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TLP Crash Rescue - Fixing prematurely launched TLPs and pages

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Prematurely launched pages and pages that weren't fully fleshed out at the point of launching, are a big problem. Since these usually share several problems at once, this thread is aimed at re-running them through the TLP for fixing - the usual fix - or cutting them if they are too bad.

Problems this thread deals with include bad names, not enough/bad examples, unclear description, etc.

For the interested, here's a list of recently created pages. Launches

Note: Please do not request a mod to unlaunch drafts that don't have any issues besides lacking a launch notice/24hr launch notice. While 24hr launch notices are mandatory, there are a few exceptions to the rule. If you see a draft's sponsor launch a TLP without an announcement, it's best to remind them of our TLP Guidelines first. If they continue to repeatedly launch drafts without a launch notice, you can report them on Ask The Tropers or the TLP Community Issues thread.

Edited by MacronNotes on Jun 24th 2023 at 12:24:55 PM

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#3901: Nov 24th 2015 at 11:50:22 PM

Today's worklist:

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
bombadil211 Since: Nov, 2013
#3902: Nov 25th 2015 at 12:38:53 AM

Re: Chicago Trilogy. Gotcha. I'll take it down.

bitemytail Since: Dec, 2011
#3903: Nov 25th 2015 at 9:12:38 AM

Flapping Cheeks was launched with zero hats.

Here's the YKTTW: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=gbudfem17f6d39oqvurcnfvy&trope=FlappingCheeks

Edit: Here's more 0 hat launches: Stopped By A Smile, The Chosen Wannabe, Worry About The Million Others (1 hat, but only 4 examples),

edited 25th Nov '15 9:16:13 AM by bitemytail

Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#3904: Nov 25th 2015 at 10:08:10 AM

Doesn't Refused by the Call already cover what The Chosen Wannabe is supposed to be? If so, then we can just cut it.

edited 25th Nov '15 10:09:01 AM by Karxrida

bitemytail Since: Dec, 2011
#3905: Nov 25th 2015 at 11:29:21 AM

[up] I'd like to cut all of them once I make sure no one is vehemently opposed to it.

We can always remake the YKTT Ws later if needed.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#3906: Nov 26th 2015 at 2:53:56 AM

Today's worklist:

What is the verdict on Stopped By A Smile and Driving Stick.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#3907: Nov 26th 2015 at 10:27:24 AM

Additional work page stubs: Pumpkin, Good Fences, Swept Away 2002, Hart's War, The Emperor's Club, and The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"
saffronpanther Since: May, 2012
#3908: Nov 26th 2015 at 2:16:00 PM

I apologize if the Beavis and Butt-Head Self-Demonstrating page is an issue. I thought it would fit to the requisites listed forth by the Characters Page for Self-Demonstrating. Given that I saw entries for characters like Ice Bear and that bomber from The Tick, I thought that Beavis & Butt-Head would be relevant, since they're known and have a particular speech pattern, as per fitting the requisites. If there was a ban on making Character Pages of the like, I did not see it. I apologize if this created a problem.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#3909: Nov 27th 2015 at 12:31:30 AM

Today's worklist:

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
JamesLeeMcKigney Since: Sep, 2013
#3910: Nov 27th 2015 at 9:06:06 AM

Greetings. I am trying to work on Super Smash Bros Animated Series' Trope Page since I got the message, but I don't really know where to begin. How can I tell the tropes so far in which I can fill out the page?

edited 27th Nov '15 9:08:43 AM by JamesLeeMcKigney

Candi Sorcerer in training from Closer to rimward than hubward Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
Sorcerer in training
#3911: Nov 27th 2015 at 4:54:50 PM

Check out Lost And Found (Trope Finder) for help with tracking down tropes.

See How To Write An Example for assistance as well. smile

Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#3912: Nov 28th 2015 at 2:06:48 AM

Today's worklist:

  • Equestrial Plains: Stub work page; creator messaged.
  • Patreon: Stub work page; creator messaged.
  • Sargon Of Akkad: Stub work page; creator messaged.
  • Tsukiuta and Tsukiuta: ~yamamotochigusa, please do not write empty unindexed character pages. Likewise, work pages with no description and only two tropes are undesirable.
  • 'Watch Movie Online Putlocker Dotcom: Aside from being a stub: Is this a legit website? The page was created by two accounts which are sock- or meatpuppets of each other, it seems.
  • Analysis.WWE: Is this a legit analysis page? I've suspended the creating editor for a vandaltastic edit on another page.

