History Administrivia / HowToCreateAWorksPage

Finish off the trope list with another horizontal line: [=----=].

This step is nice and quick. Go to the "Tools" menu on the left side of the screen. There should be a button that says "set page type". Click on it and set the page type to "work". There you go.\\

Things ''not'' to include: quality judgements (don't say how much it sucked/how awesome it was), critical reception (that's just a specific variant of quality judgements), recommendations (don't tell us whether or not we should check it out), plot spoilers. And whatever you do, ''do not copy text from the {{Wikipedia}} page.'' That is UsefulNotes/{{Plagiarism}} and it is ''bad.''

This is only necessary if the title includes punctuation; otherwise, skip this step. Under the "Tools" menu on the sidebar, find the "customize title" link and click it. Fill out the form to add punctuation, correct capitalization, and so on. Once a moderator approves it, it'll automatically be applied. More detailed instructions for this step can be found at Administrivia/HowToMakeACustomTitle.

You can use the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/uploadform.php Image Uploader]] to upload an image for the page. Box art or official promotional art (such as a theatrical release poster for a film) is the standard for most media. See Administrivia/HowToPickAGoodImage for more info. If you're not sure, you can just skip the image; it looks nice, but it's not required.

If you have any questions about this process, don't be shy! Create a query in AskTheTropers or start a thread in [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/conversations.php?topic=0000000000000000000000f3 Wiki Talk]], and you should get a response pretty quickly. You can also use [[Administrivia/HowToCreateAWorksPageDiscussion this page's discussion section]].

Whatever you do, it does ''not'' belong in boldface-font. 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]].

Whatever you do, it does ''not'' belong in boldface-font. 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.

Things ''not'' to include: quality judgements (don't say how much it sucked/how awesome it was), critical reception (that's just a specific variant of quality judgements), recommendations (don't tell us whether or not we should check it out), plot spoilers. And whatever you do, ''do not copy text from the {{Wikipedia}} page.'' That is {{Plagiarism}} and it is ''bad.''

Remember to use the correct Administrivia/{{namespace}} for the article. For reference, here's the list of the current officially supported namespaces.[[note]]If you're not sure which category it is, or if it doesn't seem to fit in any of the categories, you can ask for help in [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13292464700A22187400 Wiki Talk]]. Please don't make a new namespace without discussion there first.[[/note]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Advertising Advertising/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Animation Animation/]] (A catch-all for animation that doesn't fit in Anime/, [=WebAnimation/=], or [=WesternAnimation/=].)
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Anime Anime/]] (If there's an anime and a manga, use whichever came first and [[Administrivia/CreatingNewRedirects make the other into a redirect]])
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=ARG ARG/]] (AlternateRealityGame)
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=AudioPlay AudioPlay/]] (Catch-all for audio-only works that don't fit under Radio/, Podcast/ or Music/.)
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Blog Blog/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Bollywood Bollywood/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=ComicBook ComicBook/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=ComicStrip ComicStrip/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Creator Creator/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=FanFic FanFic/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Film Film/]] (Animated films go in [=WesternAnimation/=], Animation/ or Anime/ as appropriate)
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Franchise Franchise/]] (for multimedia Franchises)
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=LetsPlay LetsPlay/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=LightNovel LightNovel/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Literature Literature/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Machinima Machinima/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Magazine Magazine/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Manga Manga/]] (If there's an anime and a manga, use whichever came first and [[Administrivia/CreatingNewRedirects make the other into a redirect]])
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Manhua Manhua/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Manhwa Manhwa/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Music Music/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Pinball Pinball/]] (for PhysicalPinballTables; DigitalPinballTables use use VideoGame/ instead)
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Podcast Podcast/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Radio Radio/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Roleplay Roleplay/]] (used for online [=RPGs=])
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Script Script/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Series Series/]] (used for Live Action TV - a legacy of Wiki/TVTropes origins)
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=TabletopGame TabletopGame/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Theatre Theatre/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=VideoGame VideoGame/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=VisualNovel VisualNovel]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=WebAnimation WebAnimation/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Webcomic Webcomic/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Website Website/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=WebVideo WebVideo/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=WesternAnimation WesternAnimation/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Wiki Wiki/]]
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Wrestling Wrestling/]]
# '''Write a brief description'''\\
At the top of the page, write up a short description of the work. The work name should have ''italics'' for longer works, or "quotes" for shorter works like songs, essays or chapters. No bolding is used for work titles. No special formatting is to be used for personas, sacred texts or series of works collectively referred to by a non-Franchise name.\\

