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.
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Edited by MacronNotes on Jun 24th 2023 at 12:24:55 PM
Could one of the mods please unhold/nuke Scrappy Episode? The obvious consensus is that it's a complaint magnet that is already covered elsewhere, so it should be discarded of, but it was just left to rot.
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If Squirting Flower is People Sit on Chairs, it could go on a list of stock pranks or something. As for making people think of sexual acts, how does that make it not a trope? I'm sure there are works that make jokes about that.
Edited by Lymantria on Jul 20th 2019 at 6:58:45 AM
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Re: Scrappy
Hold removed, draft discarded.
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A page for the fic Midnight Renegade was created in 2013 but the page has no tropes. It's only had one edit since 2019 and the fic itself only has two wicks (with one being an index). Should it be cut?
That 2019 edit was a cleanup-type edit, so really, it hasn't seen substantial edits since 2013. So I'd say cut.
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Aye, snip it.
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As I said earlier, Squirting Flower is People Sit On Chairs. Squirting Flower Gag is theoretically a trope, though I question whether every single stock prank should get a trope.
Between that, the fact the name was questioned for potential squick in the TLP which went unaddressed, the rogue/stealth launch, I say send it back. I honestly think it'll be properly launched very soon, but still.
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Before unlaunching, all edits ought to be transferred to the draft and its wicks de-wicked.
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So, are we going to unlaunch Squirting Flower or not?
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I think we should, even if just because the title may be inappropriate.
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Why is the title inappropriate?
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"Squirting Flower" can bring to mind, erm...a certain female part.
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"Squirting". Google that with safe search off, and you'll see.
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So? What else would it be called?
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Even just adding "gag" at the end can help.
That said, I'm now starting to be convinced it's not a tropeworthy concept on it's own, and would be better on a list of Stock Practical Jokes.
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We have Practical Joke, though that's an index.
Also, I don't see "squirting" as inappropriate. If it was, we wouldn't have things like Squirtle or Squirtbottle in Pokémon, a franchise geared for kids.
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I think it's the fact that it's combined with "Flower". Could take a mind to some naughty places.
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Well, looking up "squirting flower" in my search engine mostly brings up naughty things, though also this wiki page about an item from a kid-friendly game. I suppose if someone knows a better name, they could use it, but I don't think it'd be 100% necessary.
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Yeahhh, just for the searchability alone, we don't want to lump an innocent trope in with naughty google searches, ya feel?
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Apparently, going to Google gives me the practical joke for results on the first page.
Funnily enough, I had the inverse problem with First Period Panic in which I read "first period of class" into the title as opposed to menstruation. Me and my male mind.
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I had that same problem with "First Period Panic" too, and I'm female, with no excuse for not knowing the slang for menstruation — that's why I suggested using "menstruation" instead of "period" on the Trope Launch Pad.
As for "Squirting Flower"... yeah, that Heh Heh, You Said "X" title has got to go. If all else fails and nobody comes up with something better than adding "Gag" to the end of the title, we could index it on It's Not Porn, It's an Index. If all else fails.
Edited by Miss_Desperado on Jul 24th 2019 at 5:04:15 AM
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Re: cutlist
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