Prematurely launched pages and pages that weren't fully fleshed out at the point of launching, are a big problem. Since these usually share several problems at once, this thread is aimed at re-running them through the TLP for fixing - the usual fix - or cutting them if they are too bad.
Problems this thread deals with include bad names, not enough/bad examples, unclear description, etc.
For the interested, here's a list of recently created pages
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Edited by MacronNotes on Jun 24th 2023 at 12:24:55 PM
Murdering A Blackmailer Doesnt Count has no examples, no indexing, no inbounds, and poor link formatting, not to mention its questionable status as a trope at all. I...honestly don't even know what to make of this.
I'll just cut Cat Pee Marathon. No redeeming qualities, so to speak.
Regarding, Murdering A Blackmailer Doesnt Count I'll vote for a cut too.
Otherwise, worklist:
- Children of Mother Earth: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- King of the Monsters: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- Star Force RP: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- The Drug Avengers: In which namespace does this go, ~Raygunguy? It doesn't belong there.
- Trivia.Fauxlosophe: A personal commentary (?), I've messaged the editor adding it.
- Your Profile Is You: Stub work page; creator messaged.
Sorcerer in training
Murdering a Blackmailer etc. -I can't for the life of me remember the name, but I swear there is a trope about killing the bad guy not counting because bad guy, and it doesn't even have to be a Disney Death. So it not only stinks, the title reeks of the same but more specific.
Cut it.
Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
Filthy casual
How about Costume Gorn? Added on the 22nd Feb 2013, it's just a stub with no examples and no wicks. Add to cutlist?
edited 14th Feb '15 7:05:33 AM by TheUnsquished
(Annoyed grunt)
Are you thinking of Pay Evil unto Evil?
Anyway, definitely agree with cutting Murdering A Blackmailer Doesnt Count. That page is no better than Cat Pee Marathon was.
edited 14th Feb '15 7:54:33 AM by MyTimingIsOff
Costume Gorn can be cut as well, I think. I've cut that "Blackmailer..." trope.
Pound is a stub work page; creator was messaged.
edited 14th Feb '15 9:23:03 AM by SeptimusHeap
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Am I a weirdo?
I just stumbled upon the page Unusually Interesting Sight, which is a stub created without any examples, without YKTTW, and without much in the way of a description. I recommend killing it with fire.
edited 14th Feb '15 6:54:01 PM by CompletelyNormalGuy
Bigotry will NEVER be welcome on TV Tropes.
New account is voidify
Sorry I'm late, but there are Portal shipping tropes that don't fit in YMMV. e.g. Sleeping with the Boss is one of those tropes that is canon unless stated.
^^These can go on the main trope list. They don't need their own subpage either.
Otherwise, worklist:
- Creator.Anita Sarkeesian: ~blehblehbleh, why did you make such a short stub page? Also, I've locked and will cut the YMMV page - that the entries were removed from YMMV.Feminist Frequency doesn't mean we want to have them added to the creator page.
- My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- Spoon River Anthology: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- True Love: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- Unusually Interesting Sight: Worthy of a cut unless someone wants to work on it.
Today's worklist:
- Atlas: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- Epic Elf: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- Horseshoe: Bad stub trope by ~hamishtodd1.
- Koopa Couple: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- MMDCharizard: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- Skeletal Family: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- Thessaly: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- The Voices: Stub work page; creator messaged.
Also, ~The Hood Honcho, you might want to read Fanfic Recommendations about how to add fanfic recommendations.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Today's worklist:
- The Casual Vacancy: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- The Corsican Brothers: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- Man Seeking Woman: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- Mr. Turner: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- Predestination: Stub work page; creator messaged.
Also, Love Thy Neighbour, flagged by ~Cryptic Mirror.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Sorcerer in training
Love Thy Neighbor: Plausible trope idea if it's not already covered, needs a lot of work and likely a new name. YKTTW that sucker.
I think it needs a new name because the adage "Love thy neighbor" has far too entrenched a cultural meaning to work as the name of any trope that's not involved with that meaning -and LTN is a Romance trope, which is a few steps away from the cultural meaning.
Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
Troper formerly known as Nohbody
I don't think it's covered elsewhere, but I do agree with you that it's a valid concept, Candi, though I'm blanking on any examples off the top of my head.
Today's worklist:
- Arts & Crafts Productions: Just a note, ~crazyrabbits, a page can't be indexed before it actually exists. I've fixed this page, though.
- Analysis.Imajica: ~jajwhite, is this supposed to be an analysis? To me it looks more like a trope example.
- Characters.Zbse: Um, ~Zbse, we don't make pages for things like that in an official namespace. And it's empty too.
Crazyrabbits
Duly noted. Thanks for the heads-up.
Also, sorry about lashing out at you a month ago. Wasn't in the right headspace.
Today's worklist:
- eden*: They were only two, on the planet.: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- The Black Wrangler: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- Magical Battle Arena NEXT: Stub work page; creator messaged.
edited 19th Feb '15 11:36:42 AM by SeptimusHeap
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Today's worklist:
- Advice: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- The Big Easy: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- Miskatonic School For Girls: That page is poorly formatted and needs indexing, ~Halfghostbrawler. You might want to check out other character pages.
- Doraemon Nobitas Wannyan Space Time Odyssey: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- The Genesis Of Jenny Everywhere: In which namespace does this go, ~The Lyniezian?
- Miskatonic School For Girls: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- Recurring Mook: Bad stub trope with no examples.
Sorcerer in training
Recurring Mook Considering that I can think of four 1980s' shows off the top of my head with recurring bad guy flunkies, and could probably think of more from over a greater area of time if I bothered, I'd say it's very likely a trope already exists covering the concept.
Plus that writeup is terrible. Cut it.
Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
Today's worklist is Fruity Robo, a stub work page; creator was messaged.
Also, ~Isaacs Laughing, I've cutlisted Hataraku Maou-sama because a) it's in the wrong namespace, b) we don't put hyphens in the URL and c) all trope examples refer to the existing work page The Devil Is A Part Timer.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Just created: Vampires Dont Belong In Fairy Tales. Will need lots of work to move beyond the stub stage.
Also, The Dangerous Brothers is a work page created in Main/.
edited 21st Feb '15 6:56:50 AM by StFan
Today's worklist:
- Characters: Synnin Tekijä: Page created under a "Half-legal" title (the umlaut does break several wiki functions).
- The Dangerous Brothers: ~Kazzy, work pages don't go into the Main/ namespace. What is the right namespace anyhow?
- Jeff Beck: Stub work page; creator already aware.
- Otherbound: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- Sandbox Mode: Poorly formatted stubby trope page with no indexing or crosswicking.
- Vampires Dont Belong In Fairy Tales: Stub work page; creator messaged.
Today's worklist:
- Going My Way: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- Lalaloopsy: ~jormis29, why did you make the page here?
- Marebito: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- Sonic The Hedgehog The Omega Hour: Stub work page; creator messaged.
Re:Cat Pee Marathon: OK, let's see here:
edited 13th Feb '15 11:08:43 PM by MyTimingIsOff