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
Lost in Space
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
The other two also unlaunched. I'll note that I was looking for a St P's Day trope last week. I hope they remember to announce the launch this time.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
Kevjro 7 plans to launch Phone Booth Changing Room tomorrow but I believe that draft in its current state is heavily overlapping with Secret Identity Change Trick. I counted 14 examples with secret identities changing in a phone both which should be moved to the more specific Secret Identity Change Trick. Can a mod put this on hold until the issue is clarified?
Edited by eroock on Mar 21st 2021 at 11:21:35 AM
Susjection!
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
I brought that up for discussion here. If the TRS thread splitting off Phone Booth into actual tropes deems it redundant with Secret Identity Change Trick, I'll discard it. If not, it'll be launched. Also, I addressed that concern on the draft.
Edited by Kevjro7 on Mar 21st 2021 at 11:24:34 AM
No Prison Segregation was stealth launched again by nw09.
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
Actually, no. It had a 24 hr launch note in the title.
Ah, I missed it when I last looked, sorry about that.
Edited by homogenized on Mar 22nd 2021 at 10:45:22 AM
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
I'm a bit busy today, but the creators of Fanfic.Things Gordon Is No Longer Allowed To Do In Rescue Team Excitementz and Series.Master Minds need some help. Mostly indexing, but page formatting is also an issue. They came to my attention due to their misuse of Needs Wiki M Agic Love.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
Veteran Editor IV
I fixed those issues.
Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods of Incremental)
Angry babby
I think Deranged Dance was stealth-launched. No notice in comments or history.
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Amateur Veteran
Arrested On Arrival launched with one net hat and a serious case of Example as a Thesis. The launching also seems to have been fairly abrupt, or at least wasn't brought up by the sponsor before the page went up.
Angry babby
And only about seven on-page examples too. ~Spiny Norman, I think this needs a little more cooking.
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Peeks from Under Rocks
Thanks for the feedback about Faint in Shock. I did end up cleaning up many of the examples - I would have sworn that I had worked on some of them during TLP.
mewtron in particular, do the latest edits address the concerns you had?
Angry babby
Skimmed the recent edits. The page looks pretty good to me now. ![[tup]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Thumbs_up_emoticon_3268.png "[thumb up]"){kind=small}
Certified Badassatron
Revive The Ancient Custom got launched with a launch notice in its title.
I don't actually have any Bumblebee icons, I just think the nickname is funny.
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
Pretty sure it was also a rogue launch.
Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
Angry babby
It seems Meshakhad launched it. They are the original sponsor, but they weren't the current sponsor (that was Rock Raider, who added the launch notice and everything). So is that still technically a rogue launch?
Edited by mightymewtron on Mar 30th 2021 at 3:37:20 PM
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
I consider it to be. Once a sponsor takes it over, the OG sponsor doesn't have any power.
Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
My Plural Title TLP has just been nuked by ~fyeahfirepokemon?
And I accidentally re-nuked my draft due to a bad History Page. Hehe.
Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576
The problem with Revive The Ancient Custom 24 Hour Launch Notice should be rather obvious.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
Well, that and it's technically a rogue launch. The creator launched it, but it had been up for grabs and was under a new sponsor.
Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
The Draftsman of Doom
~Tropers/Meshakhad launched it.
TLP Guidelines says that if you are no longer the sponsor, you shouldn't launch it.
Redundant post is redundant.
Edited by SkyCat32 on Mar 30th 2021 at 5:33:34 AM
Feels good, don't it?
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
Deranged Dance, Arrested On Arrival, and Revive the Ancient Custom unlaunched. Plural Title un-nuked.
Angry babby
EDIT: NVM, home page glitch.
Edited by mightymewtron on Apr 4th 2021 at 9:55:15 AM
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Chinese Animation was rouge launched by Malurian 123. They didn't even get rid of the WIP placeholders!