Hello, [[troper]], and welcome to the Special Efforts subforum!

Special Efforts is the place to organize and participate in large-scale efforts to improve the wiki, such as wick moving (after renames or namespace migrations), wick cleaning (removing misuse), and page cleaning (removing natter, correcting formatting, moving misplaced elements onto their proper subpages, etc.). Our goal is to keep the wiki looking nice and functioning smoothly.

The stickied threads (the ones at the top that have the image of a note pinned to a board next to them) are for fixing ongoing, wiki-wide problems. If you have time to spare, take a look at these threads; there's always work to be done in them. If, in your wanderings across the wiki, you encounter a page which needs cleanup, but you don't have the time or knowledge to do it yourself, post a link and an explanation in the appropriate thread so that the problem can be fixed.

Three other significant threads are the Regarding the Trivia namespace thread, which works to identify which pages should be classified as trivia; the Real Life section maintenance thread, which primarily determines if specific tropes should be made No Real Life Examples, Please!; and the Trope Description Improvement Drive thread, which tries to improve unclear, digressive, or overly long trope descriptions. (The Trope Description Improvement Drive thread functions in the same way as the stickied threads: if you see a problem description and can't or don't feel qualified to fix it, post about it.) There are also threads for improving page quotations and for collaborating on the Playing With Wiki. The remaining threads deal with specific cleanup efforts.

If you haven't already, I would recommend reading Text Formatting Rules, Example Indentation, and How to Alphabetize Things, as they contain useful information for handling some of the more technical parts of improving the wiki. Welcome to TV Tropes also contains a lot of useful information, and has a lot of links to pages with more detailed information.

If, in the course of your cleanup, you come across a locked page which needs something fixed, add a post to this thread requesting the needed change. If a thread, a page, or a post needs some other sort of mod attention, use the yellow button (called the Holler button) which can be found at the top of each post.

This forum follows the general forum rules. If you want to rename a trope or think the description or definition needs sigificant revision, post in the Trope Repair Shop (TRS). If you are having problems with a specific troper, report the situation either by hitting the Holler button or by posting in Ask The Tropers. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any of the other staff.

Thank you for your help, and have a nice day!

Greetings [[troper]], and welcome to the Forum Games sub-forum! The purpose of this sub-forum is to participate in a variety of games involving other tropers. These games all operate on the Rule of Fun, so feel free to have fun! However, this sub-forum is not all fun and games. It is absolutely essential to read the following rules and guidelines. These rules and guidelines apply to every thread in the Forum Games sub-forum;

1. Read the forum rules. Remember that the Forum Rules apply to all sub-forums. This sub-forum is not an exception.

2. Be aware that this sub-forum has its own set of rules.

3. If you are trying to look for a specific type of Forum Game, refer to this thread

4. If you want to make a thread for a new Forum Game, make sure that...
   1. there isn't already a thread for the Forum Game. Duplicated threads are not needed, unless the old one ended in a flame war or is a finished RP. This can be done by searching in the Search Forum Titles box.
   2. the Forum Game follows the rules and guidelines.

5. If you don't know how to format text, refer to this page. If you are confused about the Rules of a Forum Game, check the first page of the thread. ask in the Forum Game thread in question or give me a PM.

6. Make sure you do not cause thread derailing or participate in it. The rules of the Forum Games are consistent and if you want to play a different Forum Game, bring it over to that thread. If there isn't a thread for it, make a new thread.

7. TV Tropes is not the place to have flame wars. They cause too much havoc and unneeded hate. This can be done by being nice and not bringing up subjects of Flame Bait.

8. If your avatar or avatar gallery is essential to a Forum Game, make sure they are all Safe For Work. TV Tropes is NOT for porn.

9. Be nice to other tropers. They are participants in the Forum Games.

10. In a Forum Game, use spoiler tags when having an conversation within the thread. This avoids unnecessary clutter within the thread.

I hope you have fun in the Forum Games sub-forums. Just remember to FOLLOW THE RULES.

Bye!