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Florestan Since: May, 2015
19th Apr, 2022 05:23:34 PM

That's just an unfortunate effect of TvTropes subpage system. There's a Video Game Hopeless and also apparently another work, Hopeless. (I have to say I am surpised there are no other works named "Hopeless".) This means that subpages will clash...

Amonimus (Sergeant)
19th Apr, 2022 05:36:55 PM

If articles you mentioned are named after the work, they are added correctly, both pages can be renamed by years if they cause collision. Also a reminder that we have high expectations on English grammar, so I advise caution.

Actually, each of VideoGame.Hopeless, Machinima.Hopeless and Characters.Hopeless are stub pages with also formatting issues, and are subjects for cutting if not improved.

Edited by Amonimus TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
Arctimon Since: Nov, 2009
19th Apr, 2022 05:57:26 PM

Yeah, you can't "remove" unrelated articles for having the same name. That's not how it works.

Also, your VG Hopeless page is in dire need of fixing. It has grammar issues, Zero Context examples, and some weird formatting.

Xmen64 Since: Jun, 2017
24th Apr, 2022 02:32:43 PM

Thank you all for clearing this up. Like I said, I'm a new to TV troops and I appreciate the help.

Also, sorry about the VG Hopeless page. I'll try and fix it as soon as I can since it is pretty bad.

X.S
WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
24th Apr, 2022 03:28:17 PM

Minor thing, but we're actually Tv Tropes, not an army of troops... yet :P

Check out Welcome to TV Tropes if you'd like any advice.

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Amonimus (Sergeant)
25th Apr, 2022 04:35:31 AM

Xmen, Writing tip: tropes need to fit following example out of context. An outside reader is supposed to be able to guess the trope by only reading the text, and text must have all necessary details described in used trope's page.

Also there's no need to add folders if they're not grouping anything yet, wiki pages are supposed to look good enough from the get go without placeholder elements.

It's okay to be new to things, but if you feel it may take a while to describe the games feel free to copy the page to Sandbox.Hopeless meanwhile so it wouldn't be deleted.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
MichaelKatsuro Since: Apr, 2011
30th Apr, 2022 03:26:09 AM

So what do we do about the page, which is still a stub?

Amonimus (Sergeant)
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