History Administrivia / HowToCreateAWorkPage

The first step is to find the page where your work is going to go. You can do this by changing the URL of an existing wikipage (e.g. open [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/NamespaceGoesHere/TitleGoesHere https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/NamespaceGoesHere/TitleGoesHere]], change "[=TitleGoesHere=]" to the name of the work/creator, and "[=NamespaceGoesHere=]" to the medium of the work. Alternatively, you can find/create a Administrivia/RedLink (in the form of [[NamespaceGoesHere/TitleGoesHere NamespaceGoesHere/TitleGoesHere]]) on the WikiSandbox (or anywhere else) and clicking it. \\

Whatever you do, it does ''not'' belong in boldface-font (even though Website/TheOtherWiki does that). Most works are in ''italic fonts'', made by typing [=''italic fonts''=]. Shorter works have "quote marks" around them, and a select group have no emphasis added at all. For more information, read Administrivia/HowToWriteAnExample#EmphasisForWorkNames. There's also no good excuse for [[Administrivia/LinkingToAnArticleWithinTheArticle making it a link on its own page]].

Note that we require usage of the official name of the work, not {{Fan Nickname}}s, and some works/creators share the same name, making some form of [[AmbiguityIndex disambiguation]] necessary. Consult [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15304074220A95222600 this project thread]] or AskTheTropers if you're uncertain how to disambiguate between existing titles. In addition, our titles have a 64-character limit. Pages with titles longer than this have saving and indexing problems. If your title is longer than 64 characters, you will need to shorten it in some way.\\

Remember to use the correct namespace for the article. For reference, the list of officially supported namespaces can be found [[{{Administrivia/Namespace}} here]].\\

# '''Add a Description'''\\
Now that you're on the right article and you've clicked [Edit Page], write up a short description of the work/creator. A work name should have ''italics'' for longer works, or "quotes" for shorter works like songs, essays, or individual chapters/episodes of a larger work. Do not use bold or underlining. No special formatting is to be used for creator names, personas, sacred texts, or a series of works collectively referred to by a non-Franchise name.\\

Good things to include: the name of the work's creator(s), the year it was first published, the genre and medium(s), a brief and spoiler-free overview of the plot, and a link to the official website.\\

Things ''not'' to include: value judgments (don't say how much they sucked/how awesome it was), critical reception (that's just a specific variant of value judgments), recommendations (don't tell us whether or not we should check it out), and plot spoilers. And whatever you do, ''do not copy text from the Website/{{Wikipedia}} page, another wiki, or any other site''. That is UsefulNotes/{{Plagiarism}} and copyright infringement [[AndThatsTerrible and it is bad.]]\\

At the bottom of the intro, type [=----=] (four hyphens) to create a horizontal line. \\

# '''(Optional work index)'''\\
For a creator page or a franchise page, include an overview of related works as a simple bulleted list after the description. Type a header that says "!! Works in the ''[Work Name]'' series:" for single-medium franchises. (The !! at the beginning of the line is the Header markup.) \\

A related work for a creator page would be anything they've been involved in the creation of, as a writer, actor, editor, or anything else that gets your name on the cover. A related work for a franchise page would be any work that the primary creator includes in that franchise. If one or more of the works does not yet have a wiki page associated with it, please list them as {{Administrivia/redlink}}s to make things easier in case the page gets created in the future.\\

For works where this creator is not one of the primary creators, such as an actor instead of a director, the work should be excluded from the index tags. See Administrivia/HowIndexingWorks for more information on index tags.\\

At the bottom of the overview, type [=----=] (four hyphens) to create a horizontal line. \\

# '''Add a list of tropes'''\\
Underneath the line, create a header that says "!! ''[Work Name]'' contains examples of:". Underneath that, you're going to make the trope list.\\

The trope examples should be in a bulleted list, [[Administrivia/HowToAlphabetizeThings alphabetically]], with one trope name per line, followed by a colon (:) and a brief explanation of how the trope applies. Check the Administrivia/TextFormattingRules if you need help with the wiki markup, and Administrivia/HowToWriteAnExample for miscellaneous tips on style.\\

