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Hmm... I just checked, and all these shenanigans apparently happened long ago. Like, old-layout long ago. Two years ago long ago. I guess we're not solving that mystery, annoying as it is.
pearlina brainrot affects millions of people worldwide. if you or a loved one are suffering from pearlina brainrot, call 1-800-GAY-NERDSI plead guilty to having done that a few times, but only when the entry needed rewriting in the first place for some reason, and I didn't confine it to just LA TV. Just going through and doing it to do it because of personal preference strikes me as a waste of time.
Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry PratchettIt is not harmless, it is not lazy, it is not alphabetization thing. What it is is the "State the source" rule adherence, see Administrivia.How To Write An Example.
When you read through list of examples, you skim looking for familiar work names. The name should be closer to the start of the line so you don't have to overinvest into reading things you do not need at all. That thought alone's enough to warrant such rule.
Edit: For page alphabetization, things like this aren't any extra obstacle.
Edited by SetsunasaNiWaAnother thing to mention. That is only "a style question" when examples are Zero-Context Example material cited by query starter. If it's a good example, it'll spill something about the work. And here's how it is important.
If I plan to enjoy a Work A to the fullest and I want to avoid spoiling slightest details, when I see...
- Work A: There are two instances of...
- In the second half of Work A, new team...
But if it goes...
- There are two instances of backstabs in the main heroes team quest and arguably the third when they pass through the rite of reincarnation in Work A.
That would be bad example indentation.
It should be:
Work A
- First backstab
- Second backstab
- Rite of reincarnation, possibly with spoiler formatting.
I have a hard time saying anything about the style. Works are supposed to be italicized and are generally Wiki Worded. I have a knack where I can focus on just those aspects and ignore the rest of the example, looking for the works I want to read about. So as long as those two wiki formatting rules are followed, where the work name falls in the example means diddly to me.
Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry PratchettThen please either PM me or start a wiki talk/yak fest thread and link to it.
I've reread the example in the relevant post several times. I can think of few tropes where listing several examples in one entry is necessary or good wiki writing. The only ones I can think of are behavior tropes, and even then I'm not sure the example is written properly.
Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry PratchettThe stylistically correct way to write an example is:
- Work Name: Description
- Trope Name: Description
Work examples that deviate from this are usually going for some variation of witty, which is acceptable as long as the title of the work is stated reasonably close to the start of the text. The 2.0 overhaul will largely do away with this, though.
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All right, I'm incredibly annoyed now. Someone keeps going around in the Live Action TV sections of various pages and changing (for example) entries like these:
into these:
I understand the need to alphabetize, but this is just lazy. Who keeps doing this?