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* '''Renaming is not a magic solution''' to all of a page's problems. If some issue isn't the name's fault, there's little sense in trying to fix that issue by renaming. If renaming could help but there's another, better way to deal with the issue, that's still a good reason to try that way instead. [[Redirects Are Free]], for example. If the main issues with a name are that it's [[Overly Long Name|overly long]] or difficult to spell, an intuitive redirect may be a better solution than renaming the trope.
* A '''large number of inbound links''' indicates that the current name is generating "buzz", being linked from outside the wiki and generating traffic for us. The higher the inbound count, the stronger this argument is. If it can be further shown that these inbound links are resulting from ''bona fide'' conversational use of the name outside
* If the name is already an '''established term''' in the outside world, that's a good reason to keep it (assuming its outside-world meaning is related to the trope). When making this claim, it is recommended to show outside proof thereof; the strength of this argument depends on how widely the term is in use. The article should have the name with the meaning that is used by the widest number of people.
* '''No (or negligible) misuse''' in the wicks (in-wiki links) means that the title isn't [[I Thought It Meant|confusing our editors into thinking it's something else]]. For details, see [[How to Do A Wick Check]].<br /><br />Some tropers believe wick/inbound checks are nigh-essential to ground the discussion in facts; other tropers believe that in some cases they are irrelevant and insisting on them is obstructive. Whatever you do, don't get dragged into "your argument doesn't count!" "No, ''your'' argument doesn't count!" [[Rules Lawyer|Rules Lawyering]] meta-arguments. Those ''never'' help.
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