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Tabs MOD Since: Jan, 2001
14th Nov, 2019 08:14:06 AM

Go to any random page and replace the namespace and the work title with the CamelCase namespace (ComicBook) and title of the new work (LivingAssaultWeapons) and start editing.

windleopard Since: Nov, 2014
14th Nov, 2019 09:06:55 AM

Sorry what page can I go to? I obviously don't want to just re-edit an existing work.

Tabs MOD Since: Jan, 2001
14th Nov, 2019 09:22:06 AM

Any of them. You'll be replacing the parts of the link with the new work so you won't be editing the existing work. You just need the URL template.

Hitting Random Trope/Random Media is the quickest way.

windleopard Since: Nov, 2014
14th Nov, 2019 09:39:48 AM

Okay I'm doing that but how do I replace the namespace and title of the work? That isn't giving me the prompt. Sorry about the constant questions.

Tabs MOD Since: Jan, 2001
14th Nov, 2019 10:31:36 AM

In the URL itself - so at the end of https://tvtropes.org after the pmwiki.php, there's a slash followed by the Namespace, with another slash followed by the title. So if the replacement happens correctly, you'll find yourself on a blank page saying "We don't have an article..." and you hit "Edit Page" to create it.

No worries! The page creation process is clunky. But it's a way to get familiar with how links, namespaces, and titles work on TV Tropes.

Edited by Tabs
windleopard Since: Nov, 2014
14th Nov, 2019 10:56:35 AM

Thanks.

Edited by windleopard
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