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It has been agreed by crowner to merge the Light Novel/ namespace into Literature/.

LightNovel namespace index -- excludes redirects

It has been agreed by crowner that Light Novel examples are to be sorted on trope pages as follows:

• If you're adding an example with LN in mind, place it in Literature.
• If you're adding an example from an Anime/Manga, but unsure if it was present in LN, place it in Anime/Manga.
• If you're adding an example from an Anime/Manga, but know it also happened in the source, place in in Literature.
• If you're adding an example from an Anime/Manga, and sure it did not happen in the source, place it in Anime/Manga even if the work is already listed in Literature.
• If you're moving an example, for example when renaming or handling redirects, and don't know much about other versions, instead just leave it where it was.
• If you know all versions of the work, move examples to the medium they're first featured in.
• Webcomic examples with adaptation go to either Webcomics or Anime/Manga following the above logic.
• Web Serial Novel are still Literature.
• There is to be no dedicated Light Novel folder or subpage on trope pages.

Edge case rulings:

• Due to extreme differences with the original Web Serial Novel, Overlord (2012) will be the hub page for the Overlord Light Novel and its adaptations. Overlord 2010 will cover the WSN.

Original post below.

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The issue is pretty straightforward: where do we put examples from Light Novels on trope pages?

General options previously proposed:

• Put them in Anime and Manga since they're commonly adapted into them.
• Base things on the original medium, and group them with Literature.
• Take a Third Option and create a Light Novel folder.

Points about this media space that are commonly raised:

• The manga and especially anime adaptations tend to be more available and more familiar to the Western audiences that comprise most tropers.
• The adaptations into manga and anime are usually very faithful Compressed Adaptations, so most trope examples apply to all versions.

ETA: Related issue that came up:

• Should the Light Novel namespace be merged into Literature?

Here's a link to pages that are in the LightNovel/ namespace.

Edited by Tabs on Nov 22nd 2022 at 9:50:41 AM