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That, or they should at least have a certain number of edits under their belt and be an active site member for a specific amount of time first.
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^ That's the way I'd go.
Bumping this, because the recent (continuous) return of a ban evader who exists solely to make and hat their own (bad) TLP drafts, never making any other wiki edits, makes me seriously want this to be a thing. The waiting period would only need to be like, a month, tops. It'll cut down on a good number of horrible drafts, block this certain evader from doing anything on the TLP again, and force users to get to know how the site works first before they start trying to make tropes.
Edited by WarJay77 Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
I have never posted in the Trope Finder. That would disqualify me despite being here for years.
Some people just suck at writing tropes. If you have a problem with it, shouldn't you help them edit instead?
It's not an issue with a lack of skill more than it is that a lot of new members tackle the TLP without even knowing how to format— and a lot of them tend to not even stick around long enough to listen to advice, they just spit out bad draft after bad draft.
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We've had a large number of low-quality TLP proposals created by new users. Perhaps we could block accounts from creating a TLP proposal until they've posted at least once in the Trope Finder?