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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#601: Nov 24th 2013 at 2:58:59 PM

Which index should Mythology Tropes go on? Religion Tropes don't strike me as appropiate, as not all mythologies are religious in nature IINM.

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#602: Nov 24th 2013 at 3:01:12 PM

For starters, I have to ask why Useful Notes pages are there.

As for an index, Tropes and Topical Tropes?

edited 24th Nov '13 3:02:15 PM by SeptimusHeap

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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#603: Nov 24th 2013 at 3:27:55 PM

Don't know why there are Useful Notes pages there, as I just found this index a few minutes ago; however, I'd guess that it has to do with how they are treated as tropes of sorts as I keep seeing them being listed among the trope lists of several works (e.g. Classical Mythology in Disney.Hercules). We could move them to UsefulNotes.Mythology and link that in the description of Mythology Tropes, right?

EDIT: Wait, some of them aren't even in the Useful Notes namespace (Classical Mythology and Celtic Mythology, for one).

edited 24th Nov '13 3:32:14 PM by MarqFJA

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Catbert Since: Jan, 2012
#604: Nov 24th 2013 at 3:49:36 PM

Classical Mythology and other mythologies can both treated variously as a category of works (a genre, which we treat like a trope), a Real Life belief system that would fall in the Useful Notes province (for those that actually believe it, instead of considering them amusing stories), and also used sorta like a trope when used as a common source Shout-Out, Whole-Plot Reference, etc.

I think trying to classify these categories too rigorously strictly according to pre-defined Wiki categories would result in failing to accurately depict the wide range of ways that mythologies exist as both a historic phenomena and a continued influence on story telling.

edited 24th Nov '13 3:50:49 PM by Catbert

MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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#605: Nov 25th 2013 at 2:55:39 AM

You make a good point there.

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#606: Nov 25th 2013 at 10:08:00 AM

Generally speaking, we allow multiple articles for a topic like that when it serves as an index of works, a genre/setting, and/or a useful note. It should be pointed out, though, that a Useful Notes article should not be cited as a trope example. Instead use the description to link to it — as in, "This work is set in Great Britain."

edited 25th Nov '13 10:09:04 AM by Fighteer

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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#607: Nov 25th 2013 at 2:50:21 PM

I think that would require an extensive, prolonged effort, either via a Short-Term Project or a Long-Term one, because the use of such Useful Notes pages as entries in trope lists is very pervalent from what I've seen.

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#608: Nov 26th 2013 at 12:14:09 PM

NYX: What index does this go on?

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#610: Nov 26th 2013 at 11:23:11 PM

Added it to that.

Also, The Somewhat Cracked Mind of Uchiha Itachi - I am not familiar with the fanfic indexed.

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#611: Nov 27th 2013 at 8:46:10 AM

Going from the name in the title, I'm going to guess it's a Naruto fanfic.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#612: Nov 27th 2013 at 11:39:00 PM

Indexed accordingly.

Next one: Vampire Saga, As before, I am not familiar with the details of the video game indexes.

Same for Rat Queens but for comics. Also Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier for Theatres.

The Finishing School Series also needs an index.

edited 30th Nov '13 2:14:33 AM by SeptimusHeap

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#613: Dec 7th 2013 at 4:24:47 PM

Where should I put Boxers & Saints? I don't think 'Historical Fiction Literature' will work for a comic book.

edited 7th Dec '13 6:08:29 PM by Acappella

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#614: Dec 12th 2013 at 12:59:52 PM

Found Theme Deck through the random button. It seems close to Limited Move Arsenal, Five Moves of Doom, and Signature Move, although none of the indices they're in seem to exactly fit.

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#615: Dec 14th 2013 at 12:55:26 AM

Battle Despair also needs an index.

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#621: Dec 29th 2013 at 12:42:15 AM

I would support it, by the way.

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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#622: Jan 3rd 2014 at 2:24:30 PM

Is there any index about "fictionalized examples of already existing real-life concepts" (is this the right description for this?), where we can put on it tropes like Alternative Calendar, Fictional Holiday, Alternative Number System, and Fantastic Measurement System?

Also, the unindexed Strength Index is still waiting for suggestions.

edited 3rd Jan '14 2:26:28 PM by MarqFJA

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PrinnyOverlord Since: Feb, 2012
#623: Jan 4th 2014 at 6:15:40 AM

I'm new to this whole Index thing and Kirby Triple Deluxe desperately needs one for the impending rush on it's release. Some advice h=on how to index would help very much.

MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#624: Jan 4th 2014 at 6:42:08 AM

First off, it would be helpful if you wrote the correct Wiki Word address of the page, like so: VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe (it would give "Kirby: Triple Deluxe").

That said, you should look for which video-game genres it fits and put it under the appropiate index(es) in Video Game Genres.

edited 4th Jan '14 6:43:29 AM by MarqFJA

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