History Administrivia / ExamplesAreNotArguable

Also, please don't add unnecessary subjectivity to objective tropes about characters by inserting examples that ''might'' apply to some viewers of a show or players of a game but don't appear within the work itself. Even if they're not marked Administrivia/InUniverseExamplesOnly, it's generally a bad idea.

When writing an example, don't precede it with words like "arguably", "possibly", or "to some". This is an example of WeaselWords, and although we are more tolerant of such than Wiki/ThatOtherWiki, in this case it weakens the foundation of the example by making it subjective. It is true that there may be disagreement between two or more tropers over whether or not a work uses a certain trope. That's fine. Misunderstandings happen. However, disputes about trope examples should be restricted to the discussion page or private messages, [[Administrivia/EditWar not the main article]].

When writing an example, don't precede it with words like "arguably", "possibly", or "to some". This is an example of WeaselWords, and although we are more tolerant of such than Wiki/ThatOtherWiki, in this case it weakens the foundation of the example by making it subjective. It is true that there may be disagreement between two or more tropers over whether or not a work uses a certain trope. That's fine. Misunderstandings happen. However, disputes about trope examples should be restricted to edit reasons and the discussion page so it won't clutter up the main article.

Sometimes a {{troper}} just isn't sure of whether or not a work uses a certain {{trope}}. They're positive that the work contains something worth mentioning, but just aren't sure whether or not it counts as an example of the trope. Or maybe they have an example from their favorite show that [[Administrivia/SquarePegRoundTrope doesn't quite fit the trope]], but is close to it and they want to add it as an example anyway. The result is usually something like this:

If you truly believe that your example fits the trope, then list it. If it's Administrivia/NotAnExample, then don't. If you aren't sure, ask about it in the discussion page or [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13543987200A54420100 this forum thread]]. If you have an example but aren't sure what trope it's an example ''of'', list it [[ExamplesSearchingForATrope here]]. If the item in question has a "YMMV" banner on its article, it belongs on the [[YMMV.HomePage YMMV]] page. If "some people" have argued that a work is an example, chances are those people have no idea of how this wiki's definition of the trope differs from theirs.

Sometimes a {{troper}} just isn't sure of whether or not a work uses a certain {{trope}}. They're positive that the work contains something worth mentioning, but just aren't sure whether or not it counts as an example of the trope. Or maybe they have an example from their favorite show that [[SquarePegRoundTrope doesn't quite fit the trope]], but is close to it and they want to add it as an example anyway. The result is usually something like this:

If you truly believe that your example fits the trope, then list it. If it's NotAnExample, then don't. If you aren't sure, ask about it in the discussion page or [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13543987200A54420100 this forum thread]]. If you have an example but aren't sure what trope it's an example ''of'', list it [[ExamplesSearchingForATrope here]]. If the item in question has a "YMMV" banner on its article, it belongs on the [[YMMV.HomePage YMMV]] page. If "some people" have argued that a work is an example, chances are those people have no idea of how this wiki's definition of the trope differs from theirs.