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
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Two of a Kind (1983) had the minimum three tropes, but one's being cut per TRS, leaving two tropes, degrading it to a stub.
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It has four tropes now. Theoretically, if it does go down to two, we could sneakily add Those Two Actors.
Community.IDPLAYERS, apart from it's namespace looks like it may be about real people
Crow Cillers has no tropes sent stub notifier
Lightening God Alchemist has no tropes sent stub notifier
Call To Order is nearly all ZC Es, sent ZCE notifier
edited 12th Mar '18 5:02:32 AM by jormis29
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Community/ page axed, creator messaged.
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The creator of Tsuki Pro may need to be taken to one side they made the page is badly formatted and has one trope and they also made a Franchise/ page of the same name with no tropes and that being the only sub work page
Scorpion in the Sea has no tropes, sent stub notifier
I Became a Dog has no tropes, sent stub notifier
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Sent namespace notifier for Franchise/, and stub notifier for Music/.
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Comic Con Reviews is another stub page.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
J House Vlogs consists solely of the letter H, sent stub notifier
StarCom: The U.S. Space Force has no description and most of it's examples are ZC Es sent stub notifier
Youth & Consequences has little description and it's examples are ZC Es sent ZCE notifier
Light at the End has one trope, sent stub notifier
Some Dethroning Moment of Suck pages don't really have enough examples to justify their existence.
Dexter has one example.
Torchwood has four examples.
Friends has four examples.
Modern Family has one example.
Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race has two examples.
edited 15th Mar '18 5:12:19 AM by Silverblade2
Lost in Space
That's fine. Darth Wiki and Sugar Wiki examples are not permitted on YMMV subpages; they must have their own subpages if they have any examples at all.
I'm wondering why they have their subpages instead of being on the main Dethroning Moment Of Suck page.
edited 15th Mar '18 5:29:21 AM by Silverblade2
Lost in Space
Ah, I see. It kind of depends on whether you view it a subpage of the work or of the trope. If of the trope, then yeah, the rule of three should apply.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Sounds good on paper (he/him)
I sent J House Vlogs to the cutlist. One letter is short even by stub standards.
Patiently awaiting the release of Paper Luigi and the Marvelous Compass.
Fake Relationship is a good trope. Except, the description is shorter than the See Also list. It was launched by a troper whose only contribution to the TLP draft was adding an example literally 3 minutes before they launched it. It also hasn't been indexed, or anything. I'd suggest sending it back for work on the description; otherwise it is a good trope. If there was description talk on the discussion page, it probably wouldn't need to be unlaunched.
edited 17th Mar '18 3:03:24 AM by lakingsif
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jameygamer mentioned in ATT that Infertility Angst was launched, with its biggest problem being Law of Inverse Fertility, with emphasis on the sad. I vote to cut.
edited 18th Mar '18 9:27:43 PM by lakingsif
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As I brought up in that ATT post, the draft's OP and launcher are two different accounts, but both are ban-evading socks of each other. I feel that may be just as if not more important.
Perhaps we should cut it straight away, if we add both issues together. Alas, it's too late for me to cull any wicks.
edited 18th Mar '18 10:01:01 PM by Berrenta
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sigh. I can get wicks, I'm sure a cut can wait for the morning.
edited 18th Mar '18 10:29:08 PM by lakingsif
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Coffee Shop AU Fic got launched with 6 hats and 3 bombs. I have no problem with it other than that fact and the lack of examples make me wonder if it's actually a thing.
Found a Youtube Channel with political stances you want to share? Hop on over to this page and add them.
It is a common scenario for some fanfics... but we're not going to make a "trope" for all fanfic AU settings, because it's not a trope and there are way too many.
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The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
Would there be a merit in having a Common Fanfic Plots page, even if it's a Just for Fun one?
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Looking it over, the examples are really bad overall. That Steven Universe example isn't one, it's more likely a reference to Friends or similar sitcoms. And most of the rest of the examples are ZC Es.
Found a Youtube Channel with political stances you want to share? Hop on over to this page and add them.
Maybe. From the Fanfic Tropes page, there seem to also be High School AU, though that has a ton of examples (presumably from fanfic writers being in high school?), and Soulmate AU Fic, which isn't as developed. But I can also see that as being more popular than "meet in a coffee shop"... thanks, Friends... And while that High School one is well written, the other two look like they're bringing the kind of universal shipping fan excitement to this wiki, written like a spoof history of tumblr.
Checking history, the soulmate/coffee shop pages were both rather recently made by ~Pichu-kun, so asking them here for input.
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Does anyone know why Common Color Combinations got nuked? It's only 1 net red hat (5 red vs 4 green), and seemed to have significant support for its tropability (including a few staff members, FWIWnote ), not to mention that it was created to address problems discovered in TRS (specifically, this one).
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The discard list was purged by admins back in February of this year, so the only way to figure out who did it would be to check the wayback machine. Since it can't be restored, we'll have to start from scratch.
edited 19th Mar '18 6:07:01 PM by Berrenta
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Moving it to correct capitalization would be preferable.
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