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2	[[caption-width-right:193:It's all prepped and ready! Just [[FallingIntoTheCockpit strap in]] and push the BigRedButton!]]
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4	The act of proposing, writing, and stewarding a blue-ribbon TLP draft is many things, but it's seldom ''easy'' or ''fast.'' That's just the nature of the TLP process: some drafts can sit for weeks, if not months or even ''years'', before they reach launchworthy status.
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6	Given this kind of timeframe, it's only natural that not everyone who starts a draft will actually ''finish'' it in a timely manner. Some will inevitably forget or lose interest. Others may decide that they don't have what it takes to finish the draft. For others, life will simply get in the way. Others simply can't hit the launch button for fear that their draft still isn't ready. Whatever the reason, many TLP drafts find themselves floating in limbo, always being worked on (or at least ''contributed to'') but never actually being ''launched''.
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8	This can admittedly be a frustrating situation, which sometimes leads some of the more impatient members of our community to start shouting ''"Just launch it already!"''
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10	Don't misunderstand: there is nothing inherently wrong with encouraging someone to launch a trope if you think it's ready. Sometimes some friendly encouragement is needed. But being nasty or pushy about it is not the way to go about it.
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12	If the sponsor is actively working on the draft, give them space and don't harrass or push them. Everyone works at their own pace, and everyone has different ideas of what makes a TLP draft "ready" for launch. Moreover, the act of finishing up and launching a draft is a fair bit of work, some of which is time-sensitive: the launcher must not only ''launch'' the page, but index it and crosswick the examples. While this part of launching a trope isn't necessarily ''difficult'', it is time-consuming and even a bit tedious, especially if the draft's been sitting long enough to garner a huge list of examples. Not everyone is in a situation where they can spare the time to give their draft a proper launch at the drop of a hat.
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14	If the draft is actually ''abandoned'' and has become Administrivia/UpForGrabs, then you do have the option of adopting and launching it yourself. However, be mindful that if you do this, ''you assume responsibility for the draft''. As such, you'll be expected to make sure it's truly ready for launch ''and'' do all the work that comes with launching it. Being faced with this prospect is one reason why a lot of contributors who yell "Just Launch It Already!" aren't exactly falling all over themselves to adopt abandoned drafts.
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16	Whatever the case, no matter how ready you think a draft is, don't push a sponsor to launch the TLP draft. We all have lives and personal schedules, so there is no "right" time to launch a well-developed draft.

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