At the top of the page, write up a short description of the work. The work name should have ''italics'' for longer works, or "quotes" for shorter works like songs, essays or chapters. No bolding is used for work titles. No special formatting is to be used for personas, sacred texts or 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: quality judgements (don't say how much it sucked/how awesome it was), critical reception (that's just a specific variant of quality judgements), recommendations (don't tell us whether or not we should check it out), plot spoilers. And whatever you do, ''do not copy text from the {{Wikipedia}} page.'' That is {{Plagiarism}} and it is ''bad.''
# '''Add a list of tropes'''\\
At the bottom of the intro, type [=----=] (four hyphens) to create a horizontal line. Underneath it, create a header that says "!! ''[Work Name]'' contains examples of:". (The !! at the beginning of the line is the Header markup.) Underneath that, you're going to make the trope list.\\

The tropes should be in a bulleted list, [[Administrivia/HowToAlphabetizeThings alphabetically]], with one trope 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 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!\\

Finish off the trope list with another horizontal line: [=----=].

At the top of the page, write up a short description of the work. The work name should be ''italicized'' for longer works, or in "quotes" for shorter works like songs, essays or chapters. No special formatting is to be used for personas, sacred texts or 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: quality judgements (don't say how much it sucked/how awesome it was), critical reception (that's just a specific variant of quality judgements), recommendations (don't tell us whether or not we should check it out), plot spoilers. And whatever you do, ''do not copy text from the {{Wikipedia}} page.'' That is {{Plagiarism}} and it is ''bad.''

At the top of the page, write up a short description of the work. The work name should be ''italicized'' for longer works, or in "quotes" for shorter works like songs, essays or chapters. No special formatting is to be used for personas, sacred texts or series of works collectively called 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: quality judgements (don't say how much it sucked/how awesome it was), critical reception (that's just a specific variant of quality judgements), recommendations (don't tell us whether or not we should check it out), plot spoilers. And whatever you do, ''do not copy text from the {{Wikipedia}} page.'' That is {{Plagiarism}} and it is ''bad.''

At the top of the page, write up a short description of the work. Good things to include: the work name (obviously; in italics, ''not bold''), 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: quality judgements (don't say how much it sucked/how awesome it was), critical reception (that's just a specific variant of quality judgements), recommendations (don't tell us whether or not we should check it out), plot spoilers. And whatever you do, ''do not copy text from the {{Wikipedia}} page.'' That is {{Plagiarism}} and it is ''bad.''

At the top of the page, write up a short description of the work. 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: quality judgements (don't say how much it sucked/how awesome it was), critical reception (that's just a specific variant of quality judgements), recommendations (don't tell us whether or not we should check it out), plot spoilers. And whatever you do, ''do not copy text from the {{Wikipedia}} page.'' That is {{Plagiarism}} and it is ''bad.''

Podcast/WordFunk

Yeah, sure, go ahead. You're allowed to trope your own works. Just make sure you understand that once the page is out there, 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.

If your work isn't published yet, you can still make a page for it, but it will have to be in the [=DarthWiki/=] namespace, and it can only be indexed on UnpublishedWorks.

** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/namespace_index.php?ns=Film Film/]] (Animated films go in [=WesternAnimation/=] or Anime/ as appropriate)

Once you have a description and a trope list, click "save" to save your edits and create the page. Please use the "preview" feature first to check your work.

Once you have a description and a trope list, click "save" to save your edits and create the page. Feel free to use the "preview" feature first to check your work.

So, your favorite work is a {{Redlink}}, and you think it deserves to have a page on the Wiki, but you're not sure how to go about it. Well, you've come to the right place. Anyone can make a work's page, and [[NoSuchThingAsNotability any work that isn't porn can have a page]]. Administrivia/WorksPagesAreAFreeLaunch. So if you're wondering whether you're ''allowed'' to do this, well... yes. Yes you are. Here's how.

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 - name as many as you can think of!)\\

ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability. If it exists, it can be troped. Heck, sometimes we even trope [[TVTropesTheWebcomic things that don't exist]], JustForFun (but that's for the professionals, so don't try it at home). The exception is porn -- this is a FamilyFriendly wiki, so please no pornographic works.

# '''Cross-wick'''\\

The tropes should be in a bulleted list, [[Administrivia/HowToAlphabetizeThings alphabetically]], with one trope 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 HowToWriteAnExample for miscellaneous tips on style.\\

The tropes should be in a bulleted list, [[HowToAlphabetize alphabetically]], with one trope 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 HowToWriteAnExample for miscellaneous tips on style.\\