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Tawkin Takwin's alt. account from Texas Since: Aug, 2010
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#1: Dec 21st 2010 at 6:37:44 PM

I apologize for the newbie question, but I thought it impolite to do this without asking first. Is it distasteful or cheap to create a page for your own creation? I want to start a trope list for my fledgling webcomic, Red Right Hand, but I want to make sure that it won't be considered spam first. Could someone give me a verdict on this? Again, I'm sorry for asking what should be obvious.

Wanna see fantasy, scifi, and what little my mechanical pencil can do? Sure you do.
FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#2: Dec 21st 2010 at 6:40:09 PM

First of all ...

Do it!

I don't really have a "second of all."

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melloncollie Since: Feb, 2012
#3: Dec 21st 2010 at 6:43:11 PM

Uh, Eddie, do we have a Webcomic namespace? 'Cos Red Right Hand is currently a trope.

FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#4: Dec 21st 2010 at 6:46:49 PM

Would any other site on the net be more likely to have Webcomics namespace?

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FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#5: Dec 21st 2010 at 6:47:03 PM

I think not.

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chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#6: Dec 21st 2010 at 6:51:59 PM

Yeah, do it, but don't go overboard, or people will start hating you all over the fora.

Don't forget to check my sig for a good example of it.

Marioguy128 Geomancer from various galaxies Since: Jan, 2010
Geomancer
#7: Dec 21st 2010 at 6:58:16 PM

Yeah, signatures are a good place for promoting your work.

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Tawkin Takwin's alt. account from Texas Since: Aug, 2010
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#8: Dec 21st 2010 at 7:22:35 PM

Okay. I'll add a link in my signature, and possibly begin work on a page for the comic.

I really didn't consider the title problem when I started on this. I think we have a tag for webcomics... I think, but I'm not sure.

Wanna see fantasy, scifi, and what little my mechanical pencil can do? Sure you do.
melloncollie Since: Feb, 2012
#9: Dec 21st 2010 at 7:24:12 PM

@ Eddie: Just checking, 'cos I hadn't seen a webcomics namespace before ^__^;

I know there's some confusion over comics, I've seen both a comics namespace and a comicbook one.

Red Right Hand ok?

edited 21st Dec '10 7:24:34 PM by melloncollie

Tawkin Takwin's alt. account from Texas Since: Aug, 2010
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#10: Dec 21st 2010 at 7:32:21 PM

Thank you, melloncollie. It feels like someone is appointing me to author status for the first time. ;u;

Wanna see fantasy, scifi, and what little my mechanical pencil can do? Sure you do.
Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#11: Dec 21st 2010 at 8:07:21 PM

Feel free to fill out stuff, just make sure you don't start gushing.

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Marioguy128 Geomancer from various galaxies Since: Jan, 2010
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#12: Dec 21st 2010 at 9:53:02 PM

Oh and do remember other people have access to the page, so they might add their thoughts. Whether you like it or not.

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Tawkin Takwin's alt. account from Texas Since: Aug, 2010
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#13: Dec 21st 2010 at 10:03:03 PM

Are you kidding? I'd love it if other people added their opinions.

Wanna see fantasy, scifi, and what little my mechanical pencil can do? Sure you do.
Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
Pronounced YAK-you-luss
#14: Dec 22nd 2010 at 2:35:08 AM

One other thing - it's generally considered to be bad taste to add subjective tropes to your own page. I'd advise letting someone else create your work's YMMV page.

What's precedent ever done for us?
Tawkin Takwin's alt. account from Texas Since: Aug, 2010
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#15: Dec 22nd 2010 at 6:40:01 AM

Good to know, thanks. I'm trying to keep it as objective as possible.

Wanna see fantasy, scifi, and what little my mechanical pencil can do? Sure you do.
Wulf Gotta trope, dood! from Louisiana Since: Jan, 2001
Gotta trope, dood!
#16: Dec 22nd 2010 at 3:25:08 PM

Pages on your own works are always wanted, so long as you don't go around putting things like So Cool Its Awesome on it, or shoehorning it in on trope pages, or deleting what people add to the page because "it's your work." So really just general troping rules.

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