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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

alnair20aug93 🍊orange fursona🧡 from 🐾Furrypines 🇵🇭 (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#7301: Aug 23rd 2019 at 11:05:11 AM

True then.

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#7302: Aug 27th 2019 at 2:28:31 PM

I worry that Unfocused During Intimacy was prematurely launched- there were enough net hats, but I don't feel like the discussion was properly resolved. Anyone else?

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bitemytail Since: Dec, 2011
#7303: Aug 28th 2019 at 4:31:50 PM

pidget_spinner appears to have rogue-launched Dismemberment Is Cheap.

They participated in the draft a few months ago, but it still appears to have been launched out of nowhere, seeing as the draft has been idle for months.

Edited by bitemytail on Aug 28th 2019 at 10:06:16 AM

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#7304: Aug 29th 2019 at 3:51:13 AM

Speaking of rogue-launch, Joe 32 did a rogue launching spree by launching these tropes:

Edited by alnair20aug93 on Aug 29th 2019 at 7:19:03 PM

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#7305: Aug 29th 2019 at 5:37:30 AM

Sorry if my method of notifying rogue launches is somewhat... unorthodox, but it's one way I could prevent further edits and crosswicking. Plus these tropes were launched at around the wee hours in the morning, but where I'm at, they were launched at 6 PM or 7 PM.

Thanks for unlaunching.

Edited by alnair20aug93 on Aug 29th 2019 at 8:39:33 PM

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Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#7306: Aug 29th 2019 at 5:44:26 AM

Rogue-launch spree handled.

Re: Dismemberment: I'll unlaunch as well, maybe throw in a suspension.

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#7307: Aug 29th 2019 at 8:27:11 PM

Was Hood Film properly launched this time around?

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
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#7308: Aug 29th 2019 at 8:28:02 PM

Yep!

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Ferot_Dreadnaught Since: Mar, 2015
#7309: Sep 3rd 2019 at 2:02:15 PM

Malicious Monitor Lizard was recently launched. But I recall it from a list of tropes cut for rogue launch. It has only three wicks right now.

Was this a legit launch? I have plans for this trope if it is legit?

4tell0life4 Since: Mar, 2018 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
#7310: Sep 4th 2019 at 8:22:47 AM

A bit of a minor issue, but the last grabber of Tide Level did bad formatting on the draft.

And a bigger issue: Popular Villains Reform was launched with 7 hats and 5 bombs. The issue about its content/idea is still unresolved too.

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#7311: Sep 4th 2019 at 11:37:50 AM

[up][up] It's a legit launch.

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Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#7312: Sep 5th 2019 at 6:43:26 AM

Re: Villains

Unlaunched and messaged.

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#7313: Sep 5th 2019 at 10:25:27 AM

Your Worst Memory was ninja launched by the sponsor. Now, it had 16 hats from the four days it existed (!!!) and somehow no one brought up the line of dialogue title?

Edited by Larkmarn on Sep 5th 2019 at 1:25:53 PM

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#7314: Sep 5th 2019 at 11:19:40 AM

How is it a line of dialogue title? Just saying "Your" doesn't render something a sentence. Now, maybe if it was like You Have This Worst Memory, I'd get it.

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#7315: Sep 5th 2019 at 11:44:11 AM

The title is fine, the 16 hats does throw me off though. I'm always suspicious when a new draft gets an absurd amount of hats in such a short time.

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#7316: Sep 6th 2019 at 6:01:22 AM

Could we get some more opinions on the Pain in the Legs draft?

The draft itself is well done and the sponsor is being totally above the board, but I have questions on tropeability which I've laid out, but I'd like other opinions.

Edited by Larkmarn on Sep 6th 2019 at 9:02:05 AM

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Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#7317: Sep 6th 2019 at 8:15:15 AM

[up] My only major issue is that a lot of the examples giving aren't accounted for.

As for the draft, aside from some minor touchups...I think it can work as a supertrope.

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#7318: Sep 8th 2019 at 9:41:58 PM

SelfDemonstrating.Tenko Chabashira has been a single sentence since it was created this April.

Keet cleanup
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#7319: Sep 9th 2019 at 3:46:44 AM

Delete. I don't think it would be easy to write a good SD page on her anyway.

PS: We have a thread on SD pages, but it's currently stalling.

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FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#7320: Sep 9th 2019 at 4:59:19 AM

There is a TLP trope which seems mature to me, has multiple examples, and five hats and no bombs. It's been that way for a few weeks now. I've messaged the creator of it to ask if they think it's OK to launch, but received no answer. Is there a good grace period before launching it?

I know... five hats isn't exactly a rousing endorsement, but it's also a niche genre, which is a fairly recent development.

Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#7321: Sep 9th 2019 at 6:31:29 AM

[up] If the owner is inactive for two months, a draft becomes Up for Grabs. That's when it'll be safe.

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#7322: Sep 9th 2019 at 11:40:49 AM

Outgrowing Ones Parents Formerly Short Parents Tall Kids was launched. Yes, that's the name. I'm guessing something went wrong during the launch.

EDIT: The last comment on the TLP draft was questioning whether this was even trope-worthy. Other than that, the trope was launched by the same person who originally created it, so it's not a rogue launch.

Edited by Zuxtron on Sep 9th 2019 at 2:48:23 PM

rjd1922 Best robot boy | he/him | Image Pickin' regular, from the United States Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
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#7323: Sep 9th 2019 at 12:25:13 PM
RoundRobin Since: Jun, 2018
#7324: Sep 9th 2019 at 1:07:04 PM

[up][up] I had the same question. I started an ATT thread, and was redirected here.

[up] Besides the title, the trope suffers from a stub description, grammar issues, and ZCEs.

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#7325: Sep 9th 2019 at 5:30:08 PM

The page got moved, but that certainly seems....sparse.


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