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Having just been through a deletion discussion and DRV about this template, maybe we should have a discussion about whether this template crosses the line in its current format. Yes, it's a humor page but it's also regularly applied (misapplied?) against users who don't know that and who take it rather seriously. The sheer size of the image makes this template come across as deliberately provocative. I propose that this version be redirected to Template:Trout small which still gets the point across but doesn't completely dominate the page and disrupt all conversations.
Yes, I am a stick in the mud, a curmudgeon and a killjoy. Rossami (talk) 23:13, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
The line "Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know you did something silly." was recently added and then removed. Personally, I think it should be added back. That phrase alone did a lot to reduce the emotional impact of the image in my opinion. And while editors should include an explanatory note when adding this template to a page, too often they do not. Or more specifically, their note reinforces the hostile interpretation rather than the "just in fun" interpretation. Rossami (talk) 21:47, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm not the biggest fan of {{ trout}}, but I am a big fan of following consensus and policies and guidelines. The decision has been made by the community that {{ trout}} is humorous and should be kept. The line "Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know you did something silly." was added to soften the impact of the template. GregKaye is taking issue with "just wants to let you know you did something silly", saying in his edit summary "we don't WP:ASSERT." I would like to point out that GregKaye is invoking a subsection of an essay on WP:NPOV, not the policy itself, and WP:NPOV, the actual policy, only applies to articles, not essays or humorous templates, which are allowed to express personal opinions. I'd also like to point out that GregKaye made his change to the template on the same day he himself was trouted, and consensus is that criticisms made of this template right after one has been trouted are suspect. Mmyers1976 ( talk) 14:06, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
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Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know you did something silly. |
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Sizzle! The trout you used to slap another Wikipedian has been gutted, roasted over the coals, and served with tartar sauce. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that, just like the trout in this picture, your trouting of Wikipedians is overdone. |
Someone just wants to say that you did something silly." but does give support to, "
Someone just wants to let you know you did something silly." I really do not understand your objection. Greg Kaye 11:46, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
Someone just wants to say that you did something silly" is SO MUCH different and SO MUCH better than "
Someone just wants to let you know you did something silly", then fine, be my guest, change it, I won't stand in your way, but just know that you have earned this:
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Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly. |
Should this page be merged with Uw-Disruptive1 David Dylan ( talk) 01:41, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
I like this template but must say, I'd like one for tuna as well
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Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly. |
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