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techno156 (Private)
2023-10-03 01:47:46

Do I just use The Protagonist, or do I include their name, locked behind a spoiler tag?

Amonimus (Sergeant)
2023-10-03 01:50:18

If the name isn't known initially, and unless the work uses another noun to addresss them, it's fine to address them by their role and any of its synonims.

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RallyBot2 (Elder Troper)
2023-10-03 02:12:01

If the name isn't a spoiler, you can just use it.

techno156 (Private)
2023-10-03 02:23:46

^ I'm not 100% sure about whether it would count as a spoiler or not. The name of the character itself is not a spoiler (and doesn't seem to have any story significance besides why it was lost in the first place), but them remembering their name is.

bwburke94 (Y2: Electric Boogaloo)
2023-10-03 04:17:38

Which work is this?

2025: the year it all ends?
bwburke94 (Y2: Electric Boogaloo)
2023-10-03 04:20:15

I'm unfamiliar with it, so that was a dead end.

2025: the year it all ends?
Vilui Since: May, 2009
2023-10-03 04:21:57

On a side issue, I see the work's description has a commented-out note saying it was copied from somewhere else. This is not okay; TVTropes takes plagiarism pretty seriously.

Amonimus (Sergeant)
2023-10-03 04:39:45

Now looking at it, "The main character" is fine. I was assuming there was a problem how to address them but the page was addressing them already.

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jOSEFdelaville Since: Dec, 2018
2023-10-03 04:56:24

Just go with "the protagonist" or "the main character". If the character's name is revealed way after the beginning, it's better to not casually drop it (unless this work gets into a Cave Story situation where everyones know the protagonist's name even though it's a late game reveal).

techno156 (Private)
2023-10-03 19:29:31

RE: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/query.php?parent_id=127542&type=att#comment-376140

I see. I was under the impression that the plot synopsis was fine to do that way, since I took the page structure from Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill, which also copies the plot synopsis.

Fixed both.

Edited by techno156
Amonimus (Sergeant)
2023-10-03 21:45:15

If the cooking page copies from somewhere is can be reported as well (spearately).

Edited by Amonimus TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
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