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IlVit Since: Oct, 2012
#1: Oct 8th 2012 at 5:18:18 AM

Can we, similar to the death or ending indexes, make a rule for this index that all tropes (minus the "planners" subindex) must have all spoiler code unmarked? It's kind of hard to write an example without delving into spoilers, so I was told that I should go here by someone on ATT.

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#2: Oct 8th 2012 at 8:41:19 AM

Those aren't tropes that are spoilers by default, or at least entirely, so I don't think it's a good idea.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#3: Oct 8th 2012 at 8:47:35 AM

Tag fixed. I am personally neutral on this; unlike Death Tropes, not everything here is spoiler.

Also requested thread move, because this isn't about repairing any page but about trope classification (here: whether this is a spoiler trope), and the latter goes into Trope Talk at least at the beginning.

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IlVit Since: Oct, 2012
#4: Oct 8th 2012 at 11:23:26 AM

The vast majority of these tropes can't have an example written without spoilers. I am not against spoilers, but for some of the examples on those pages, only one or two words are not in spoiler code.

troacctid "µ." from California Since: Apr, 2010
#5: Oct 10th 2012 at 5:54:07 PM

Am I missing something? There are no examples on this page. It's an index.

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AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#6: Oct 11th 2012 at 5:24:40 AM

[up]It's about the trope pages on the index.

The thing is, not everything is a spoiler, and if people see it that way, they're going to be accidentally spoiled when they ignore the warning. Death Tropes and Ending Tropes have a natural correlation to spoilers, so people are more wary about them.

Also, "some examples are almost entirely in spoiler code" isn't what I'd say qualifies as a reason to remove all spoiler code. That there are some spoilers in most examples indicate to me that it's possible to write a great deal without spoiling anything.

edited 11th Oct '12 5:29:17 AM by AnotherDuck

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Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#7: Jul 15th 2013 at 5:35:26 PM

This isn't universal to the index. Some tropes on it have very little spoiler text at all.

If a trope on the list really is Spoilered Rotten to the point of looking like Swiss cheese, then bring up a case for de-spoilering that trope.

readerboy95 Since: Jul, 2013
#8: Jul 27th 2013 at 9:35:02 AM

Hey, I'm new here and I don't know how to make a tearjerker page for Jessie series. Any ideas?

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#9: Jul 27th 2013 at 10:06:28 AM

Go to Jessie, then hit the "edit button". Before that, though, take time to read through Administrivia and Welcome to TV Tropes - something tells me you'll need it.

edited 27th Jul '13 10:09:01 AM by SeptimusHeap

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