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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!
🍊orange fursona🧡
#7576: Dec 11th 2019 at 10:09:13 PM

Sneeze Interruption is still launched and needs to be unlaunched.

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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)
#7577: Dec 12th 2019 at 5:39:26 AM

Confirmed to be rogue-launched.

Unlaunched; will suspend Napoleon_Blownapart.

HeavyMetalHermitCrab Since: Sep, 2018
#7578: Dec 15th 2019 at 1:55:23 PM

It would appear that Too Broken to Break has been rogue-launched out from under its new sponsor.

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)
#7579: Dec 15th 2019 at 1:56:14 PM

It's also a premature launch, as right now it has a net hat count of 0.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#7580: Dec 15th 2019 at 5:29:33 PM

Unlaunching and suspending.

Malady (X-Troper)
#7581: Dec 16th 2019 at 4:56:47 PM

So, now that Armor Meter and Armor Points have been made, what to do with Armor Meter Points?

Cut it? Turn it into a disambig?

Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576
Brainulator9 Short-Term Projects herald from US Since: Aug, 2018 Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
Short-Term Projects herald
#7582: Dec 16th 2019 at 5:04:52 PM

[up] I say cut.

Contains 20% less fat than the leading value brand!
Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#7583: Dec 17th 2019 at 5:53:42 AM

First, we need to take care of wicks.

Only 50 to deal with; I cut the laconic.

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#7584: Dec 17th 2019 at 7:01:33 AM

Napoleon Blownapart ninja-launched Monster Mouth again.

Though this time he's at least the sponsor. But the draft has an unresolved request (clear out subtrope examples) and by extension a question to its tropeworthiness.

EDIT: Actually, I take that back. They resolved the request and cleared out subpage examples.

Edited by Larkmarn on Dec 17th 2019 at 10:11:00 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)
#7585: Dec 17th 2019 at 7:41:17 AM

Let's keep an eye on it for now.

As long as that issue was acknowledged, it just needs indexing, etc.

...which he did. Good. No resuspension necessary. [tup]

Edited by Berrenta on Dec 17th 2019 at 9:42:12 AM

HighCrate Since: Mar, 2015
#7586: Dec 17th 2019 at 6:58:47 PM

Per this ATT thread, it appears that Movement Mascot may have some issues, largely centering around the name, which is already attracting apparent misuse.

(For record-keeping purposes, noting that there's another ATT thread concerned with the page, although it does not directly concern launch issues.)

Edited by HighCrate on Dec 17th 2019 at 7:00:40 AM

XFllo There is no Planet B from Planet A Since: Aug, 2012
There is no Planet B
#7587: Dec 25th 2019 at 2:46:59 AM

Two pages to deal with:

  • Mistaken Species Adoption: OP probably wants to unlaunch this one because Tries to open TRS. Claims Mistaken for Dog is too similar. I have skim-read both trope description and looked at some examples. I personally think the new trope is in a better shape and it has a better name...

  • Walkie-Talkie Gag, Over: Stealth-launched. I originally thought it was rogue-launched too, but it was actually launched by its OP. But it was started in 2014 and abandoned. There are 4 comments from 2016 and 2017. The discussion was started again yesterday and today it's up on the wiki. Ok, so no rules were technically broken but it was supposed to be up for grabs, so the original sponsor launching it without announcing it first makes it seem like any other rogue-launch. The OP didn't comment the draft at all. It's not cross-wicked either. Only 3 wicks (two indexes and one related tropes). And it's not like it has dozens of examples that would take time to cross-wick properly. The page has 10 examples in total.

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
#7588: Dec 25th 2019 at 5:49:32 AM

I'm also 98% sure we have the walkie-talkie gag already.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
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)
#7589: Dec 25th 2019 at 11:28:56 AM

^ I think the closest we have is Hollywood CB, actually, so it's an untapped trope... but stealth launching is only slightly more acceptable than rogue launching.

And since ~SpiderRider3 also just resurrected Badge Gag and Credit Card Destruction, we need to do some preventative action here.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
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)
#7590: Dec 25th 2019 at 1:51:32 PM

Child Labor Is Legal was launched despite having only 3 net-hats and concerns in the comments about the scope of the draft and examples.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#7591: Dec 26th 2019 at 8:04:04 AM

[up] Unlaunched and messaged.

HeavyMetalHermitCrab Since: Sep, 2018
#7592: Dec 26th 2019 at 10:02:51 AM

User "Spurious Vulture" has rogue discarded the draft for "Non-binary Non-human" on two separate occasions — they discarded it despite the trope still actively being discussed, with no reason given or participation in the discussion.

The second incident was a couple of hours ago, and the other was...a couple weeks ago, maybe?

I restored the draft itself, but I don't know what this particular user has against this particular draft. I can think of a possible reason, but it's neither here nor there.

Edited by HeavyMetalHermitCrab on Dec 26th 2019 at 12:08:13 PM

StFan Since: Jan, 2001
#7593: Dec 26th 2019 at 4:38:05 PM

One Girl with Ten Brothers is a fanfic stub. Short description, one trope, no links.

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)
#7594: Dec 26th 2019 at 4:41:05 PM

I sent the creator a notifier, but since they haven't touched it since Dec. 1...

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
EarthboundFan Since: Jul, 2019 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#7595: Dec 26th 2019 at 5:28:08 PM

Looks like there is a laconic page for Child Labor is Legal that needs to be cut.

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)
#7596: Dec 26th 2019 at 5:29:00 PM

[up] So...cutlist it?

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
nombretomado (Season 1) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#7597: Dec 26th 2019 at 5:29:56 PM

[up][up][up][up][up]Well, let's find out. ~SpuriousVulture, why do you keep discarding this TLP?

EarthboundFan Since: Jul, 2019 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
SpuriousVulture Destroyer of The Unwise from The Tower of Athens Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Destroyer of The Unwise
#7599: Dec 27th 2019 at 3:54:39 AM

The trope doesn't have enough examples. Discount Lesbians and Bizarre Alien Sexes already. The mentioned trope and this one is far too similar. NHNB is essentially the above tropes but for nonbinary people. The fact that there are no specific Useful Notes for NB outside of Transgender Useful Notes is troubling. That's more odder than the

My reason for Deleting is that it's a rare (at time of writing) trope based on current events and the poster wrote it (IMHO) to capitalize on current societal changes. With much regret, I tell the original poster that what I did was not due to prejudice or personal beliefs, but on simple pragmatism.

You what you were doing being here.
EarthboundFan Since: Jul, 2019 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#7600: Dec 27th 2019 at 4:57:55 AM

[up] But you can't discard anything without clear consensus. A lack of examples is a fair (though risky) reason to bomb, but not for discarding (unless it literally has 0 examples).


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