Regarding LEGO Jurassic World, LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean, LEGO Marvel, The LEGO Movie and LEGO The Lord of the Rings, ~Sean Wheeler please do not write unindexed stub work pages with no description.

Teasing from Behind the Language Barrier as well as bitemytail's pages need still input.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
MrPodPerson Since: May, 2012
#3913: Nov 28th 2015 at 4:17:48 AM

I've lengthened the Patreon page about as much as I can with information that I think is relevant to fiction. I did not know the site had developed a hostility towards stubs. I regard them as starting places. Even trope pages have stubs—they just are created in YKTTW. There is no equivalent for other types of pages.

It's at least as long as the Kickstarter page now, except I don't think it would make sense to include a list of examples of people who use Patreon—it would be faster to say which Internet content providers don't use it.

Candi Sorcerer in training from Closer to rimward than hubward Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
Sorcerer in training
#3914: Nov 28th 2015 at 4:21:38 AM

Putlocker is a legit site. It's one of those 'watch movies free' things. It doesn't have a bad reputation according to Google, but my son griped about it once saying the ads were iffy.

@Mr Pod Person: Stub articles have been a don't-do-that for at least as far back as the current edit banned/suspended thread goes -some four years. It's not hostility, it's making the wiki look good so every editor can take pride in it and every reader has a pleasant experience.

Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#3915: Nov 28th 2015 at 7:10:51 AM

[up][up] The WWE page looks like a prolonged rant to me, more fit for the Reviews page than being one of the informational pages.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#3916: Nov 29th 2015 at 3:01:42 AM

Do folks want to keep or cut Beavis and Butt-Head?

Otherwise, worklist:

  • Gods of Egypt: Stub work page; its creator was banned for persistent ZCE rule violations.
  • Night Of Freddy: Stub work page; creator messaged.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#3917: Nov 29th 2015 at 5:50:07 AM

Additional work page stubs: Frankenstein 2004 and The Dust Factory.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"
lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#3918: Nov 29th 2015 at 8:42:48 AM

The Chosen Wannabe, if I recall, was in YKTTW for a while but almost completely ignored. I guess the OP got bored of waiting and just launched it. I haven't read it over, so I don't know if it's good or even trope worthy, but it at least needs to be sent back to yk.

OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#3919: Nov 30th 2015 at 1:12:09 AM

Today's worklist:

  • AMvs: Stub work page; creator messaged.
  • Gustav Vasa: Stub work page; creator messaged.
  • Nightlight: Stub work page; creator messaged.
  • PPR: Stub work page; creator messaged. Also some concerns about inappropriately troping real people.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
crazysamaritan NaNo 4328 / 50,000 from Lupin III Since: Apr, 2010
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
#3920: Nov 30th 2015 at 10:45:17 AM

The editor for Nose Vanish mentioned their page on ATT, establishing that they did not go through the proposal process. They indexed well, and have one Cross Wick, but the examples seem to all be ZCE.

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
valozzy Since: Feb, 2013 Relationship Status: Desperate
#3921: Nov 30th 2015 at 10:50:50 AM

I just wanted to point out that A Mvs and its subpages have been blanked by their creator, ~Reddy Wizard. Should they be restored and/or cut?

ReddyWizard Since: May, 2015
#3922: Nov 30th 2015 at 11:21:57 AM

Thank you for noticing, the "A Mvs" have the wrong name for my fault. I named it like its initials, thinking it would be easier to identify since most people reffer to that show as "A Mvs" instead od "Aitor Molina vs.". So I made new pages with the "Aitor Molina Vs" name and cut all that was written in "A Mvs" not to lose anything. So yeah, you can delete "A Mvs". Now I know that capital letters are used as space in the links.

P.D.: I also made the https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/DaSuisa, could you check in case I put something wrong?

First day as a troper without Informatics knowledge. Sorry if I do something wrong.

crazysamaritan NaNo 4328 / 50,000 from Lupin III Since: Apr, 2010
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
#3923: Nov 30th 2015 at 11:25:38 AM

The "Cut List" can be found under "Tools", on the right-hand side of every page. What you did is called "blanking", because the page still counts as a viable article, but it has no information (is blank instead of "not here").

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#3924: Dec 1st 2015 at 1:12:50 AM

Today's worklist:

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
YasminPerry Since: May, 2015
#3925: Dec 1st 2015 at 1:14:35 AM

Yes, there was. And I was sick and tired of waiting and waiting and waiting, so I just went ahead and made the damn thing.


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