One of the few rules for this informal wiki is that Trope Launch Pad is required for tropes pages. It's to get feedback from the Wiki Hive Mind on whether these pages are valid (or "tropable"), and if so to get help with refining these pages. There are several guidelines such as the Three Rules of Three to help you make a decent page that won't have to be merged or renamed at a later date.
However, if you want to make a page about a work (a Series, Film, Literature, Video Game, etc.) or about Creators involved in making works, then the fact that There Is No Such Thing as Notability comes into play. While you are welcome to use the Trope Launch Pad to gather examples and polish the page, you aren't required to. As long as these people's works:
- Are published
- Do not cater to pedophiles
- Are not just porn (or porn that outweighs plot)
(If you're looking to create a page for a work that's upcoming, check out Creating A Work Page For An Unreleased Work.)
Hats for instance matter less as you do not need to get any approval for the page or show that it's been defined to some level. Whether or not it went onto Trope Launch Pad or the forums would not be considered and may not be optimal—we don't really have a defined system (neither optional nor mandatory) for how to make a work's page.
Note: If someone puts a works page on Trope Launch Pad, please don't just post the phrase "Works Pages Are A Free Launch". It's frowned upon because it's not helpful to the sponsor of the TLP draft. Instead, provide additional information such as "If you'd like help with your works page we can add tropes and advice, but you can go ahead and launch it because Works Pages Are A Free Launch".
For a step-by-step walkthrough, see How to Create a Work Page.
