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
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Edited by MacronNotes on Jun 24th 2023 at 12:24:55 PM
SelfDemonstrating.Invisibility: Huh, I assumed it'd be entirely spoiler-tagged text. This is somehow worse.
There a reason there's no /h/ board on the 4chan list? It's mentioned in other boards' descriptions...
edited 16th Jul '14 6:36:20 AM by Larkmarn
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The 4chan page looks good.
SelfDemonstrating.Invisibility is not clever or funny. Putting the entire Invisibility page there, all in whitetext might be. (Spoiler text won't work as well, because the joke will be lost on anyone who has their preferences set to "show spoilers".) I'd be willing to do the work to make it that way.
edited 16th Jul '14 7:28:14 AM by Madrugada
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
/h/ should be added (or references to it removed).
I also think /toy/ could be added since it has feuds with /k/ (over whether airsoft weapons count as weapons or toys. Neither side wants it) and /jp/ over preposed, non-moving anime figurines.
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The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
Before I cutlist Civilization Of Omnidisciplinary Geniuses for re-YKTTW'ing — which is what seems to be the apparent consensus decision — I want to ask... Who's going to take care of actually re-YKTTW'ing the article and making sure that it doesn't get rushed out before all the primary kinks are ironed out?
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Commentary for today:
- Civilization Of Omnidisciplinary Geniuses: There is no patented method to reassure this other than a) doing it yourself or b) asking the creating troper to do so - and the creating troper was banned a while ago so that is not an option.
- Sandbox.Four Chan: Did the fixes proposed; I think I'll launch it later today.
- The Hypnotizers: Trope made without YKTTW by ~MeerkatMario.
- SelfDemonstrating.Invisibility: What kind of whitetext are you speaking of, Madru?
- Wandering Voice Actor: Stub work page; creator messaged.
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I'm talking about this sort of whitetext.
Oh, wait, crap. Eddie turned off colors on the wiki side , didn't he? Damn.
Commenting it out (%%) would work, then.
edited 17th Jul '14 4:44:20 AM by Madrugada
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
You mean the [[white:text]] thingy? That was disabled roughly a year ago on the wiki, unless something changed in the meantime.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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No, it hasn't changed. I forgot. <derp>
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
... okay, commenting out the full trope description and examples is actually kinda funny. Funnier than whiting it out would be, tbh.
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Going to hold off on Sandbox.Four Chan until a few edit requests have been processed. Plus, there may be more commentary incoming.
Also, today's worklist:
- Ambiguously Christian: I see the YKTTW has been unlaunched. I would suggest to cut the page in the meantime.
- Arose From Out the Azure Main: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- SelfDemonstrating.Invisibility: The idea to comment out the Invisibility text sounds appealing to me.
- Strength Beyond Your Comprehension: Trope with only 3 examples launched with no hats at all by ~Pastykake.
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
I'll point out that visitors to the site cannot read the comments,and their spoilers are automatically set to "off".
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
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I believe visitors can still use the "source" button to see the source code for the page. Which will show the commented-out bits. They simply can't use the "edit" button. But it's easier to read the page in the source code screen (full page) than the edit screen (tiny little edit window) anyway.
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
..........is that a trope? Useful Note? Huh?
Cut
It's a genre, in a way. Blogs made for advertisement purposes. A relic of the times where tropes were frequently examplepoor or exampleless. It's not a case for the cutlist.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Has anyone opinions on the Characters.Magicians Academy subpages?
Otherwise, today's only work (save for the stuff I have already commented upon) is Michael of Rhodes, a stub work page whose creator has already been messaged.
Regarding the "source" button, it's been a while since I have noticed that it doesn't work for non-logged in users anymore.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
Why are the subpages hyphenated and use the romanization instead of the English translation of the series?
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
Is someone up for YKTTW'ing Civilization Of Omnidisciplinary Geniuses?
Also needing opinions on The Hypnotizers and SelfDemonstrating.Invisibility.
@crazysamaritan: That is the reason why I reported it - it doesn't seem to be appropriate at all.
Otherwise, today's worklist:
- Characters.Mall Fight Earth Venture: ~Scrumptious created the page with the sole text being "Just fill it up."
- Time Fixers: Nicktoons of the Future: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- Xardion: Stub work page; creator messaged.
Restating the questions in ^ as well as whether Ambiguously Christian should be cut during the time it's in YKTTW. Speaking of cutting, I see that the cutlist is backlogging.
Worklist:
- Characters.Astral Cabal Black Roster: Empty characters page by ~Flying Pig 28.
- Briar Rose: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- 100% Orange Juice!: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- RASFAUNITED: Stub work page; creator messaged.
I found this page called The Red Wedding through the New Edits button, which appears to be a trope that has no examples, no wicks, hasn't gone through YKTTW, and suffers from Trope Namer Syndrome.
Another worklist for today:
- Alice Quartet Obbligato: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- Kinnikuman Lady: Stub work page; creator messaged.
- Pansexual: Trope with no examples, indexing or YKTTW by ~Neutral Person.
- The Paranoiac: A poor launch with no indexing or crosswicking, few examples and no hats.
- The Red Wedding: Cut; no YKTTW, obvious troper name syndrome and no examples. I see that Willbyr has already cutlisted it.
- Rescue Me Mavechan: Stub work page; creator messaged.
Strength Beyond Your Comprehension had a very premature launch. No hats, lingering discussion on name (which is dialog, by the way), and personally, I question its distinction from Readings Are Off the Scale.
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It appears to me whoever launched it did so in order to dodge questions about name and tropability. I say unlaunch and send back to YKTTW, possibly ask the mods to tap on the guy's shoulder to explain how things work around here.
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Today's work and requestlist:
Otherwise, somewhat unrelated to this topic, I'll go and see if someone has opinions on Sandbox.Four Chan - I've received only one of them in the other thread.
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