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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

MrL1193 Since: Apr, 2013
#7326: Sep 9th 2019 at 5:50:03 PM

Seems to me that the ZCEs are the result of a definition that says nothing about narrative significance. It's just a thing that happens.

Edited by MrL1193 on Sep 9th 2019 at 5:51:16 AM

HighCrate Since: Mar, 2015
#7327: Sep 9th 2019 at 10:19:07 PM

Unathletic Nerd was launched despite unaddressed concerns in the TLP that the description is stubby.

Personally, I'm not seeing a sufficient distinction between this and Geek Physiques.

StFan Since: Jan, 2001
#7328: Sep 10th 2019 at 5:13:31 AM

Escapethe Night The Lost Village is a recent fanfic stub. I've messaged the author, let's see if it improves.

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#7329: Sep 10th 2019 at 7:00:17 AM

[up][up] Unathletic Nerd is absolutely a trope, but honestly sorta strikes me as one so omnipresent that it almost isn't worth mentioning. You just assume fictional nerds aren't athletic. It's the exception that's the rule. It's almost part of the definition, really.

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Miss_Desperado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YD2i1FzUYA from somewhere getting rained on by Puget Sound Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#7330: Sep 10th 2019 at 8:16:33 AM

Personally, I'm not seeing a sufficient distinction between this and Geek Physiques.

Me neither. I don't see any distinction between Unathletic Nerd and Geek Physiques.

If not for this anchor I'd be dancing between the stars. At least I can try to write better vampire stories than Twilight.
Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#7331: Sep 10th 2019 at 8:23:22 AM

So yeah. Definitely send back Unathletic Nerd for discussion. I disagree with being a duplicate of Geek Physiques, mind you, but it still needs a lot of discussion.

And especially especially send back Outgrowing Ones Parents. It's pure People Sit On Chairs at the moment. Could be a trope there (possibly one where a child character is surprisingly tall, or one about parents not liking the fact the kid is taller than them), but there isn't yet.

Edited by Larkmarn on Sep 10th 2019 at 11:27:10 AM

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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
#7332: Sep 10th 2019 at 8:38:39 AM

Also sort of a conscious aversion of Teens Are Short.

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#7333: Sep 10th 2019 at 8:42:31 AM

Tho unless it's animated or drawn attention to, it's almost always just an incidental casting choice.

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Malady (X-Troper)
#7334: Sep 13th 2019 at 5:33:00 AM

Armor Meter Points unlaunch, please so it can be split into separate Meter and Points?

To match Life Meter and Hit Points, and stuff?

Also net 5 hats only.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/launches.php?page=18

Edited by Malady on Sep 15th 2019 at 7:08:14 AM

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IukaSylvie from Kyoto, Japan Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Narita90 Since: Feb, 2019
#7336: Sep 15th 2019 at 12:21:22 AM

^Yes, please do - I accidentally launched it without changing the title to the proper Spared by the Cut. It was completely by accident; please tell me if there's a way I can change it to say what I intended to.

nombretomado (Season 1) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#7338: Sep 15th 2019 at 11:00:04 AM

Mustache of Evil needs help to come to a proper consensus. It has 6 hats to 5 bombs, with a lot of us worried this is just an appearance trope that lacks a proper and meaningful pattern. A lot of examples are just "this villain has mustache". However, it's also something that does show up a lot, which means there's a trope somewhere, but we can't agree on if we've found it.

The sponsor has PM'd me, stating an intent to launch it. I told them it was a bad idea because of the bomb count, but this does mean we need to address the issue on the draft.

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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)
#7340: Sep 16th 2019 at 10:22:48 PM

Unlaunched and messaged.

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#7341: Sep 17th 2019 at 12:41:26 PM

So any thoughts on sending Unathletic Nerd and Outgrowing Ones Parents back? They seem to have unanimous agreement to send back to TLP.

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miraculous Goku Black (Apprentice)
Goku Black
#7342: Sep 17th 2019 at 12:41:51 PM

Send them both back.

"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."
XFllo There is no Planet B from Planet A Since: Aug, 2012
Malady (X-Troper)
#7344: Sep 17th 2019 at 6:24:33 PM

No thoughts on unlaunching Armor Meter Points?

Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576
wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#7345: Sep 17th 2019 at 7:04:12 PM

[up]Do we even have word on why it hasn't been unlaunched?

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
alnair20aug93 🍊orange fursona🧡 from 🐾Furrypines 🇵🇭 (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
🍊orange fursona🧡
#7346: Sep 18th 2019 at 7:21:09 AM

Still strange why.

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#7347: Sep 18th 2019 at 8:18:30 AM

Unathletic Nerd has 5 definite sendbacks, no defenders.

Outgrowing Ones Parents has, depending on how you count, 5-9 posts saying it was prematurely launched. No defenders.

Can they please be sent back now? I've hollered for a mod and they've since sent another one back that was posted after, so I'm wondering if there's a reason for it.

Edited by Larkmarn on Sep 18th 2019 at 11:36:09 AM

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Anddrix Since: Oct, 2014
#7348: Sep 18th 2019 at 4:45:45 PM

Sarah Z has no trope examples on the page, despite the page having been created over 6 months ago.

I messaged the troper that created the page three days ago, but they haven't responded.

alnair20aug93 🍊orange fursona🧡 from 🐾Furrypines 🇵🇭 (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
🍊orange fursona🧡
#7349: Sep 19th 2019 at 5:57:06 AM

Post-Treatment Lollipop has been rogue launched by a nonparticipant. There is no confirmation that it's ready to launch and the current title is from the majority of the crowner, and the fact that someone else is grabbing it.

Kindly transfer the edits to the draft before unlaunching this please.

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SiouxLando A curse to TV Tropes. from The Hyperspace. Since: Sep, 2019 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
A curse to TV Tropes.
#7350: Sep 19th 2019 at 6:01:23 AM

Post-Treatment Lollipop will have to return back to YKTTW, due to needing more examples and more vital information and verification. To avoid it being a bad trope page, the mods can bring this trope back to YKTTW, thank you.

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