$50 a day, plus expenses
I forget the finer details. All I remember was somebody pimping the everloving hell out of his then-unpublished work. I have the feeling there was something more to it than that, but I do not remember, and don't want to give the wrong idea by speculating or trying to piece together half-remembered wisps of memory.
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Again, this is half-remembered fragments so not worth even what you're paying for it right now, but IIRC there were also some issues regarding the content of said unpublished novel; apparently it took some, shall we say, unorthodox positions on sex, politics and religion.
But yeah, I think it was mainly the shameless Entry Pimping for an unpublished novel. If the person adding all the tropes was to be believed, this novel apparently used more tropes than Doctor Who, Star Wars, The Simpsons, Harry Potter, The Legend Of Zelda and the DC and Marvel Comics universes combined.
$50 a day, plus expenses
I believe part of the reason it was a big deal is that his entry pimping actually led to the site having to actually establish rules on tropes for unpublished works. Since nobody really thought to trope things that weren't actually available to the public before then.
It's possible he initially defended his actions since there was, at the time, no rule against tropes for unpublished works. I don't think he was mean about it, just that there was no rule against it, so he didn't think there was an issue. And then we established some rules.
edited 7th Dec '17 6:48:08 PM by TriggerLoaded
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From what I heard, it has something to do about entry pimping, but as a recent reader of Tv Tropes, I would want to know more details about the issue in general (does not help that most of the discussion of the book is gone).