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TLP Crash Rescue - Fixing prematurely launched TLPs and pages

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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

themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him
#10351: Sep 4th 2021 at 11:25:27 AM

[up] Don't worry, we already resolved this. I just didn't see it because I am not active on TLP. You did nothing wrong, it was my screw-up. I apologize.

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Theriocephalus Amateur Veteran from gimme a map and a moment and I can tell you Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Amateur Veteran
#10352: Sep 4th 2021 at 4:44:13 PM

The Unifier was launched without notice, seemingly by someone other than the sponsor, with several examples from the comments not added, and with some ZCE warnings not removed.

Edited by Theriocephalus on Sep 4th 2021 at 6:46:06 AM

DivineFlame100 Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#10353: Sep 4th 2021 at 4:50:17 PM

[up]That would qualify as a rogue launch.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
alnair20aug93 🍊orange fursona🧡 from 🐾Furrypines 🇵🇭 (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
🍊orange fursona🧡
#10356: Sep 4th 2021 at 8:50:11 PM

There are still edits happening after it was unlaunched, mostly by ~Chrononaut 70. I have transferred the edits to the draft, and soft dewicked the wicks.

Kindly cutlist it, please.

Edited by alnair20aug93 on Sep 4th 2021 at 11:54:37 PM

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Eiryu Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#10357: Sep 4th 2021 at 9:06:05 PM

It looks like it got rogue-launched again by Chrononaut this time. Or at least they're the first editor of the page now.

Edited by Eiryu on Sep 4th 2021 at 11:07:25 AM

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)
#10358: Sep 4th 2021 at 9:10:38 PM

It's a glitch that happens if the page is edited at the same time it gets unlaunched.

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alnair20aug93 🍊orange fursona🧡 from 🐾Furrypines 🇵🇭 (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
🍊orange fursona🧡
#10359: Sep 5th 2021 at 12:20:18 AM

The Queer Since Childhood draft has been rogue discarded. There's no saying on discarding it, and someone had relied on the bombs, when it has more hats than bombs.

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DivineFlame100 Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#10360: Sep 5th 2021 at 2:04:40 PM

Gonna need a mod to discard this draft ASAP. It's a stub created by a transphobic troper and it's likely to attract mass bombings and popcorning.

Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#10361: Sep 5th 2021 at 2:08:08 PM

[up] Ah, I saw that earlier and was like "Nope". Didn't want to touch it with a 10-feet long pole.

Edited by Cutegirl920fire on Sep 5th 2021 at 2:08:38 AM

CG for short
DivineFlame100 Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#10362: Sep 5th 2021 at 2:11:30 PM

Now that I think about it... It's been exactly one year since the "Gay TLP Incident" or "5T". Is that troper attempting to recreate that incident?

Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#10363: Sep 5th 2021 at 2:14:32 PM

[up] Wait, what's the Gay TLP incident?

[down] Ah I see.

Edited by Cutegirl920fire on Sep 5th 2021 at 2:23:19 AM

CG for short
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
#10364: Sep 5th 2021 at 2:21:58 PM

A troper mad about the removal of Badass Gay because it meant they couldn't figure out how to point out that a character was gay tried to launch just "Gay" as a trope. Lot of people (for example, uh, us) memed on them and got suspended for it.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#10365: Sep 5th 2021 at 2:22:22 PM

Nuked, suspending.

DivineFlame100 Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#10366: Sep 5th 2021 at 2:24:43 PM

~Cutegirl920fire

Long story short, it was an incident that happened exactly a year ago when a disgruntled troper created a stub draft simply titled "Gay" out of protest for Badass Gay being cut. It attracted mass bombs and a lot of snark, memes and insults in the comments, which got A LOT of participators suspended from TLP for three days. Since that particular incident is a site-wide Old Shame, we do NOT want something like that to happen again.

Edited by DivineFlame100 on Sep 5th 2021 at 3:56:34 AM

MyFinalEdits Delete message from Parts Unknown (Spin-off Series) Relationship Status: Cast away
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#10367: Sep 5th 2021 at 2:25:06 PM

Cutegirl: It was a draft sponsored about homosexual characters in fiction. It was done as a response to the cut of trope pages like Bi The Way and Lesbian Cop. Many comments on the draft, rather than merely disapproving it, posted mean-spirited stuff. I don't know much more about that, because I wasn't around due to an unrelated misfortune, but mod response was severe.

I don't think this new draft is going to attain the same level of controversy, since a lot was learned from the prior incident. Also, no, the troper responsible for this new draft is not the same as that for the old draft. Now that the issue has been brought up, we can wait until it's discarded by a mod and move on.

EDIT: Late reply is late. Nothing to lament, though.

Edited by MyFinalEdits on Sep 5th 2021 at 5:26:22 AM

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Walkinshadows Since: Jun, 2012
#10368: Sep 5th 2021 at 2:25:11 PM

That same troper also made this draft which is just as bad, but discarded it. Can it be locked as well?

Edited by Walkinshadows on Sep 5th 2021 at 5:25:36 AM

Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Walkinshadows Since: Jun, 2012
#10370: Sep 5th 2021 at 3:28:14 PM

Kittystar made two other drafts which are also complete stubs (but at least they're not transphobic?)

Walkinshadows Since: Jun, 2012
#10371: Sep 5th 2021 at 4:06:53 PM

Four Man Army rogue launched Cold Speech Villain and rogue discarded this draft (which I restored before I realized they rogue launched another trope)

Edited by Walkinshadows on Sep 5th 2021 at 7:07:14 AM

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him
#10373: Sep 5th 2021 at 4:39:12 PM

[up][up] Just checked and their only edit is the rogue launch.

I'm starting to think TLP really needs to be restricted to tropers who have made a certain number of edits.

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mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#10374: Sep 5th 2021 at 4:41:59 PM

I wouldn't be opposed to that. Most people who mess up on TLP do so because they're unfamiliar with formatting rules and other standards you need to learn to edit.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
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)
#10375: Sep 5th 2021 at 5:13:07 PM

I've been saying that for ages. Would cut down on the rare-but-existent issue with sock hats/bombs and ban evaders too.

I also still maintain that edit-banned users really have no business using TLP either, but that's a different story.

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