Cross-Wicking: New User Orientation

To be totally honest, this might not be the right spot - please redirect me as necessary. However, I have never edited a Wiki before, I do not know what etiquette there is, and I'm shocked that there isn't a big blinking banner when you make an account outlining the basic guidelines and resources.

I am the author and artist for a webcomic, and having stumbled upon How to Create a Work's Page and Text-Formatting Rules, I launched that page (Debugging Destiny). I'm now looking at cross-wicking it, but cannot find any guidelines about the process to add an example (Cross Wicking boils down to "do it or ask others to do it" rather than "do X, then Y, then Z").

• Do I just add examples rashly and trust people to edit the example away if they disagree?
• In pages that aren't alphabetically sorted, do I put the new example at the bottom, or should I take the time to sort everything?
• Should I cross-wick everything, or only examples where my webcomic is a clear, defined, and notable example?
  • For a specific example, my webcomic is set After the End, but that doesn't really impact the story at all. I thought it was worth mentioning on the works page (since that's the setting) but not on the trope page (since it's not a very strong or notable example). Is that the right way to think about this?

Also, can we please add a big blinking banner for new users with basic resources and advice? The forums are impenetrable. I doubt Trope Talk is the right spot for that request, but I do not know where I should be asking it, so... here it is. I'll happily follow up somewhere more appropriate, but need a pointer on where to take this.

Thanks, all.

Ideally, if you want people to notice the work has a page, you should ideally crosswick the tropes, as well as put the work on an index.

Rock'n'roll never dies!

Congratulations; you'll want to read The Fic May Be Yours, but the Trope Page Is Ours.

Hmm, I notice Zero-Context Examples problems, but much better than typical new tropers, so good for you! I'll edit the page a bit to give you more specific advice. Once you've read/fixed what I said, you can delete them.

You need How to Write an Example.

You want Welcome to TV Tropes.

Wiki Talk would have been better, perhaps a moderator will move it for you.

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.

But yes. Crosswick as much as you possibly can.

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Awesome - thanks all for the advice! I have cross-wicked, and will open a thread in Wiki Talk to suggest emailing Welcome to TV Tropes to new users. Will get around to indices later tonight / tomorrow.

Is crosswicking everything actually a rule for work pages? It definitely is for new tropes, but I'm not so sure for work pages.

"It's just a show; I should really just relax"

It's supposed to be but enforcing it is near impossible.

Current Project: Incorruptible Pure Pureness