Talk:Pining

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O.K, why did someone nominate this article for deletion? Sam the Man

I don't see a running gag here. The TROGDOR! instance was a direct reference to trevor the vampire, but the your funeral instance seems wholly unrelated. In other words, I think TBC are just using English words the way they're meant to be used. — It's dot com 23:06, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Don't delete my sentence DOT COM! And by the way, if it's not a running gag, then what is it? Sam the Man

Your comments were removed in an edit conflict. When I noticed that they had no purpose on the page, and shouldn't have been posted, I chose not to resolve the conflict. I'm saying this page is not a running gag and therefore should not have its own page. — It's dot com 23:12, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, it depends on that third appearance. The first two are definitely connected, but I'm not so sure the third one is. Since three is the magic number for a running gag getting its own page, we'd have to get consensus that the your funeral appearance is a play off of trevor the vampire. Trey56 23:13, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Ohhh, there right. Sorry Drippingyellowmadness, but there right. Sam the Man

your funeral refers to trevor the vampire. As the "pine for me" seems to me to be a reference of sorts (if not directly, then directly to the sane source), keep. - Qermaq - (^T/C)  00:48, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

The first two appearances were both exactly "I pine for you!". The third was "...all the heartbroken private school girls that will pine-uh for me-uh." It's so different that it doesn't seem to be a running gag. Third sighting? Methinks not. However, I reluctantly agree that the page conforms with general wiki standards (The third is a reference of "pine for you/me", even if it ISN'T related to the other two. Hard to understand, I know.) However, my gut points me to delete. Bluebry 01:22, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

If think this is a good page and I vote to keep. Sure the phrase is said a bit differently in the third appearance, but it's still someone pining for someone else. They could have chosen a whole bunch of other phrases, but I believe TBC knew they were referring to vampire/TROGDOR! when they added it to the toon. — Elcool ^(talk)_(contribs) 09:03, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Additionally, throwing out the idea to rename to Pining. - Qermaq - (^T/C)  13:57, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Good idea. I'll do it right now! Sam the Man

While I'm all for renaming to "Pining", you really should wait for the people to give their opinions on it before a move. --TotalSpaceshipGirl3 15:09, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Personally, I'm still not convinced that the third appearance is connected. As was suggested above, I think TBC are just using a regular word in the English language with its intended meaning. Trey56 16:36, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

I as well am not sure that third "instance" counts. --Jay (Gobble) 17:46, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Not Delete How in the world can the third instance be related? And besides (although in a different way), The four Emails that contain DNA Evidence are related. Drippingyellowmadness ^talk 23:39, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

"Pining" is something that a wrestler does. I think pineing is better. Drippingyellowmadness ^talk 01:43, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

No it isn't. It's grammatically incorrect. A wrestler often partakes in "pinning". Remember basic English? In the event of "ing" after a consonant, two consonants are used. --TotalSpaceshipGirl3 00:57, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I forgot the 1-1-1 rule. Anyway, when are we going to make a decision on deleting or not? Take the "to be deleted" off and change to PINING! Drippingyellowmadness ^talk 19:53, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I think that this has some importance, and I think that three is a fair number of instances. Let's keep it. --Collin Diver 22:44, 10 April 2007 (UTC)