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IIRC, nothing said that those who handle the two games' official Twitter accounts are the devs themselves, so it's probably the PR guys working for the same company that made those games. Fellow Genshin troper coconutkirin might have a point because even if the Twitter guys used the company's official accounts, we don't know their position within the company.
Problem is, I looked at several other pre-existing Teasing Creator example sources on this website (including the ones I mentioned above), and some of them also don't specifically mention who's behind the social media accounts and what their positions are. Some of them are generally referring to the company as a whole (Trivia.Gotham Knights, Trivia.Banjo Kazooie, Trivia.Mass Effect, Trivia.Minecraft, the Red vs. Blue example from the trope page, etc.), while some do source the "PR guys" (e.g the January 2018 Nintendo Tweet from the trope page).
I just thought maybe the Genshin example counts since there are other examples of the "Creator" tropes within the same context (people working for the company are using the company's name/official social media accounts, then their posts are used as a source regardless of who posted those). But given coconutkirin's edit reason, it looks like the authenticity of using social media accounts as the source of "Creator" tropes sounds YMMV/debatable depending on the troper? I'm just confused because this is a Trivia trope and it has a linked source/evidence to an official account.
Edited by DanteVin With Great Power, Comes Great MotivationSo, one important thing here...
This is a wiki. It can be edited by anybody with an account, the only requirement is a valid e-mail address. So people sometimes make bad edits. Sometimes those edits don't get removed... and it's not because they're okay, it's because no one has noticed them and taken the time to remove them.
The point is... precedent means nothing here. Saying "well, this other example is the same as mine..." doesn't mean that yours or theirs are good.
Now, to make it clear, I'm not saying you're definitely wrong. I honestly don't know if the twitter account you referenced is run by an actual dev or just some PR person... or if that even matters, or if this other editor was acting in good faith or what. I'm just saying, pointing to other examples to prove that your example is good doesn't work.
Edited by Mimic1990I don't see why Twitter wouldn't be a legit source provided whoever is Tweeting is verifiably a creator.
FWIW regarding the cited examples: Direct is a publicity event, so social media falls under this purview and the people who run these accounts can be considered 'creators'. But I would not consider the Nintendo Twitter account shitposting 'specifics' about the next Zelda game an example of Teasing Creator for the aforementioned reason of "the social media folks are not directly involved in the game". The MLP would also be a legit example were it less general/had more citations, because a storyboarder/animator/writer would absolutely be an example of Teasing Creator. But that situation vs. this is apples to oranges.
Edited by SynchronicityAdmittedly I may have been a bit presumptuous regarding the edit, and it's proven that there are other examples of Teasing Creator that use social media account of the works. But whether they're legit examples or not, it's what's being discussed here, right?
I'm still in the stance that "they aren't legit", but I think this would require a discussion for more people to decide. But ~Synchronicity has a point that it'd be okay if whoever is tweeting is indeed a creator (I'm thinking of, say, Hideki Kamiya's twitter
instead of Platinum Games' twitter
for example).
I think the broader question is more "Does Word of Saint Paul count for Trolling Creator?", which I would answer in the affirmative. Word of Dante isn't enough, but anyone connected to the work who teases/trolls the fans would contribute to fueling fan speculation.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.Ah well, I'll understand if the Trivia.Genshin Impact edit won't be restored for now.
From where this discussion is going, it looks like it's better to cite specific individuals/employees' accounts than the general/company accounts within the context of creators posting on social media especially if they're doing it for fun with the fans.
Although what I can understand from Synchron's Nintendo Direct reply is that "publicity events" (such as videos, livestreams and announcements) are even more valid Teasing Creator sources than a single Tweet? I'm fine with it if that's the case.
I just have a habit of looking at precedent examples before I add a similar trope example to a page, but it looks like I'll have to double-check that habit for now, depending on the context. Checking the validity of other pre-existing examples looks more complicated and more time-consuming than I thought.
With Great Power, Comes Great Motivation

On the Trivia.Genshin Impact page, I added a Teasing Creator example yesterday specifically about a Tweet of another game's official Twitter account (of Honkai Impact 3rd) replying to a topic about this game (GI). I originally worded in it a way that mentions the official HI3 Twitter account playing along with the "Multiverse/Crossover/collab theories or Epileptic Trees in the two related fandoms.
However ~coconutkirin deleted the part about the Tweet with the edit reason of "I don't consider the official account admins as "god" enough for this example to count".
I PM'd coconut as well, but I'll just create an ATT regarding the scope/limitations of Teasing Creator regardless.
Although their edit reason might sound YMMV because of the phrase "I don't consider" (but I myself consider the official account as a source), now I'm actually confused on what source does or doesn't count within the context of that trope.
Are Twitter accounts valid for Teasing Creator or not? What if one troper doesn't consider them as a source but another troper does? Because I consider the official Twitter account as an official source for "Creator" tropes, I would personally restore the example I added before. But since it was deleted because another troper doesn't consider the official Twitter account for the example, which is which? Or, based on their edit reason, what is considered "god" enough for Teasing Creator examples to be counted?
I added that Tweet to Teasing Creator simply because I saw other Teasing Creator examples that use official Twitter accounts, or use general statements regarding the company. For example, the trope page lists the following:
- In January 2018, Nintendo fans were anxiously awaiting the announcement of a rumored January 11th Nintendo Direct.note Yes, not the video itself, but the announcement that there would be one. The fanbase threw themselves into an absolute fervor, with cries of "Reset the clock!" occurring every hour for days in anticipation. Eventually, Nintendo of America acknowledged this on January 10th... by posting a picture of Chibi-Robo! on fire
. (The source is the official Twitter account)
- My Little Pony example - Before Season 3, people who worked on the show posted spoilers on their Twitter accounts. These spoilers were the fact that the new season would be cute and would contain ponies. (Mentions "people who work on the show.. posted on their Twitter accounts".).
Edited by DanteVin