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Actually, I've found that a well-placed general example can be very good, with the general example speaking to how a trope can encompass a variety of situations and setting the stage for further explanation via specific examples, and not just on trope pages, but on works pages where some tropes show up a lot. The Content Warnings page, for instance, has a lot of examples of both very common takes on the trope and more specialized variations on same.
Edited by tyrekecorrea
But...it's still against the rules. If it's that good it should be in the description.
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- Examples Are Not General: Making a blanket statement on the behavior of '70s Live-Action TV may be interesting information, but it technically doesn't add anything new as an example. If you feel the information is important, then add it to the description (or the Analysis subpage) instead of the examples. Examples are about specific works and instances in them; the description is the general behavior of the trope. See Needs A Better Description.
Straight from How to Write an Example. This is an actual policy, not just something people are doing on a whim.
Trouble Cube continues to be a general-purpose forum for those who desire such a thing.
Another notifier we could use is for general formatting errors, such as not wicking properly; I can't tell you how often I have to notify a new troper about this, and having a pre-written message will make it easier.
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...There's also the existing notifier "Stub In Main", which is useless now.
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Yes, a notifier about Wiki Words would be helpful.
Edited by Twiddler
This should be requested in the Locked Pages thread
, not here.
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Really? Never seen requests there for things like this. I mean, it's got nothing to do with pages...
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That's how I got the complaining notifier added in.
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Yes, the mods can edit/delete/add notifiers upon request, so the Locked pages thread is the best venue for that. A general example notifier has been added, and the wiki-word and recent requests as well actually have some representation already in the form of "not recent" and "work title" notifiers.
I've noticed there's no pre-made notifier for general examples, so why not add one? The message could be something like:
"Hi there. Your recent edit to (article here) looks to be what we call a "general example". As a rule, examples should be about specific works and moments, not the company or medium as a whole. Please see How to Write an Example for more information. Thanks!"
There's also no message for someone adding a "recent" example, which could of course use a message as well.