I understand what the concept is getting at, but it's a horrible name, and Triple Question Mark doesn't reflect all of the variations that this can take, whether it be a character's name displayed as a single question mark, the text "Unknown", "Mystery Man", or what have you. If anything, the concept should be deleted and replaced with a new page that has a better name, like Unknown Speaker, Mystery Character, or something of that nature.
To be honest, the first thing that entered my mind when reading Triple Question Mark was a concept dedicated to games with sentences that ended in three question marks. I doubt that I'm the only person that would be confused by this name.
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" @Hailinel said:"Characters with hidden identities"" To be honest, the first thing that entered my mind when reading Triple Question Mark was a concept dedicated to games with sentences that ended in three question marks. "Oddly it was exactly the same for me. But anyhow, yeah it needs a better name "
Done.
" @Zenaxzd said:this." @Hailinel said:"Characters with hidden identities" Done. "" To be honest, the first thing that entered my mind when reading Triple Question Mark was a concept dedicated to games with sentences that ended in three question marks. "Oddly it was exactly the same for me. But anyhow, yeah it needs a better name "
" @Fallen189 said:Someone should make it so" @Zenaxzd said:this. "" @Hailinel said:"Characters with hidden identities" Done. "" To be honest, the first thing that entered my mind when reading Triple Question Mark was a concept dedicated to games with sentences that ended in three question marks. "Oddly it was exactly the same for me. But anyhow, yeah it needs a better name "
" @jadeskye said:" @Fallen189 said:Someone should make it so "" @Zenaxzd said:this. "" @Hailinel said:"Characters with hidden identities" Done. "" To be honest, the first thing that entered my mind when reading Triple Question Mark was a concept dedicated to games with sentences that ended in three question marks. "Oddly it was exactly the same for me. But anyhow, yeah it needs a better name "
" "Related yeah, but those topics don't discuss the merits of the concept. They're just about how the original page was broken.
" @mracoon said:He never said that you specifically said it was invalid....he's just stating in general that he thinks its a valid concept with a bad name....I think "??? character" would be a better name but it seems the systme can't handle question marks." It's a valid concept with a bad name. "I never said it wasn't valid. "
" @Hailinel said:Why on Earth would "??? character" be a better name? That's not descriptive at all." @mracoon said:He never said that you specifically said it was invalid....he's just stating in general that he thinks its a valid concept with a bad name....I think "??? character" would be a better name but it seems the systme can't handle question marks. "" It's a valid concept with a bad name. "I never said it wasn't valid. "
" @Unknown_Pleasures said:That's what the overview is for my friend. ;)....you know when they ask your to describe the page in a few sentences....again chill out man this is just the internet." @Hailinel said:Why on Earth would "??? character" be a better name? That's not descriptive at all. "" @mracoon said:He never said that you specifically said it was invalid....he's just stating in general that he thinks its a valid concept with a bad name....I think "??? character" would be a better name but it seems the systme can't handle question marks. "" It's a valid concept with a bad name. "I never said it wasn't valid. "
" @Hailinel said:The overview is useful for describing in detail, but the name says nothing about what it is." @Unknown_Pleasures said:That's what the overview is for my friend. ;)....you know when they ask your to describe the page in a few sentences....again chill out man this is just the internet. "" @Hailinel said:Why on Earth would "??? character" be a better name? That's not descriptive at all. "" @mracoon said:He never said that you specifically said it was invalid....he's just stating in general that he thinks its a valid concept with a bad name....I think "??? character" would be a better name but it seems the systme can't handle question marks. "" It's a valid concept with a bad name. "I never said it wasn't valid. "
