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
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
Just realized that we never did anything regarding Fantasy Counterpart Religion (brought up by yours truly here).
Swords & Soldiers is just a few zero context examples.
You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"
Wintry Auroral Sky is unnecessarily restricted to video games, both from the repetition of its setting being the Slippy-Slidey Ice World and all its examples being videogames.
I propose sending it back to TLP to collect non-videogame examples.
OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
Elder statesman
Does Fanfic.The Monster I Became have enough content to remain? The description is very brief, and the three examples seem to have marginal context at best. The page creator, who is also the work's author, was permabanned over three years ago, so we can't expect help there.
I have already cutlisted the associated YMMV page, as its only example is a ZCE added by the author.
Bigotry in the name of inclusion is still bigotry.
^ I'd say no it does not. Does anyone want to read that fanfic to expand because I sure don't.
OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
Well, there's a Love Confession and Multiple Personalities mentioned in the beginning of the first chapter.
Also, if Author's Notes are some sorta trope, then there's that, too.
On mobile, so I'll edit later if you guys don't. ... And added.
"Yeah, I know," Zoey replied. "Cameron just told me."
"Sorry!" Cameron called out.
"I should have told you sooner," Mike told Zoey. "I just didn't want you to think I was a total freak. Because the real me really likes you. A lot."
Zoey couldn't believe this. Mike was confessing his love to her, but she didn't know what to say. His actions were because of his MPD. One minute, he's the cute guy she loves, but the next minute, he's kissing Anne Maria.
edited 20th May '18 6:43:09 PM by Malady
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Offset Blink was quietly launched with five hats. Given the TLP is seven years old, it having only five hats is astoundingly low, and all the examples as-written are "this happens" which makes me question its tropeliness.
I'd rather just cut that, it would need a lot of work after the discussion of tropeworthiness, which I'm on the fence on but could easily see swaying to no.
OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
I'm also not huge on the name. It makes me think of a character who is sort of blinking out of existence. Do we have a trope for that?
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The Unknown
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- One of those being erased 'cause of Time Travel Tropes?
Delayed Ripple Effect, from Back To The Future when bits of Marty's body start fading?
The trope might be better called Unsynchronized Blinking or something?
edited 23rd May '18 4:53:17 AM by Malady
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Spiteful Will was launched the title Spiteful Will Launching Soon.
You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"
How sweet it is
Resolved.
Kids Play Matchmaker has issues with the title not being specific at launch. Isn't mentioning they're matchmaking their parent, specifically.
Kids Matchmake Single Parent might have been a better title.
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While the way the trope is written suggests that it has to be their parent, I would argue that kids matchmaking any other adult figure in their life is in the same spirit, and is basically the same plot. Would prefer to rewrite the description a little to reflect this, rather than changing the name.
Kids matchmaking their friends of the same age would just be Shipper on Deck I think, so the description should maybe just explain that.
"It's just a show; I should really just relax"
Sounds good on paper (he/him)
Website.TV Shows On DVD was posted on ATT regarding the site's closure, but it turns out our page on it is... not good. It was started in 2016 and the main page has only one trope and the YMMV page's single trope is actually Trivia. Should it be cut?
Patiently awaiting the release of Paper Luigi and the Marvelous Compass.
Lost in Space
It's not a creative work. Cut it.
Sounds good on paper (he/him)
Done.
Edit: I dewicked the page.
edited 26th May '18 10:00:39 AM by GastonRabbit
Patiently awaiting the release of Paper Luigi and the Marvelous Compass.
I wonder if it only existed in the first place because the website's wonky capitalization resulted in at least one red link appearing somewhere on this Wiki, and a Troper decided to turn it/them blue.
Neutral Hatedom has been launched in an incomplete state, with no examples and lots of spelling mistakes. (And I'm frankly dubious about its usefulness to begin with, since it seems like an invitation to Complaining.)
On checking the TLP thread, I see that it did have 5 hats — but also three times as many bombs, which makes me wonder if there's something broken about the way hats are currently counted.
edited 28th May '18 4:35:10 PM by PaulA
I've been saying this for literally years. Bombs don't seem to matter whatsoever.
I'll cut the page and restore the draft — I think it really needs to be reinforced that 5 hats does not mean launch.
OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
Ditto. TLP is so broken and this thread is so slow and unresponsive that frankly, I've pretty much given up on trying to fix it.
I took the content of WebVideo/EricJacobus, cleaned it up, and moved it to Creator/EricJacobus, but I suspect Characters/EricJacobus isn't worth trying to save. What do you guys think?
edited 29th May '18 6:53:34 PM by FuzzyBoots
Nope. TLP only makes pages in the Main namespace, and this page is going to the Useful Notes namespace. The only way out of this situation is to cut Minnesota Useful Notes.
Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods of Incremental)