subpages have the same custom title, evne if it shouldn't apply.

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MarqFJA (Before Recorded History)
Jan 4th 2015 at 4:53:41 AM •••

Yeah, though this problem actually stems from a change to how the custom title feature operated. Originally, we had to specify the namespace when inputting the Wiki Word, if it's something other than Main, and each subpage was treated as a separate article. Then somehow a host of glitches affected two-word namespaced pages, and ultimately it seems the (now former) admin Fast Eddie decided to remove distinction by namespace as a solution, leading to the current situation.

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97.113.60.144 Since: Dec, 1969
May 29th 2010 at 3:01:14 PM •••

Separate thread for The informant (film) ?

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