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
. Launches
Note: Please do not request a mod to unlaunch drafts that don't have any issues besides lacking a launch notice/24hr launch notice. While 24hr launch notices are mandatory, there are a few exceptions to the rule. If you see a draft's sponsor launch a TLP without an announcement, it's best to remind them of our TLP Guidelines first. If they continue to repeatedly launch drafts without a launch notice, you can report them on Ask The Tropers or the TLP Community Issues thread.
Edited by MacronNotes on Jun 24th 2023 at 12:24:55 PM
Characters.Character Sheet Template is a block of text about .... something or other
Happy End and Weekend looks very stubby I'm not sure what sort of notifier it needs
Stupid Short Eevee Comic has no tropes, sent stub notifier
Dangan Ronpa Power Play has no tropes, sent stub notifier
Wish You Were Here has no tropes, sent stub notifier
Our Only May Amelia has no tropes, sent stub notifier
Lauren the Flute has no tropes, sent stub notifier
My Thomas Story Library has one trope, sent stub notifier
Lost in Space
I cut and locked Characters.Character Sheet Template, looks like someone who doesn't get page creation.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
I accidentally launched One for the Money; One for the Art, and I have no idea how to un-launch it.
Can you please help me?
Veteran Editor IV
It appears as a redlink, so you've probably made a typo.
Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods of Incremental)
Blapper of Water
No, One for the Money; One for the Art is definitely on the launch list. It was launched with an apparently blank draft, though, and even has the "Troped" label on the draft.
edited 25th Jan '18 5:13:24 AM by WaterBlap
Look at all that shiny stuff ain't they pretty
How sweet it is
Well, it's unlaunched, so that explains why the link's red now.
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Question: Should the OP also participate in the drafts they made, as a troper named Quatic has launched Hastily Hidden MacGuffin, Trial Run Crime, and Net Gun (drafts 1, 2, 3); all three made and launched by the OP, but barely participated in the discussion.
And, while we're at it with tropes launched by launcher who barely participated, what shall we do with Lawful Pushover?
edited 26th Jan '18 5:18:15 AM by alnair20aug93
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Blapper of Water
I still think it should be sent back for a better name but it did have a net of 3 hats, making not launch-ready.
Look at all that shiny stuff ain't they pretty
Sorcerer in training
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The OP should participate, but they don't always. Launching before ready -up to site standards- is a no go, though.
Those drafts need to be sent back.
edited 26th Jan '18 7:12:37 AM by Candi
Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
World's Toughest Milkman
Characters.Tooth And Claw is a page which someone obviously spent a fair amount of work on. Unfortunately, they neglected to include even a single trope! And honestly, the main page for the work really isn't long enough to justify a separate character page.
I would have just tossed it on the cut list as an obvious stub if it weren't such a long, elaborate stub. As it is, I thought I'd get a second opinion.
Speaking words of fandom: let it squee, let it squee.
Game Gourmet was launched by Sea Rover without a clear definition of what makes a game fit this trope?
As said in the TLP by Not On Any Flatbread:
Someone just launched Limerick - it was in no state to be launched and, IMO, is Not A Trope anyway so should be culled.
Also seems like a rogue launch given that nobody has removed the draft notes, including the No Launching Please. Seems like New_Jack_Swing launched it without partaking in any TLP draft, usually editing games pages. Needs a few taps.
edited 26th Jan '18 3:23:41 PM by lakingsif
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Blapper of Water
For some reason, I thought that was part of the LimerickWiki/ discussion but it turns out that discussion was long dead.
There's no link in the discussion page to the TLP draft, so it was not launched correctly.
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The page said No Launching Please but New_Jack_Swing launched it anyway.
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edited 26th Jan '18 3:43:55 PM by WaterBlap
Look at all that shiny stuff ain't they pretty
Draft is still active, sighs.
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I stuck the page on the cut list just for ease. If someone wants to launch the draft when the page exists it will probably blow up the site or something.
OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
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Oh, ok. Thanks for explaining that. Now, we must holler the mods about this.
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^^ And Haiku is also Not A Trope, yet we still put it in our pages for literally poetic reasons.
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We have Haiku Wiki. We don’t have Limerick Wiki - actually go look at the Haiku page AND ANYWAY the page is just a list of limericks. Other poetic forms hold formal meaning, as I’m sure limericks do, but the page would need to change focus. As in, needs a lot of work.
edited 27th Jan '18 1:59:42 PM by lakingsif
OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
Sorcerer in training
Several: Move the Tooth and Claw material to the main page and check for applicable examples on trope pages?
This is the post I was referring to.
edited 27th Jan '18 8:47:03 PM by Candi
Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
~Candi wrong thread
OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
Okay, just defined the criteria for Game Gourmet now. Might modify some more if I see necessary at any point.
edited 28th Jan '18 1:11:04 AM by SeaRover
Tiny Cat People has no tropes, sent stub notifier
Tangled Cords has no tropes, sent stub notifier
Eight Bit Author Tournament has no tropes, sent stub notifier
Blapper of Water
Quatric seems to have done some TLP cleaning of their old drafts, which is itself fine, but there are two tropes in particular that I don't think were ready for launch.
- Trial Run Crime is a stub launched by the original sponsor. Over the course of three years, it somehow got five hats, but it clearly wasn't ready. Last reply in the draft was in September 2017. (Stub notifier sent.)
- Net Gun, which had 5 hats and 2 bombs for a net of 3 hats. Last reply was 1 January 2018.
Also, Haiku and Limerick are formats like Novelette and Poetry. I'm not sure what the issue is with having them.
edited 28th Jan '18 5:30:41 AM by WaterBlap
Look at all that shiny stuff ain't they pretty
Anyone wanna help find the drafts for Jerk-to-Nice-Guy Plot and Friendship as Courtship? I can't find their YKTTW archives at their discussion pages, or their entries the launch list, or at the search engine. I'm sure they had drafts, though I'm pretty sure they had been renamed or discarded.
Please and thank you.
edited 24th Jan '18 12:28:32 AM by alnair20aug93
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