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1	->''"Obligatory Order of the Stick quote, even if other quotes would fit better."''
2	-->''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick''
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4	->''"Add as many quotes as you'd like."''
5	-->''Some random show''
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7	->''"'''NO!'''"''
8	-->Doctor Ivo Robotnik, ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog''
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10	At Website/TVTropes, we don't want to stifle your creative talent. Feel free to add pages if you think they are warranted. Why waste all the time getting the page just right? You don't want to deprive anyone of it for longer than you need to, do you? Now remember these rules.
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12	Compare Darthwiki/HowNotToWriteAnExample.
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14	* All new examples must go to the top. It'll save more time for the viewers!
15	* Don't put the examples markup before the examples. Everyone knows they're the examples because of the bullet points.
16	* Don't bother putting anything through YKTTW, it never helps.
17	* If it's a work page, you must put it through YKTTW.
18	* The title must either be a WordSaladTitle or be a reference to the obscure show of yours that [[FanMyopia everybody watches]] - preferably both.
19	* Post some arbitrary picture that has nothing to do with the trope in question, and put a description of how the picture is related in the captioning - after all, why use the actual body or the examples section for something like that?
20	* Create plural redirects to your trope page, everybody loves them!
21	** Initialism redirects are excellent as well, and if you can work out a plural initialism to make into a redirect, you can have some ice cream after dinner.
22	*** [[BlatantLies On the same note]], people love it when you add a sub-example that has nothing to do with the first example.
23	* Insert {{Take That}}s everywhere you can fit them against things you hate. (TakeThat, editors [[Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike fond of using Take Thats!]])
24	* [[spoiler:You shouldn't]] Spoil out (now that you can't strike) anything on the main page that you're changing - it helps people save time by knowing what was changed without needing to go to the "history" section of the page.
25	** Speaking of spoilers, it's perfectly okay to spoil out [[spoiler:pronouns]]! How horrifying it would be to know what [[spoiler:her gender]] is!
26	* [[IdiotBall Shoehorn in as much ]][[DarthWiki/WhatAnIdiot potholes to tropes ]][[TooDumbToLive as you can, ]][[Administrivia/SquarePegRoundTrope regardless of the actual context ]][[{{Idiot}} or if the page even actually exists.]]
27	** [[Administrivia/RepairDontRespond Um, it's "many" potholes, not "much" potholes]].
28	* No matter what the trope content or how little they may belong, references must be made to the following: ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog, Series/DoctorWho, WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' and/or ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick, Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick, TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}, Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer, Series/GameOfThrones, Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya, Literature/{{Discworld}}, Website/SCPFoundation'' and maybe ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. Bonus points if you have to make up events wholesale.
29	** More bonus points if you say "Obligatory X Example".
30	*** More more bonus points if it's an obligatory ''Series/DoctorWho'' example.
31	** [[FanMyopia You freaking forgot]] Manga/RanmaOneHalf, Manga/{{Naruto}}, and Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion! [[SmallNameBigEgo You guys are so lucky I'm around]]. Oh, and [[IWasJustPassingThrough while I'm here]], [[SarcasmMode always remember that people will never realize what a huge favour you've done them by fixing the page unless you make sure to remind them by]] [[Administrivia/RepairDontRespond using first person and This Troper all over the place, and making it clear that you've fixed an otherwise horribly wrong page,]] [[Administrivia/JustifyingEdit leaving in as much as it takes to prove that the page was horribly broken before]] [[ThisLoserIsYou you]] [[LordErrorProne made your long-awaited]] "BigDamnHeroes" [[IncomingHam entrance]]. Website/TVTropes [[InternetJerk is a great place to say]] AGodAmI [[{{Otaku}} where nobody can remind you that you're fat, ugly and]] YouNeedToGetLaid. Oh, and [[SpamAttack spamming]] PotHoles to [[TheGreatBigBookOfEverything everything]] [[VaguenessIsComing vaguely]] relevant to your words, [[SarcasmMode it's a great way to prove your wit.]] [[ThePointsMeanNothing Bonus points for an]] Administrivia/AllBlueEntry. Oh, and don't forget to go wildly OffTopic and write a massive AuthorTract into all of your edits, [[GodwinsLaw otherwise you're worse than Hitler - he made one legitimately contributory edit]] AndThatsTerrible.
32	* You Must Always Type Like This And Say Why You Rock And Others Don't.
33	* {{IGgN}}orr gRammAHR anND speHling.
34	-Ignore proper formatting
35	too!
36	* It's a great idea to write in first person using Me and my as much as possible
37	** Also make sure to tense shift as often as possible! Because everybody wants to know my gender and why him being so is important!
38	* Administrivia/{{Justifying edit}}s are the best! Forget Administrivia/RepairDontRespond, we wanna feel victorious whenever we correct a troper!
39	** What makes you think that? They're completely annoying!
40	** Use Justifying Edits even for tropes that have absolutely no negative connotations. It's totally unfair for people to accuse your favorite work of containing AcheyScars, even when [[AWizardDidIt there was totally a good reason]] for that trope to be present.
41	** To be fair, this page has a good reason for everything it says.
42	* Make sure to pothole ''every'' threatening moment, no matter how threatening it is, to OhCrap.
43	** OhCrap is not about the character's reaction to something. It's about the thing that caused the reaction. Or might have caused it. Or might cause it in the audience.
44	* Don't waste ''too'' much time editing something. Just bring your viewers to another example! They won't mind! See above for more details.
45	* Remember that every troper just fucking loves swearing, so make sure you insert as much goddamn profanity it takes for them to get the fucking message!
46	** Hell yeah!
47	* The Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment is a lie: 99% of tropers ''are'' looking for a fight, so please accommodate them by including as much FlameBait as possible in every sentence of your description.
48	* Instead of writing the work's name, just pothole a name to the work's page. Because [[FanMyopia everyone will know]] what work you're talking about when they see the name "[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]]" or "[[Franchise/TouhouProject Gensokyo]]".
49	* If you see a work is already listed as an example, but doesn't mention all instances of the trope's occurrence, just add a second-level bullet point below the original example without changing anything else.
50	** You should also do this to add extra information to the example above or clarify some details.
51	** [[Administrivia/RepairDontRespond Or to correct incorrect information]].
52	* If the trope is objective, you should still insert potholes to YMMV tropes. If people see these potholes on a supposedly objective page, it will emphasize how prevalent that subjective opinion is within the fanbase.
53	* Refer readers to other pages for more information. See DarthWiki/HowNotToWriteAnExample for more information.
54	* Administrivia/LinkingToAnArticleWithinTheArticle is perfectly fine and not redundant at all, especially when editing DarthWiki/HowNotToWriteATropePage.
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57	->''Obligatory JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf joke''
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