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SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
6th Dec, 2020 04:07:32 AM

Best to wait until the game is out.

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ISS600 Since: Nov, 2017
6th Dec, 2020 07:42:00 AM

So, save the tropes I managed to save and when the game releases, remake the page and add them in?

I don't know what I'm doing honestly and I'm sorry for all the dumb questions. Also, I had no idea I had an account until like 2020.
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
6th Dec, 2020 01:28:26 PM

Would a sandbox to work in things in the meantime be acceptable?

ISS600 Since: Nov, 2017
8th Dec, 2020 10:28:25 AM

I hope so.

I don't know what I'm doing honestly and I'm sorry for all the dumb questions. Also, I had no idea I had an account until like 2020.
HMSquared Since: Nov, 2018
8th Dec, 2020 03:48:37 PM

It is slightly frustrating that someone vandalized the whole page. But waiting until the game comes out makes sense.

WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
8th Dec, 2020 03:54:33 PM

Nobody "vandalized" the page. This is policy.

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HMSquared Since: Nov, 2018
8th Dec, 2020 05:11:57 PM

Okay... But why were all of the tropes on the page deleted?

WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
8th Dec, 2020 05:13:50 PM

See Creating a Work Page for an Upcoming Work. Unreleased work pages need specific criteria: All the tropes must be cited, and the work must have some sort of release date or something similar.

Edited by WarJay77 Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
Justmenoworries Since: Apr, 2018
13th Dec, 2020 12:51:37 PM

In my opinion it's pretty hypocritical to delete every single example on a page and then delete it for being a "stub".

WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
13th Dec, 2020 12:54:06 PM

Again, it's policy. A page is a stub if it lacks at least three valid examples. It was a stub even before being deleted.

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crazysamaritan MOD Since: Apr, 2010
13th Dec, 2020 06:43:57 PM

^^ It is not hypocritical when invalid deletions lead to editors getting suspended. Valid examples are kept and pages are evaluated based on the number of valid examples, the quality of the writing, and the existence of the work.

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
ISS600 Since: Nov, 2017
8th Jan, 2021 10:21:04 AM

So would it be safe to recreate if I followed the Creatinga Work Page Foran Upcoming Work and cited all the tropes on the page? Because they can all be cited, and the ones that can't will stay saved on my profile page until the game releases.

Edited by ISS600 I don't know what I'm doing honestly and I'm sorry for all the dumb questions. Also, I had no idea I had an account until like 2020.
WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
8th Jan, 2021 10:45:01 AM

Yeah, that should work.

Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
ISS600 Since: Nov, 2017
8th Jan, 2021 12:21:51 PM

Alright then. So, it's safe to recreate as long as I do all that stuff. Will do, am recreating now.

Edited by ISS600 I don't know what I'm doing honestly and I'm sorry for all the dumb questions. Also, I had no idea I had an account until like 2020.
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