This thread is a metathread for Trope Repair Shop discussion. Things like TRS policy, what is needed in a TRS opening post, questions about whether a certain topic is TRS-worthy and questions about why a thread wasn't opened go here.
Some guidelines for when/whether to use TRS:
- If the trope is fine, but has some bad examples, feel free to clean them up or to start a cleanup project at Projects: Short-Term
. Trope Repair Shop is for when cleaning isn't sufficient.
- If you think there's something wrong with the trope that systematically attracts improper examples, start a discussion at Trope Talk. Use a Wick Check to see whether there's an issue present (and if there is, what the issue is), and post the results on TRS Queue and wait your turn if a problem is present. The following methods are two possible ways to do a wick check (though not necessarily the only ways):
- You can go ahead with the Wick Check without a discussion if you know what you're looking for. While it's not mandatory, feel free to ask someone for help confirming that you got the issue and the numbers correct.
- Consult the Wick Check Project thread to collect evidence if you need help.
- If a wick check is too much for you, you can leave the issue at Tropes Needing TRS citing the discussion.
- Depending on a trope (or non-trope) in question, a wick check may be determined to not be required, such as for tropes that are not thriving (per the standards for trope health listed on the Wick page). However, there is no problem if you want to do one anyway.
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For related projects, see Wick Cleaning Projects and the Wick Check Project.
See Tropes Needing TRS for a list of trope candidates for TRS.
A (not mandatory, informal) queue for prospective TRS participants can be found at the TRS Queue.
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Edited by GastonRabbit on Apr 24th 2024 at 1:49:19 PM
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
It already is. An orange star is an indication that the problem has been identified and a course of action agreed upon. "Final Action" means the course of action must be carried out.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
Then why call it "too much"?
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Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph
I dunno, it just seems like an unusually large amount of new projects.
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The reason why we don't move things over is because there is - or was - no indication that moving things makes the thread any more likely to be resolved. It's just out-of-sight-out-of-mind for some people.
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NaNo 4328 / 50,000
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They're not "new projects". It already is a project thread. An orange star is an indication that the problem has been identified and a course of action agreed upon. "Final Action" means the course of action must be carried out.
Edited by crazysamaritan on May 11th 2019 at 12:13:23 PM
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
Meme Acknowledgment is grammatically wrong, isn't?
Original the Signature. Do not steal.
I don't see anything wrong with it.
Redmess
It IS misspelled, the correct spelling is "acknowledgement".
Optimism is a duty.
Short-Term Projects herald
Suddenly Sexuality strikes me as worse in that regard, since it's using an adverb to directly modify a noun.
As for acknowledgement... Either works. It's a American/Commonwealth difference thing.
Edited by Brainulator9 on May 12th 2019 at 9:04:14 AM
Contains 20% less fat than the leading value brand!
Migrated to Chloe Jessica!
i think Suddenly Sexuality is that way because the original trope name was most likely going to be Suddenly Gay, and when it was changed to be more inclusive they didn't change the adverb.
Sudden Sexuality is grammatically correct. Sudden Gay sounds like Hard Gay's brother or something.
Migrated to Chloe Jessica!
Redmess
Sudden Gay sounds like the sexier variation of Sudden Death. 
I agree that Sudden Sexuality is better.
Optimism is a duty.
What's allowed in signal-boosting a TRS?
Could I make an ATT just to plug my TRS, or plug it in a "Is this an example" question?
Mention it on other sites?
'Cause my "Animorphism" and "Randomized Damage Attack" TRSes are clocked right now...
Edited by Malady on Jun 8th 2019 at 4:05:07 AM
Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576
How sweet it is
Just asked the staff. If it's a neutral statement and you're not posting every TRS thread in ATT, you should be fine.
Unfortunately, Animorphism expired; Randomized Damage Attack is on its last day before it too expires.
Edit: RDA may still stick around; there's a new post that may be able to keep the thread going.
Edited by Berrenta on Jun 11th 2019 at 8:59:26 AM
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Is it ok to just add pages to TRS Wick Cleaning? It hasn't been updated for about a year, and Fragile Flower, Foreign Fanservice, and Bury Your Gays are at that stage and could use some help.
Edited by naturalironist on Jun 12th 2019 at 10:34:56 AM
"It's just a show; I should really just relax"
Would I be able to make an "expired clock remembrance" thread? There seem to be a lot of clocked-out threads where there was very little opposition to the primary motion, and they could have used a crowner to gather consensus.
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Sure. Count me in.
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Would Wave of Babies qualify for a Not Thriving thread? It’s been around since 2010, yet only has 33 examples and 45 wicks. As far as I can tell, no thread has been made about it yet.
“Now! Let us engage in the art of deduction!”
The bar for "not thriving" is 13 wicks or less.
Not doubting you, but source on that?
…you saw the pothole there, right?
Anyway, 13 or less is the "starving" category on Main.Wick.
I did not see the wick. I'm blind today, apparently.
It just seems like giving every single one a project is too much. I'm fine with being wrong, however.
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