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
It would appear that Too Broken to Break has been rogue-launched out from under its new sponsor.
It's also a premature launch, as right now it has a net hat count of 0.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallSo, 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-576Napoleon 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
Found a Youtube Channel with political stances you want to share? Hop on over to this page and add them.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
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.
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.^ 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.
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 WallUser "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
One Girl with Ten Brothers is a fanfic stub. Short description, one trope, no links.
I sent the creator a notifier, but since they haven't touched it since Dec. 1...
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallLooks like there is a laconic page for Child Labor is Legal that needs to be cut.
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Well, let's find out. ~SpuriousVulture, why do you keep discarding this TLP?
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.

Sneeze Interruption is still launched and needs to be unlaunched.
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