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.
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Edited by MacronNotes on Jun 24th 2023 at 12:24:55 PM
Pirate Versus Ninja is some weird page with actual content. Cutlist it?
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanIt used to be a subtrope of Cool Versus Awesome until Jonny B deleted it on the 19th and replaced it with the stock "there is no page here" text.
OK, after further review, it seems that they did launch the YKTTW to the proper page (Pirates vs. Ninjas), but made the page at Pirate Versus Ninja, and didn't use the Cut List to remove the wrong page after they noticed the mistake.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanReligion Equals Race. This one has never been through YTTW and only has two examples. What should be done about it?
That may be a trope, but it certainly needs a lot of work. If someone's willing to take it through YKTTW, I'd say go for it, but if not, cut it.
The Wars of Darkness and Sixx:A.M.: Tropeless stubs. Wait for a while in case that they add tropes?
edited 26th Sep '13 11:32:44 AM by SeptimusHeap
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I said axe it in the first place.
It's just "these are the most associated races with certain religions. Sometimes they're not always accurate." That's not a trope.
Found a Youtube Channel with political stances you want to share? Hop on over to this page and add them.I've cutlisted that.
Raising Dragons: A misplaced work page with some bad formatting, what to do?
Also, still seeking input for The Wars of Darkness and Sixx:A.M..
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanNose Shove: no hats, and not fully complete regardless of the hats.
Also, it needs Crosswicking. I've messaged the account in question.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanI Survived was created in the Main/ namespace back in January of this year as a page for the Biography Channel series of the same name. Not only is it in the wrong namespace, but there is no description of the series, there is just one trope listed (Too Soon - which is Trivia, not a proper trope), and its YMMV page's sole contents are two Zero Context Examples.
It has no inbounds but there were wicks on four pages, which I've changed to point to Series.I Survived, a page that doesn't actually exist yet; anyone familiar enough with the series to actually put at least a couple of paragraphs of description and at least three tropes? (Crosswicking from the four pages in question wouldn't be enough, as just one of them - Out-of-Character Alert - is a trope rather than Trivia or a Moments page.)
As for I Survived, it's on the cutlist.
edited 29th Sep '13 5:14:08 PM by mlsmithca
The Wars of Darkness has now enough examples that I would consider it ready for the wiki.
That said, I still need more opinions on Raising Dragons. Namely, whether a rewrite and a move to Raising Dragons or a cut and message are warranted.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanDragons in Our Midst is a lovely, complete page. Aside from the lack of index. I'm fairly sure that Raising Dragons is adequately covered by that, and the page isn't big enough that it needs to be split into its component books. So I'd say just cut Raising Dragons.
EDIT: I indexed Dragons in Our Midst.
edited 2nd Oct '13 11:46:05 AM by Nocturna
I've cutlisted Raising Dragons.
Also, Monopoly Pinball Ticker Messages. The creator said it was a Just for Fun page; any input here?
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanI should have said something earlier, but it just now occurred to me that Raising Dragons could have been turned into a redirect to Dragons In Our Midst instead of being cut.
Literature.Raising Dragons makes a better redirect, though.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanThey way we used to do things, I think 12 inbounds would have been enough to justify turning it into a redirect. However, under the new system (I'm not sure when it was implemented) by turning Literature.Raising Dragons into a redirect, people will see that listed when they visit Raising Dragons. I didn't realized that when I first made the suggestion.
A new page: Family Dog. Technically enough tropes, but all bar one Zero Context Examples, and in the wrong namespace to boot. Cut?
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

Imma cutlist it.
Found a Youtube Channel with political stances you want to share? Hop on over to this page and add them.