TLP workstation thread

I'll try that. Thanks!

I don't know if this is the right thread for this, but I need your opinions on what I should do here.

In the Small Church Rule draft, Koveras implied that I should make the draft about institutions in general rather than just religions, but the problem with that means I'll have to do a full rewrite.

On one hand, I'd be undoing everything from a permabanned troper, which is a plus. On the other hand, given my extreme lack of knowledge about how centralized systems work, I'm really at a loss if I should do a full rewrite at all. Should I keep the draft as it is or do it all over from scratch?

Should we allow the creation of subpages for drafts that are already too long, if they're clearly on the path to launching, but breaking the editability?

Like Children's Authors at 20 hats but can't folderize due to edit menu breaking if so?

Or should we make nationality mains like American Childrens Authors like how Video Game Creators is?

Edited by Malady on Feb 7th 2021 at 7:39:39 AM

If anyone's interested, I need help with Graze Mechanic. I know it's a tropable concept and there are quite a few examples, but some people have issues with the name, while I think it's good. I'd appreciate if someone could chip in on the draft.

Edited by Piterpicher on Feb 12th 2021 at 6:50:09 PM

Bullet Graze Bonus, maybe? Bullet Graze Goodness?

Crippling Castration was apparently launched from TLP: Crippling Castration TLP... But it didn't register.

Bomb to nuke to remove? Append "(Nuking because already made)" to the title?

Edited by Malady on Feb 12th 2021 at 1:51:36 AM

I'd say it should be nuked. As for my TLP, I think I received a good name (this doesn't seem exclusive to bullets in shmups).

This "Don't Launch Any Draft Without Notice" policy seems fairly new. When was it established? And what's the rationale behind it?

Edited by eroock on Feb 13th 2021 at 4:13:21 AM

It was a guideline for a while, just not one actually written down. We enforce it now to prevent sponsors from launching when there's lingering issues or after massive changes. Technically a stealth launch isn't a reason alone to unlaunch but can be a sign of rushing or a lack of proper discussion and prep.

^ What was the lingering issue with Christmas Epilogue?

It was sitting dormant for months and the comment right before it got launched complained about the quote. There might have been more discussion if it wasn't spontaneously launched.

Fair enough. Still it would be beneficial if the unlaunch message addressed whatever lingering issue there was to be solved.

Faint In Shock Is, I think, pretty close to ready. I'd really appreciate some feedback on the description, though:

• Does it spend to much time talking about the romance novel and monster movie heritage?
• Does the assertion that this is commonly used to characterize "weak" characters stand up for the played-straight examples? (I was surprised at how many scenarios actually have something so horrific or tense going on that fainting seems like a reasonable reaction)
• Any other ways to tighten up the language in the description?

Well, that has 12 net hats, so it's good?

My "Unnumbered Plural" Title TLP is at -4, but was -5 a little while ago. Thanks for the hat, whoever!

But anyone else have problems with it, or can I get some hats?

Edited by Malady on Mar 8th 2021 at 2:26:18 AM

The Stigmatized Princess Heroine draft needs more feedback on the use of "heroine" in the title. You can see the existing discussion on it here.

[self-thumbed off-topic parts, I feel we're coming to an understanding, but more voices would be welcome!]

Edited by Sirena on Mar 14th 2021 at 12:32:59 PM

I could use some feedback on my draft for Hyperpop. It's currently not getting any attention aside from a single hat.

Is it discouraged to bump an old draft by someone else by adding "Needs Hats" to the title?

The draft is perfectly good to go, it just needs hats to launch. That's all that would change is that small addition to the title.

Edited by Primis on Apr 25th 2021 at 1:49:18 AM

If it's that good and that old, then why not sponsor it? Because the issue with bumping for hats is that, if it doesn't have an active sponsor claiming it and tagging it to prepare for the launch, any launch would still be considered a Stealth Launch at best, or a Rogue Launch at worst.

Plus, if a draft is that old anyway I'd rather make sure it's actually good to go, which is done by bumping it and encouraging a final feedback phase rather than just asking for hats.

How old does a draft need to be to take it over?

This one's been sitting here since December.

Two months is enough to be considered Up for Grabs.

2 months. You can adopt it.

Okay, I'll do that then. Thanks.

Seeking input regarding scope on African Diasporas And Black People In Media

Is my trope Mistaken For Bad Vision launchable yet?

So, my entry Michael Ersatzson is coming along decently, however, I'm still needing a couple more Prince-related examples (because I mentioned he was a variation of the trope), and I'm not fully sold on the title. Someone suggested changing it to "Prince of Pop" to go with the Jackson and Prince theme, but I didn't because I thought it'd be breaking the rules on stock phrases, and again, too few Prince examples.

Any suggestions?