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
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Edited by MacronNotes on Jun 24th 2023 at 12:24:55 PM
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Honestly, I know nothing about the video game. Except that its TV Tropes page is empty which is against the rules.
But if you are convinced the tropes listed (now commented out) are accurate, meaning the one who originally wrote the examples and you agree on the write-up, I suppose it can be put back.
You can also PM the troper who commented them out.
Edited by XFllo on Apr 21st 2020 at 10:53:54 AM
Well, the material that I can pull tropes from for Ninjala is entirely supplemental, so I’m not sure if that alone would warrant keeping the page for the base material. However, in a week, I should be able to confirm tropes that are present in the actual game. If it were my position to say, I wouldn’t cut the page just to get to remake it in such a short timeframe, but I understand if that’s not policy.
RE: Pat et Stanley: Has anyone PM'd ~Mr Thermoman Preacher (who created the pages)? The character-specific tropes could be moved to the main works page, helping to flesh it out some.
Edited by WaterBlap on Apr 21st 2020 at 5:06:21 AM
Look at all that shiny stuff ain't they prettyEmergency Taxi was launched unannounced, and I don't think the trope had a proper discussion after just 4 days.
At the very least, I did try to improve it with the title and description. Launching within 4 days is allowed, and it's been done by the sponsor. Are there any concerns with the trope left?
Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods of Incremental)I need to report a page: WebComic.I Have A Mansion In The Post Apocalyptic World
~Alex-Aristale, the troper who made this page, posted in Ask The Tropers
because of trouble making it. Initially the difficulty was they were trying to use regular HTML instead of the wiki formatting. Once that was ironed out they posted the page template to get a start on it. We talked over PMs and I promised to take a look at the page later to offer suggestions and help with it.
I was a bit slow/forgetful about going back to check. Even so, it's been a week since their last edit to the page and, outside of a sentence and a half of description, there's nothing there. It's still on the template and Alex-Aristale's last edit was 4/15.
I've sent Alex-Aristale a PM explaining the same thing and am attempting to ping them here so they can come straight to the post next time they're online. I considered doing a Stub notifier as well, but it seemed excessive since I was already PMing them specifically. Given the week gap, I'm not 100% sure when that'll happen, but I wanted to make sure everything was reported and notified.
I've advised Alex-Aristale that, worst-case scenario, the page may be cut but can be re-created provided there's enough info to it, and they could use Sandbox.I Have A Mansion In The Post Apocalyptic World to prep it before they post it proper.
- Since it's a necessary part of the process for fixing capitalization, yes.
Edited by Malady on Apr 23rd 2020 at 12:03:35 PM
Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576Literature.Gotham High is a copy of the blurb
and wrong namespace
Edited by jormis29 on Apr 23rd 2020 at 7:37:31 PM
Attack Dog In Chief was launched with a net 0 hats
(I've since added a bomb since the launch) and honestly has more issues than that indicates.
The discussion was only vaguely beginning to understand what the trope even was, and the name is a snowclone of two other tropes (one of which, Dragon-in-Chief, honestly makes it more confusing since I think it more means The Heavy).
Which doesn't even go into whether it's tropable as a subtrope.
Edited by Larkmarn on Apr 24th 2020 at 9:22:47 AM
Found a Youtube Channel with political stances you want to share? Hop on over to this page and add them.Definitely unlaunch Attack Dog In Chief, the name's quite confusing and there are those other problems.
Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods of Incremental)I'm just commenting to leave a record here. I'm going to dewick Badass Resourceful because it looks like the trope is going to have a different name by the time it launches. The draft can be found here
and it looks like the new name (as of right now) is Improvisational Ingenuity.
Shouldn't we be dewicking unlaunched tropes even if we think they'll have the same name when they get a real launch?
Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
Dewicked. Added Laconic.Attack Dog In Chief to the cut list.
Hi, I'm the person who launched Attack-Dog-In-Chief.
In hindsight, it was a bit premature of me to launch it (I thought it meant 5 total hats, not 5 net hats). This is something TLP should be a bit clearer on - I'm sure plenty of people have made the mistake.
However, the basic idea is tropeable - the villain's pet being a key component to why he is a threat in the first place. Also, Attack-Dog-In-Chief isn't really a good name. I just need to rework the description and come up with a better name; any ideas?
Also, I sort of think Dragon-in-Chief is a bit of an overlumped trope. Would it be something worth posting about in TRS?
Edited by Nathanoraptor on Apr 25th 2020 at 11:22:32 AM
I'd call it "Archetypal Dragon", but I dunno if others would get it.
The trope already sounds like Kid with the Leash, except that the "kid" is not necessarily a kid and is a major villain.
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The trope has been retitled "Villain Holds The Leash", the description has been altered and several more examples have been added.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=hylwl1180khqogxa5nfeazd4
Edited by Nathanoraptor on Apr 25th 2020 at 4:38:00 PM
- doesn't have enough examples yet.
- isn't clear that it's specifically about spin-offs that become sequels, not "spinoffs that become as popular as the main series".
You're once again saying there are not enough examples yet, even though there are clearly 7 (the trope launched with 6), and 3 is enough to launch a trope (there's nothing saying that's unsatisfactory, not on any Administrivia pages I know of and it's enough to give a hat). Seriously, I don't know what your subjective standard is, but you probably shouldn't use it. The second concern is legit though, at least if there is not enough distinction between this and More Popular Spin-Off, and examples seem all over the place, with the Fallout and Persona ones especially.
Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods of Incremental)

Somebody brought up Pat et Stanley some pages ago. It... doesn't look very good. The description is good, but there are only three tropes which are all (at least the first two) ZCE entries. The characters page is barely a stub.
Edited by Dghcrh on Apr 21st 2020 at 11:46:49 AM
I'm mainly a fan of underrated media.