This is a thread for checking up on pages for works that have not been released yet, to make sure that they are not straying into rampant speculation or posting crazy behind the scenes spoilers. You can bring both individual examples or entire pages to attention here.
In extreme cases, any page can be locked, but hopefully that won't be necessary.
(As these pages often are hit with zero-context examples and shoehorning as well, all four - speculation, spoilers, ZCEs, and shoehorning may get addressed simultaneously.)
The policy governing this effort is Creating A Work Page For An Unreleased Work. Cleanup is being tracked using the Unreleased Works sandbox.
All pages for unreleased works should include a %% comment at the top of the page, confirming the policy and linking to this thread and the Administrivia page. It doesn't have to be exactly the same as the example provided here, but this provides a template to work with.
%% Speculative troping is not allowed on TV Tropes.
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%% We trope what DOES happen in works, not what MIGHT happen or is LIKELY to happen.
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%% For unreleased works where all we have to go on is advertising and other supplemental materials, we have some detailed guidelines, which can be found at Administrivia/CreatingAWorkPageForAnUnreleasedWork.
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%% NOTE - these rules also mean that unreleased works should only have one page image, and that image should NOT be changed again until the work is released.
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%% If you have questions, please consult the Unreleased Work Speculation Cleanup thread at https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15514631230A64268600
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%% Thank you.
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Edited by Mrph1 on Feb 10th 2024 at 8:16:52 PM
he/him
Calling the second Crowner item
- 13/0 in favor. Early access via Patreon subscription etc. is not treated as a release.
Edited by Mrph1 on Mar 27th 2024 at 7:54:09 PM
Owl House / Infinity Train / Inside Job Fan
Someone made another page for Transformers One despite there being no tropable materials. I went ahead and added it to the cut list.
The Owl House and Coyote Vs Acme are my Roman Empire.
Uzume's back baby!
I've been keeping this hidden for a long while, but looking at the sandbox, I've noticed that are a lot of "upcoming" works (namely at the third category) that don't even exist at all. As in, searching them up online leads to either unrelated works or non-works with similar names or almost nothing, and it makes me wonder if these "works" are even real at all. Case in point, Soft Soap and UwU are listed as UWs despite neither work having even so much as an article.
One other thing, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Urdr-Hunt (the mobile game, not the upcoming anime) was released two years ago (November 15, 2022) and ceased operations three months ago (January 11, 2024), but is still listed on Release Date Less Work Descriptions. Should we remove the game from there?
"The name's Uzume Tennouboshi! Yeah, it's pretty badass, I know." - Uzume, Megadimension Neptunia VII
Uzume's back baby!
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Bumping
Friends forevermore
Yeah, that sandbox needs help.
I had a dog-themed avatar before it was cool.
Well, it is a sandbox; keeping it updated isn't strictly mandatory (nor is using it in the first place).
Current Project: Incorruptible Pure Pureness