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Subbing in my rewrite. If you want the old one back we can just revert to the previous edit.


* SexTropes. We shouldn't focus on the sex lives of real people. That's part of Administrivia/TheContentPolicy.
* Gossip or stereotypes. TV Tropes is not a {{tabloid|Melodrama}} rag. We've historically had problems with this kind of thing (we're still cleaning up the PersonalAppearanceTropes), and we'd [[StopBeingStereotypical rather avoid being the kind of people who would focus on that kind of thing]], thanks.

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* SexTropes. We shouldn't focus on the sex lives of real people. That's part Also, it violates our Content Policy, owing to their inherently NSFW or squicky nature and tendency to attract fetish gushing.
* Rape, sexual assault, and incest tropes, out
of Administrivia/TheContentPolicy.
respect for the victims and to prevent gossip.
* Gossip or stereotypes.Gossip. TV Tropes is not a {{tabloid|Melodrama}} rag. We've historically had problems with this kind of thing (we're still cleaning up the PersonalAppearanceTropes), and we'd [[StopBeingStereotypical rather avoid being the kind of people who would focus on that kind of thing]], thanks.



* Tropes which are too common in real life to be worth documenting examples.

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* Tropes which are too common in that invite {{flame war}}s, [[Administrivia/ConversationInTheMainPage natter]], Administrivia/{{edit war}}s, and Administrivia/{{complaining|AboutShowsYouDontLike}}, and violations of the Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement when discussing real life to be worth documenting examples. examples, such as many political tropes.




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* Tropes, that require an author of a story to make a conscious storytelling decision, or otherwise involve the context within or outside of a work. Tropes involving beginnings, endings, and other story parts, or tropes that are exclusive to one medium, such as interactive games.
* Stock Characters and Stereotypes, since they harmfully distill real people into flat characters.
* Tropes that attract {{Squick}}, including gory retellings of real events, or NSFW weblinks.
* Tropes that attract misuse or encourage Trope Drift, which is when the ''de facto'' definition of a trope changes while the official trope definition doesn't.

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