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- Not necessarily. The important thing is to have all the vital parts of the example's information in both sides, even though the wording isn't exactly the same. Sometimes it's even necessary to change the wording as it would be awkward otherwise. For example, for the trope page the example might need to refer briefly to the story's synopsis or evolution in order to provide context for the reader who is only reading the example from that page; this bit wouldn't be necessary in the example's entry in the work page since the synopsis and evolution of the story is already elaborated across all trope examples listed there.
- I think that the last part of the first question's answer addressed indirectly the second question.
I think you hit the nail on the head with "The examples could be a lot more laconic on the work page, as there is much more context available there".
They can't be too laconic, of course, or they'll turn into ZCEs, but the difference is that on the trope page, people can't be expected to know anything about the show, but on the show's work page, they can.
Yeah, you can trim down or re-word examples when crosswicking as long as the actual trope context remains.
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Hey tropers! I'm pretty new, and just turned in my first edit, on Battle Couple Literature (entry for Amelia Peabody) but I have not crosswicked from the work page yet.
As I was getting ready to put in the crosswick, I realized that the examples could be a lot more laconic on the work page, as there is much more context available there. This is making me question my approach to the edit in the first place.
- Are an entry on a Trope page and the matching entry on the Work page supposed to match exactly, or can they be phrased differently?
- Irrespective of the previous question, should I be trying to trim down the examples on the trope page further? Basically, how much context is too much?
Edited by underCoverSailsman