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Would it be safe to say that this is to be used mostly for people who do things that would get them sent to the Village stocks (i.e. Deleting the main page or crashing the servers), as opposed to smaller things (like erroneously deleting an article), where you would use a trout?-- vgmddg ( look | talk | do) 23:32, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
A stranger applied this template to my talk-page, and I was not amused. The phrase "this could happen to you" and the link to a news article about a boating accident seem to imply that the recipient should be concerned about a serious accident in his or her future. In other words, the template comes across as a threat, not a joke.
Perhaps the template should be lightened up a bit by removing the "this could happen to you" and the link. Currently, it's only appropriate for friends who know each other well or have consented to being "slapped". --20:14, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
- Guy Macon 13:50, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Smash!
You've been
squished by a whale!
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know you did something really silly.
There is a discussion related to troutslapping at Wikipedia talk:Whacking with a Wet Trout#The trout is huge... Guy Macon ( talk) 11:44, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
This is the
talk page for discussing improvements to the
Whale template. |
|
![]() | This template was considered for deletion on 2 March 2011. The result of the discussion was "Keep". |
![]() | Department of Fun Template‑class Bottom‑importance | |||||||||
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Would it be safe to say that this is to be used mostly for people who do things that would get them sent to the Village stocks (i.e. Deleting the main page or crashing the servers), as opposed to smaller things (like erroneously deleting an article), where you would use a trout?-- vgmddg ( look | talk | do) 23:32, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
A stranger applied this template to my talk-page, and I was not amused. The phrase "this could happen to you" and the link to a news article about a boating accident seem to imply that the recipient should be concerned about a serious accident in his or her future. In other words, the template comes across as a threat, not a joke.
Perhaps the template should be lightened up a bit by removing the "this could happen to you" and the link. Currently, it's only appropriate for friends who know each other well or have consented to being "slapped". --20:14, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
- Guy Macon 13:50, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Smash!
You've been
squished by a whale!
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know you did something really silly.
There is a discussion related to troutslapping at Wikipedia talk:Whacking with a Wet Trout#The trout is huge... Guy Macon ( talk) 11:44, 22 March 2011 (UTC)