" @Unknown_Pleasures said:It gives a general idea....if you wanted to detail the concept it would have to have a long ass title and no one likes those.....but really the overview is there to tell exactly what the page is about while the title gives a general idea.....if I saw the title I would know what they were talking about or at least have a good idea." @Hailinel said:The overview is useful for describing in detail, but the name says nothing about what it is. "" @Unknown_Pleasures said:That's what the overview is for my friend. ;)....you know when they ask your to describe the page in a few sentences....again chill out man this is just the internet. "" @Hailinel said:Why on Earth would "??? character" be a better name? That's not descriptive at all. "" @mracoon said:He never said that you specifically said it was invalid....he's just stating in general that he thinks its a valid concept with a bad name....I think "??? character" would be a better name but it seems the systme can't handle question marks. "" It's a valid concept with a bad name. "I never said it wasn't valid. "
" @Hailinel said:I know I wouldn't." @Unknown_Pleasures said:It gives a general idea....if you wanted to detail the concept it would have to have a long ass title and no one likes those.....but really the overview is there to tell exactly what the page is about while the title gives a general idea.....if I saw the title I would know what they were talking about or at least have a good idea. "" @Hailinel said:The overview is useful for describing in detail, but the name says nothing about what it is. "" @Unknown_Pleasures said:That's what the overview is for my friend. ;)....you know when they ask your to describe the page in a few sentences....again chill out man this is just the internet. "" @Hailinel said:Why on Earth would "??? character" be a better name? That's not descriptive at all. "" @mracoon said:He never said that you specifically said it was invalid....he's just stating in general that he thinks its a valid concept with a bad name....I think "??? character" would be a better name but it seems the systme can't handle question marks. "" It's a valid concept with a bad name. "I never said it wasn't valid. "
I posted this one. I originally posted it as "???" but the URL didn't work so I was told to repost it as something else so I came up with "Triple Question Mark". ??? specifically is very a common way of communicating a unknown character you can see it presented in many games. That is why I thought it would make a good concept.
I would argue that that if you think this concept should be deleted then, I would say there are plenty of other ridiculous concepts on the site that could be deleted as well. I could name some but I don't want to offend anybody.
" I posted this one. I originally posted it as "???" but the URL didn't work so I was told to repost it as something else so I came up with "Triple Question Mark". ??? specifically is very a common way of communicating a unknown character you can see it presented in many games. That is why I thought it would make a good concept. I would argue that if my concept makes just as much sense as Subtitled Silence (cause that is in like every game) but maybe that's just me. "Hailinel is the top contributor of that page....oh the irony.
Edit: I am aware they like " Characters with hidden identities", I not a fan of this because it is too board and the name is too long. You could put Batman under this category and I would more want to get across that someone named mysterious something or ??? or Person X or something is talking. It makes it more of a game specific thing.
" @Unknown_Pleasures: I was aware of that. I am sorry for that old post that was rude. I just thought he wasn't being very welcoming to new users. "Yeah Hailinel can rub off that way but most of the time he's just trying to get his point across....it's mostly just because of his dry personality but he can take it too far sometimes.
" @TepidShark said:In my defense, I'll argue that Subtitled Silence makes sense from a basic name standpoint. "???" and "Three Question Marks" do not." I posted this one. I originally posted it as "???" but the URL didn't work so I was told to repost it as something else so I came up with "Triple Question Mark". ??? specifically is very a common way of communicating a unknown character you can see it presented in many games. That is why I thought it would make a good concept. I would argue that if my concept makes just as much sense as Subtitled Silence (cause that is in like every game) but maybe that's just me. "Hailinel is the top contributor of that page....oh the irony. "
I remember this page was sitting in the queue awaiting to be approved or denied, after a brief debate we approved it. The concept seems valid to me, it just needs work to make sure the content does indeed represent the purpose of the page.
A lot of deletion requests lately for the more subjective / absurd concepts could easily be avoided if people put a bit more work into explaining, in greater detail, what the purpose of the page is. See the NosCon page for a great example of how to create a truly random and sort of subjective concept page in as accurate and brilliant a fashion possible. I just wish I could share the mass of moderator debate over that page :)
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