There should be a minimum of three tropes with full [[Administrivia/ZeroContextExample context]] listed (if you're stuck, mentioning e.g. who TheHero and the BigBad are will give you two tropes right off the bat), or the page is at risk of being sent to the CutList as a stub. More is preferable, of course, so go through the Administrivia/HowToCollectTropes checklist and write down as many as you can! Creators do not have a minimum trope requirement, but see Administrivia/CreatorPageGuidelines before adding examples.\\

Now click "Preview" to see if there are any unintentional {{Wiki Word}}s, misspellings, or grammar mistakes. You can publish the page by clicking "Save".

Whatever you do, it does ''not'' belong in boldface-font (even though Wiki/TheOtherWiki does that). Most works are in ''italic fonts'', made by typing [=''italic fonts''=]. Shorter works have "quote marks" around them, and a select group have no emphasis added at all. For more information, read Administrivia/HowToWriteAnExample#EmphasisForWorkNames. There's also no good excuse for [[Administrivia/LinkingToAnArticleWithinTheArticle making it a link on its own page]].

Wiki/TVTropes is an English-language wiki, so we prefer to use the English titles where applicable. So if the work has an official localized title, use the English title for the page and add the non-English title as a [[Administrivia/CreatingNewRedirects redirect]]. However, if the work ''doesn't'' have an officially-translated English title, you can use the non-English title for the main page and make the English translation into a redirect instead.\\

Things ''not'' to include: value judgments (don't say how much they sucked/how awesome it was), critical reception (that's just a specific variant of value judgments), recommendations (don't tell us whether or not we should check it out), and plot spoilers. And whatever you do, ''do not copy text from the Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} page, another wiki, or any other site''. That is UsefulNotes/{{Plagiarism}} and copyright infringement [[AndThatsTerrible and it is bad.]]\\

Yeah, sure, go ahead. You're allowed to trope your own works. Just make sure you understand that once the page is out there, [[Administrivia/TheFicMayBeYoursButTheTropePageIsOurs you won't have any control or ownership over it]] -- anyone is allowed to edit it, and any editor will have the same rights and privileges as you. This is why it's a bad idea to make WordOfGod statements for your own work on its wiki page. [[Administrivia/AutoEroticTroping You are also not allowed to create or add items to a YMMV subpage or related subpages, and you may not review your own work or add recommendations for your own work]], though you may add examples marked as Trivia that contain information that's already available to the general public (but adding Trivia that wasn't already available to the public, such as WordOfGod statements that haven't appeared anywhere else, is forbidden).

Yeah, sure, go ahead. You're allowed to trope your own works. Just make sure you understand that once the page is out there, [[Administrivia/TheFicMayBeYoursButTheTropePageIsOurs you won't have any control or ownership over it]] -- anyone is allowed to edit it, and any editor will have the same rights and privileges as you. This is why it's a bad idea to make WordOfGod statements for your own work on its wiki page. [[Administrivia/AutoEroticTroping You are also not allowed to create or add items to a YMMV subpage or related subpages, and you may not review your own work or add recommendations for your own work.]]

There should be a minimum of three tropes listed (if you're stuck, mentioning e.g. who TheHero and the BigBad are will give you two tropes right off the bat), or the page is at risk of being sent to the CutList as a stub. More is preferable, of course, so go through the Administrivia/HowToCollectTropes checklist and write down as many as you can! Creators do not have a minimum trope requirement, but see Administrivia/CreatorPageGuidelines before adding examples.\\

If you'd like to create a page for a creator or a work, rest assured; Administrivia/ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability and Administrivia/WorksPagesAreAFreeLaunch. If you want to make a page for an unreleased work, see Administrivia/CreatingAWorkPageForAnUpcomingWork. Here's a step-by-step guide for building a page with the correct markup.

If you have any questions about this process, don't be shy! Create a query in AskTheTropers and you should get a response pretty quickly. You can also use [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15946606200A77250100 this thread]] in the Wiki Talk subforum or [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/remarks.php?trope=Administrivia.HowToCreateAWorksPage this page's discussion section]].

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