History Administrivia / NotATrope

* '''MemeticMutation:''' Memes are at best [[AudienceReactions fan reactions]]. They add very little to the wiki and end up dragging down the humor value. Memes may ''use'' tropes, but they're not tropes in themselves. Please leave them to Website/KnowYourMeme. Occasionally, a meme can become common enough to get its own page, but those count as works rather than tropes (''e.g.'' the ''WebVideo/HitlerRants'').

* '''SugarWiki/GushingAboutShowsYouLike:''' It's not ''ideal'', but it's a heck of a lot better than Administrivia/{{complaining|AboutShowsYouDontLike}}, if only because creators tend to ''want'' the audience to like the work. Please be sparing and keep it to SugarWiki/SugarWiki.

* '''{{Index|Index}}es''': [[PerplexingPlurals Or "indices", if you prefer]], but either way, these are collections of pages within a similar theme or topic, and are not themselves tropes, so there's no such thing as an "example" of them.

[[Wiki/TVTropes This wiki]] is about {{trope}}s, which are conventions and [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools tools]] in storytelling. But not everything we record is a trope, nor is everything in storytelling a trope. Some things that aren't tropes may still be notable enough to get their own pages on the wiki, but others may not.

!Not tropes and not page worthy.

Compare Administrivia/NotASubversion. Contrast OmnipresentTropes, MissingSupertrope, {{Paratext}}, and Administrivia/NoTropeIsTooCommon.

* '''Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike''' and their creator equivalents: [[HomePage We are not a wiki for bashing things]], and nothing meaningful or interesting can come from ranting here.

!Not tropes and not pageworthy

* '''{{Meme|ticMutation}}s:''' Memes are at best [[AudienceReactions fan reactions]]. They add very little to the wiki and end up dragging down the humor value. Memes may ''use'' tropes, but they're not tropes in themselves. Please leave them to Website/KnowYourMeme. Occasionally, a meme can become common enough to get its own page, but those count as works rather than tropes (''e.g.'' the ''WebVideo/HitlerRants'').
* '''[[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs People Sitting on Chairs]]:''' Meaningless things that occur incidentally are not tropes.
* '''StockPhrases:''' Most of them are not tropes, because there's no pattern to when they're said. Those that are exist on our StockPhrase index; we've exhausted pretty much all of them, which is why our current policy is Administrivia/NoNewStockPhrases.

* '''Administrivia/{{Ridiculously Similar Trope}}s:''' Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible, so if two tropes have a DistinctionWithoutADifference, they are in fact the same trope.

* '''Administrivia/TheSameButMoreSpecific:''' If the additional distinction doesn't confer some new meaning, it's not enough to make a SubTrope of a current trope. This is especially true for a trope [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools done well or done badly]], because the "new meaning" is just an {{Audience Reaction|s}}.

[[Wiki/TVTropes This wiki]] is about {{trope}}s, which are conventions and [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools tools]] in storytelling. But not everything we record are tropes, nor is everything in storytelling tropes. As mentioned below, things that aren't tropes may still be notable enough to get their own pages.

Compare Administrivia/NotASubversion. Contrast OmnipresentTropes, MissingSupertrope, {{Paratext}}, Administrivia/NoTropeIsTooCommon.

!Not tropes and not page worthy

These items have no reason to be given their own pages here:

* Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike and their creator equivalents: [[HomePage We are not a wiki for bashing things anyway]], and nothing meaningful or interesting can come from ranting here.
* {{Meme|ticMutation}}s: Memes are at best [[AudienceReactions fan reactions]], but usually they add very little to the wiki and end up dragging down the humor value. Memes may use tropes; however, they are not tropes. Please leave them to Website/KnowYourMeme (and even if they become common enough to have their own pages, such as the ''WebVideo/HitlerRants'', those count as works, not tropes).
* Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs: Meaningless things that occur incidentally.
* StockPhrases: While we have a StockPhrase index, [[Administrivia/NoNewStockPhrases they are themselves not worth a page]].
* Administrivia/TooRareToTrope: Something very rare most likely is coincidence rather than convention. Ditto for something extremely complex.

These items do not have to be split off of already-existing tropes.

* PlayingWithATrope: A list of variations that a trope can undergo, also a [[PlayingWithWiki Sub-Wiki]]. An InvertedTrope, however, may qualify as a [[OppositeTropes separate trope]] if the inversion is common enough.
* Administrivia/RidiculouslySimilarTrope: Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible, so if two tropes have a DistinctionWithoutADifference, they are in fact the same trope.
* Administrivia/TheSameButMore: Trope X {{exaggerated|Trope}}, {{downplayed|Trope}}, or even {{parodied|Trope}} is still Trope X.
* Administrivia/TheSameButMoreSpecific: If the additional distinction doesn't make some new meaning, it's not enough to make a SubTrope of a current trope. Ditto for a trope [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools done well or done badly]], which is still the same trope (just part of the AudienceReactions).

These items, while not tropes (unless they are InUniverse examples), are still interesting facets of storytelling, and worth noting here:

* AudienceReactions: Emotional and subjective reactions of audiences are on the receiving end of storytelling, and often [[IntendedAudienceReaction aimed at]] by creators.
* FanSpeak: Definitions of storytelling and fan terminology.
* JustForFun: Whimsical lists, parody articles, and other frivolous nonsense kept simply because they're [[RuleOfCool awesome]], [[RuleOfFunny amusing]], or just a good way to have [[RuleOfFun fun]] with stories and analysis thereof.
* SugarWiki/GushingAboutShowsYouLike: Unlike Administrivia/{{complaining|AboutShowsYouDontLike}}, it is usually aimed at by creators, and thus notable (and less troublesome), but please keep it to SugarWiki/SugarWiki.
* {{Trivia}}: These are interesting little facts about stories, or common behind-the-scenes conventions, that don't show up in the story itself.
* UsefulNotes: What you need to know about things in a story, also to debunk common media misconceptions.

* PlayingWithATrope: A list of variations that a trope can undergo, also a [[PlayingWithWiki Sub-Wiki]]. An InvertedTrope, however, may qualify as a [[OppositeTropes separate trope]] if the inversion is common enough.
* Administrivia/RidiculouslySimilarTrope: Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible, so if two tropes have a DistinctionWithoutADifference, they are in fact the same trope.

* Administrivia/TheSameButMore: Trope X {{exaggerated|Trope}}, {{downplayed|Trope}}, or even {{parodied|Trope}} is still Trope X. Ditto for [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Trope X done well and Trope X done badly]], which are still the same trope (just part of the AudienceReactions). Trope X {{inverted|Trope}}, however, may qualify as a [[OppositeTropes separate trope]] if the inversion is common enough.
* Administrivia/TheSameButMoreSpecific: If the additional distinction doesn't make some new meaning, it's not enough to make a SubTrope of a current trope.
* PlayingWithATrope: A list of variations that a trope can undergo, also a [[PlayingWithWiki Sub-Wiki]].

* {{Meme|ticMutation}}s: Memes are at best [[AudienceReactions fan reactions]], but usually they add very little to the wiki and end up dragging down the humor value. Memes may use tropes, however they are not tropes. Please leave them to Website/KnowYourMeme (and even if they become common enough to have their own pages, such as the ''WebVideo/HitlerRants'', those count as works, not tropes).

* Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike[=/=]CreatorBashing: [[HomePage We are not a wiki for bashing things anyway]], and nothing meaningful or interesting can come from ranting here.