So over 10 years ago or so, we used to have a newsletter called Trope Report, which covers all of the changes that happened on the wiki weekly. I have been nostalgic for it recently so I thought of it and it seemed to be a fun way to inform tropers about the changes going on around the wiki.
The sandbox for the project can be found at Sandbox.Trope Report Dummy Edition and the sandbox for ideas/plans can be found on Sandbox.Trope Report Ideas. After a new issue is published, revert the Dummy Edition back to a template using the text on Sandbox.Trope Report Template.
Edited by GastonRabbit on Aug 8th 2023 at 1:16:11 PM
Nethilia went on hiatus. Someone else will need to do the image.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wallmy internet is very sporatic while i'm out of town. i'll try to see if i can write up image of the month late tonight or tomorrow while hotspotting through my phone. if not, i'll update y'all.
I focus on obscure 1990s or graphic Middle Grade Literature novels and dolls. (She or zie, not they.)This issue's featured image comes from Merryweatherey, illustrating Must Be Invited.
Full comic
There's some common rules in many vampire works, intended to keep hapless human victims from being subjected to bloodletting, bitings, and general vampire mischief. One of the most-well known ones is the rule that they can't enter your home (no matter what that home is) if you don't explicitly invite them inside. Vampires might be bloodsucking undead creatures of the night who will mercilessly turn you into a thrall under their dark control, but they follow social etiquette.
The webcomic creator Merryweatherey covers this concept in a short comic
So remember if you help out a vampire outside your apartment, make sure to say "no problem" instead of "you're welcome," lest they take your polite response as a cue to come in and drink all your blood and apple juice. And also bring in that "welcome" mat. You can never be too careful.
if this is good, i'll pop it in. I focus on obscure 1990s or graphic Middle Grade Literature novels and dolls. (She or zie, not they.)
added.
I focus on obscure 1990s or graphic Middle Grade Literature novels and dolls. (She or zie, not they.)All that's left is the work entry for Pages Needing Help. Anyone up for it?
~callmeamuffin. Please edit your contributer entry.
She/Her | Currently cleaning: N/AIs there a header image this month?
I focus on obscure 1990s or graphic Middle Grade Literature novels and dolls. (She or zie, not they.)No but I don't think we need one if there isn't any progress. There's always the August issue.
She/Her | Currently cleaning: N/AI'm at work but I can do a PNH work writeup when I'm on lunch break. I just came across Tamburlaine and find it interesting, so I'll do it about that
Your goateed philistine is sashaying towards us. | 🧱Here's the writeup:
- July often signifies independence and victory. Though Tamburlaine de-emphasizes the former by showing how much the titular shepherd believes in his rise from banditry, the latter leads to Tamburlaine tragically isolating himself from the citizens of the very places he takes over. With an inspiration in Timur the Lame that is largely refined to the 16th century, the entries on the page can avoid being a victim of the same fate if Tamburlaine's quests are contextualized.
Edited by Coachpill on Jul 27th 2025 at 3:52:04 PM
Your goateed philistine is sashaying towards us. | 🧱Assuming we're skipping the image (which we probably have to at this point), then once Coach's entry is in we can send it for grammar and launch.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallMaybe we could put in a placeholder image - do we have anything that says “no image available” or the like?
Join the Five-Man Band cleanup project!I don't really see the point in that. The logo is fine, we don't need a custom image every single issue.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallI almost thought it’d be funny to say we’re missing an image in that way, but nothing at all might be simpler.
Join the Five-Man Band cleanup project!Would Functional Genre Savvy be considered Pages Needing Help if it has only 7 on-page examples for a trope launched in 2011 (119 wicks, so many potential examples aren't cross-wicked, assuming it's not to be rushed into TRS)?
they/she/xyr; editor of Minecraft SMPs~coachpill. Sorry for pinging you but it's almost the end of July so please add in your entry asap.
She/Her | Currently cleaning: N/AAlready found a trope I can plug next month, Smoking Gun Control with only 45 wicks despite being made in '08. I may even continue my silly "missing person's investigation" narrative from the June issue.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallFor New Tropes, I might plug Kill the Brainwashed — launched July 17th, but only has 9 wicks so far and I linked 3 of those (it has far more examples on-page, I've sent a notifier to the trope sponsor about crosswicking but no response)
Edited by AquaEclipse on Jul 29th 2025 at 4:08:33 PM
they/she/xyr; editor of Minecraft SMPs~coachpill. Pinging you again so you can add your write up and edit up your contributer entry.
She/Her | Currently cleaning: N/A


Bumping cause we need an image of the month and a work for pages needing work.
Also, muffin, please edit your contributer entry.
She/Her | Currently cleaning: N/A