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openI'm a Newcomer Music
I'd like to learn more about how to write pages for TV Tropes. I'd like to write/add to pages in music categories mostly.
openCan I recreate the music subpage for Sesame Street? Music
I noticed that there are some pages for Sesame Street soundtrack albums such as Sesame Street Sing Along, Sesame Street Born To Add', and Sesame Street: Platinum All-Time Favorites''. Since the show has numerous soundtrack albums, I wanted to create a music subpage for the show, but I found out that it was deleted. Can I recreate it?
openReporting a troper Music
ryanisbetter
repeatedly insists on listing Lorde as an example of Two-Hit Wonder, ignoring the fact that Madrugada officially ruled against this
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openCharacters/Disturbed Music
Sorry, but I worked for ages on the Characters for Disturbed. Whether it's allowed to trope real people, I'd still like a means to access the information stored there to integrate into the main article. One section of the page dealt with the band's mascot, who is certainly a character and not a real person.
openJonas Brothers Music
Is tbe last line in this example correct? It popped out at me and thought of making it more neutral but I don't know it's accurate or not.
From Were Still Relevant Dammit:
- The show is not at all immune to falling victim to this trope unintentionally, as many 2000s episodes feature topics that have long since faded to obscurity. For example, one late 2000s episode was about the Jonas Brothers purity ring controversy. Most people nowadays don't remember who the Jonas Brothers even are.
Have they fallen into obscurity or not? I don't consider them too, but then again I was in their target audience age group so my vision may be clouded. They were really big for several years, at least in America.
openHow to expand on music examples Music
Music sections and music themed pages are full of Zero-Context Examples. That's probably because it can be difficult and redundant to explain a song. I am pretty shre there's a thread to fix this, but how exactly do you expand upon music examples? Does posting lyrics still count under zero-context?
openBest and Worst Band Names You've Ever Heard Music
I'm just wondering. Why was that particular thread locked? There wasn't anything that seem like complaining to me.
openNot sure how to make this works page Music
Okay, there's a children's songwriter called Judy Pancoast. I enjoy (most of) her songs, and I know enough tropes they contain to make a works page. Only trouble is, I created the pages for Songdrops (which I'm a fan of), and Koit (which I hate the lyrics and illustrations but like the background music and felt it needed a page), but anyway, my opinion is irrelevant, the point is: both of those music pages had names for the collective amount of songs. Judy Pancoast's songs don't have a collective name. I could make a Creator page and just write her name, but I'm not sure it's right making a trope page for a real person.
openCharacterSheets/Music Music
So the vast majority of sheets on CharacterSheets.Music aren't troping characters in works, but rather the musicians' personal lives. Given Creator Page Guidelines, would it be kosher for me to cutlist the ones that are troping the musicians (discounting kayfabe or pages like David Bowie that have actual fictional characters)?
Normally I'd just go ahead and do it, but since this is a larger undertaking I figured I'd ask here first.
openRomeo and Juliet Music
I fixed up this page that was created from for years ago, and it seems to be Not Thriving and missing some things, like how it is used in settings, and stuff. I merely fixed the namespaces, italicized, and categorized the examples. I have some things to do, so I'm just gotta leave the rest of the cleanup to you guys.
EDIT: Also, I think the proper name of it is Romeo And Juliet Overture, since the overture is often played in love scenes.
Edited by alnair20aug93openGuardians Inferno Music
Does the music video's list of Tropes in Film.Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 look long enough to merit a page in the Notable Music Videos index?
openRedundant Franchise page--Elvis Presley Music
I'm not even looking for these and this is the third one I've noticed. There's Franchise, Elvis Presley, and Music, Elvis Presley.
openThe Downward Spiral tropes Music
On the main page for The Downward Spiral, some of the tropes refer to the Analysis page (e.g. the Stalker with a Crush and Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu? entries). However, that page says it's just an interpretation of the story, and as far as i'm aware of, Trent's never made any statement supporting it. Should those tropes be moved somewhere else, or removed entirely?
Edited by CosmicCatopenDethroning Moment/Music Music
On the music subpage of Dethroning Moment of suck, a troper by the name of rumpbump deleted entries without any explanation.
openLocked Thread Music
Can someone tell me why the Hype Backlash in Music thread was locked? Apparently, it was locked because it was a complaint thread. It didn't seem like a complaint thread to me.
openMusic/Clannad link problems Music
On the Music/Clannad page, there are a bunch of links near the top of the page (such as Analysis, Fridge, Headscratchers, etc.) that don't pertain to the Irish band Clannad that the page is about, but to the Japanese visual novel Visual Novel/Clannad. Since these are unrelated topics, is there any way to get them sorted out from each other?

Um okay, so a while ago somebody made a page on me: TurretBot
Which is fine, keep the page, I don't care. I don't want to disrespect The Fic May Be Yours, but the Trope Page Is Ours, I only did one edit to correct a few factual errors, that's it, and I don't plan to edit the page for any more than that... But I want the namespace changed. The page is currently under "Music", and it should be under "Creators".
"Turret Bot" is NOT a work. That's just my username. And, I do things other than music (the page conveniently leaves out my non-music stuff, but I can post links if you want proof). For all that, I believe the page should really be moved to "Creators"...
So can someone please move the page to Turret Bot for me? Since the page is about me, I feel like moving it myself would be crossing the line, I don't want to get in trouble or anything. Ok that's all. Thanks in advance...