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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

Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#7351: Sep 19th 2019 at 6:35:46 AM

Unlaunched.

Will also unlaunch some others brought up, but Armor Meter Points will need to be discussed among the staff.

Edit: Outgrowing Ones Parents is not on the launch list for some reason.

Edited by Berrenta on Sep 19th 2019 at 8:39:29 AM

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.
#7352: Sep 19th 2019 at 6:42:52 AM

Thank you.

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alnair20aug93 🍊orange fursona🧡 from 🐾Furrypines 🇵🇭 (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
🍊orange fursona🧡
#7353: Sep 19th 2019 at 6:49:43 AM

[up][up] Thanks, though I also requested for its edits to be transferred to the draft as well, as I was preoccupied at the time, but oh well.

Also was the draft of Outgrowing Ones Parents discarded after it was launched?

Also, the unlaunched tropes should be dewicked. I'm using my phone at the moment.

Edited by alnair20aug93 on Sep 19th 2019 at 9:59:25 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
Bejeweled (she/her)
#7354: Sep 19th 2019 at 8:11:53 AM

I don't see it in discards either. Odd.

alnair20aug93 🍊orange fursona🧡 from 🐾Furrypines 🇵🇭 (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
🍊orange fursona🧡
#7355: Sep 19th 2019 at 10:13:57 AM

[up]Found the draft page for Outgrowing Ones Parents.

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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)
#7356: Sep 21st 2019 at 12:16:42 PM

Amusingly Awful Aim was rogue launched.

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alnair20aug93 🍊orange fursona🧡 from 🐾Furrypines 🇵🇭 (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
🍊orange fursona🧡
#7357: Sep 21st 2019 at 5:11:13 PM

[up]Seems like it. The draft's last activity was from six months ago.

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SmoothWarrior Since: Mar, 2018
#7358: Sep 21st 2019 at 7:02:47 PM

I admit it. I made a mistake. I was ignorant of the TLP Guidelines and ended up launching Amusingly Awful Aim without permission. My bad.

AnotherEpicFail Since: Dec, 2012
#7359: Sep 22nd 2019 at 1:29:28 AM

We have another rogue launch: Tuneless Song of Madness has been shot out ahead of schedule, approximately an hour after my last attempt at editing it.

More annoyingly, it seems our rogue launcher doesn't seem interested in indexing and cosswicking any of it. Or replying to my message.

Apologies if I'm using this as an opportunity to complain - little bit miffed.

Edited by AnotherEpicFail on Sep 22nd 2019 at 1:31:23 AM

Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#7360: Sep 22nd 2019 at 8:29:26 AM

[up] Unlaunching and suspending culprit.

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
#7361: Sep 26th 2019 at 12:23:40 PM

Secret Societies was bumped after laying untouched five years, then launched a single day after the bump with no notice, little discussion, and a stub description.

The launcher was at least the original sponsor, but this doesn't look ready.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
bitemytail Since: Dec, 2011
#7362: Sep 26th 2019 at 12:54:34 PM

[up] Agreed. It needs a better definition and probably a rename to make it clear that the page is an index.

Zuxtron Berserk Button: misusing Nightmare Fuel from Node 03 (On A Trope Odyssey)
#7363: Sep 28th 2019 at 5:44:44 PM

A Dungeon Is You has badly-formatted links in the Web Serial Novel and Quest Thread folders. The War for the Overworld example also lacks a description and isn't italicized, as if it was left unfinished.

Edited by Zuxtron on Sep 28th 2019 at 8:44:57 AM

FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#7364: Sep 29th 2019 at 6:17:32 AM

Thank you for looking that one over. :) It's one I've been backing as it's one of those emerging tropes. In terms of the badly formatted links, I think it's largely a matter of wanting to include both a TV Tropes link and a URL. Is there a better way to do that?

Malady (X-Troper)
#7365: Sep 29th 2019 at 7:35:39 AM

[up] - I'd guess you'd make a page for the works, with the three tropes required, which shouldn't be as difficult as it is just plain tedious.

Since we already have A Dungeon Is You, as one trope, which sorta implies others.

Edited by Malady on Sep 29th 2019 at 7:37:13 AM

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Zyffyr from Portland, Oregon Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
#7366: Sep 29th 2019 at 5:54:03 PM

Stock Medieval Meal - looks to be ready, but was rogue launched by Tropers/rayah_winx and not indexed.

Edited by Zyffyr on Sep 29th 2019 at 5:54:20 AM

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
#7367: Sep 29th 2019 at 9:07:35 PM

[up] If I recall correctly, I was one of the ones calling "Just Launch It Already!" but then I realized it had been abandoned and there were unadded examples in the comments. It was getting rather tedious with the scroll bar trying to find which comments had examples that were added and which ones weren't.

Edited by Miss_Desperado on Sep 29th 2019 at 9:09:05 AM

If not for this anchor I'd be dancing between the stars. At least I can try to write better vampire stories than Twilight.
intastiel (Don’t ask)
#7368: Sep 30th 2019 at 5:15:49 PM

Locked In was launched at 5 hats, 2 bombs, and 4 examples. The proposal didn't get much discussion either, mostly concerning a dispute over the title.

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)
#7369: Oct 1st 2019 at 1:05:24 AM

Came to report Stock Medieval Meal but I guess I'm late on the uptake.

That said, yeah, shouting "launch" on a draft with no actual sponsor doesn't do much since it just encourages rogue launching, which isn't cool in 90% of circumstances.

Edited by WarJay77 on Oct 1st 2019 at 4:06:41 AM

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#7370: Oct 1st 2019 at 8:15:10 AM

[up][up] At the very least, send it back because it needs to be clarified that it's a framing device.

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Malady (X-Troper)
#7372: Oct 1st 2019 at 8:23:27 PM

So, any info on Armor Meter Points?

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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)
#7373: Oct 2nd 2019 at 7:11:03 AM

[up]When I asked the rest of the staff, the only response I got can be summed up as "could go either way".

eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#7374: Oct 2nd 2019 at 9:46:34 AM

nm

Edited by eroock on Oct 2nd 2019 at 9:51:29 AM

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)
#7375: Oct 2nd 2019 at 12:22:34 PM

Gender-Bent Alternate Universe was rogue-launched, without even deleting TLP markup.

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