History Administrivia / ExamplesAreNotRecent

A form of [[FanMyopia fan myopia]], this practice assumes that everyone who reads this will automatically be aware of how long ago "recently" was. There are still some examples which describe films, episodes, issues, or volumes from ''two or more years ago as "recent"'', but if you're not a fan of said work, how will you know whether it's true or not? For all the uninitiated person would know, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica "recently" died or ''Series/BurnNotice'' is still the "hottest new show on Creator/USANetwork".[[note]]FYI, the death of Captain America and the debut of ''Burn Notice'' both occurred in 2007, with ''Burn Notice'''s final season in 2013.[[/note]]

It only creates more trouble for other tropers when they have to remove mentions of the word "recent" after it isn't recent anymore. Or worse, the next troper will add an indented bullet point adding an even more recent update for the situation. So for everyone's sake, please avoid using the word "recent" or anything synonymous in writing your examples. Although TV Tropes is open for anyone to edit, it should not be ''required'' for anyone to come behind another troper and fix their entry.

A form of [[FanMyopia fan myopia]], this practice assumes that everyone who reads this will automatically be aware of how long ago "recently" was. There are still some examples which describe films, episodes, issues, or volumes from ''two or more years ago as "recent"'', but if you're not a fan of said work, how will you know whether it's true or not? For all the uninitiated person would know, Franchise/{{Spider-man}} "recently" died or ''Series/{{Suits}}'' is still the "hottest new show on Creator/USANetwork".[[note]]FYI, the death of Spider-man and the debut of ''Suits'' both occurred well over a year ago.[[/note]]

A form of [[FanMyopia fan myopia]], this practice assumes that everyone who reads this will automatically be aware of how long ago "recently" was. There are still some examples which describe films, episodes, issues, or volumes from ''two or more years ago as "recent"'', but if you're not a fan of said work, how will you know whether it's true or not? For all the uninitiated person would know, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica "recently" died or ''Series/BurnNotice'' is still the "hottest new show on Creator/USANetwork".[[note]]FYI, the death of Captain America and the debut of ''Burn Notice'' both occurred in 2007, with ''Burn Notice'''s final season in 2013.[[/note]]

While it is understandable, this, unfortunately, is not a good practice.

It also assumes everyone gets media at the same time. People living in a different country than the one a work is released in sometimes have to wait a number of days, months, or years for that work to become legally available where they live. Some tropers will even wait until a series has either [[GrowingTheBeard established itself]], [[ScrewedByTheNetwork been cancelled]], or [[GrandFinale finished up its story]] to dig into it on an [[ArchiveBinge archive binge]]. Thus, what to you is the most recent is, to about half of all readers, either old hat or something that won't happen until next year. Another problem is that "recent" is relative; if a work is decades, or even centuries old, an alteration made as long ago as 1950 can be counted as "recent", but if the work has been around since the 1940s, 1950 will seem much less "recent". Every work, no matter how popular or amazing it is right now, will end. Even LongRunners have actors who age and eventually die.

It also assumes everyone gets media at the same time. People living in a different country than the one a work is released in sometimes have to wait a number of days, months, or years for that work to become legally available where they live. Some tropers will even wait until a series has either [[GrowingTheBeard established itself]], [[ScrewedByTheNetwork been cancelled]], or [[GrandFinale finished up its story]] to dig into it on an [[ArchiveBinge archive binge]]. Thus, what to you is the most recent is, to about half of all readers, either old hat or something that won't happen until next year. Another problem is that "recent" is relative; if a work is decades, or even centuries old, an alteration made as long ago as 1950 can be counted as "recent", but if the work has been around since the 1940s, 1950 will seem much less "recent".

* "This movie/series/book came out X years ago"
* "Right now, this movie is in production"

It only creates more trouble for other trope}s when they have to remove mentions of the word "recent" after it isn't recent anymore. Or worse, the next troper will add an indented bullet point adding an even more recent update for the situation. So for everyone's sake, please avoid using the word "recent" or anything synonymous in writing your examples. Although TV Tropes is open for anyone to edit, it should not be ''required'' for anyone to come behind another troper and fix their entry.

* "In the latest issue of ''{{Superman}}''..."

A form of [[FanMyopia fan myopia]], this practice assumes that everyone who reads this will automatically be aware of how long ago "recently" was. There are still some examples which describe films, episodes, issues, or volumes from ''two or more years ago as "recent"'', but if you're not a fan of said work, how will you know whether it's true or not? For all the uninitiated person would know, Comics/CaptainAmerica "recently" died or ''Series/BurnNotice'' is still the "hottest new show on Creator/USANetwork".[[note]]FYI, the death of Captain America and the debut of ''Burn Notice'' both occurred in 2007, with ''Burn Notice'''s final season in 2013.[[/note]]

Unfortunately, this is not a good practice.

TVTropes is immortal. TV Tropes does not know time. Terms such as 'recently' are meaningless to TV Tropes.

In short, TVTropes is [[TimeMarchesOn not static]].

'''Unfortunately, this is not a good practice.'''

A form of FanMyopia, this practice assumes that everyone who reads this will automatically be aware of how long ago "recently" was. There are still some examples which describe films, episodes, issues, or volumes from ''two or more years ago as "recent"'', but if you're not a fan of said work, how will you know whether it's true or not? For all the uninitiated person would know, CaptainAmerica "recently" died or ''BurnNotice'' is still the "hottest new show on USANetwork".[[note]]FYI, the death of Captain America and the debut of ''Burn Notice'' both occurred in 2007, with ''Burn Notice'''s final season in 2013.[[/note]]

It also assumes everyone gets media at the same time. People living in a different country than the one a work is released in sometimes have to wait a number of days, months or years for that work to become legally available where they live. Some tropers will even wait until a series has either [[GrowingTheBeard established itself]], [[ScrewedByTheNetwork been cancelled]], or [[GrandFinale finished up its story]] to dig into it on an ArchiveBinge. Thus, what to you is the most recent is, to about half of all readers, either old hat or something that won't happen until next year. Another problem is that "recent" is relative; if a work is decades, or even centuries old, an alteration made as long ago as 1950 can be counted as "recent", but if the work has been around since the forties, 1950 will seem much less "recent".

It only creates more trouble for other {{troper}}s when they have to remove mentions of the word "recent" after it isn't recent anymore. Or worse, the next troper will add an indented bullet point adding an even more recent update for the situation. So for everyone's sake, please avoid using the word "recent" or anything synonymous in writing your examples. Although TVTropes is open for anyone to edit, it should not be ''required'' for anyone to come behind another troper and fix their entry.

No Examples, please. Especially no "[[SelfDemonstratingArticle recent]]" ones.

A form of FanMyopia, this practice assumes that everyone who reads this will automatically be aware of how long ago "recently" was. There are still some examples which describe films, episodes, issues, or volumes from ''two or more years ago as "recent"'', but if you're not a fan of said work, how will you know whether it's true or not? For all the uninitiated person would know, CaptainAmerica "recently" died or ''BurnNotice'' is still the "hottest new show on USANetwork".[[note]]FYI, the death of Captain America and the debut of ''Burn Notice'' both occurred in 2007, and ''Burn Notice'' is ending with the 2013 season.[[/note]]

A form of FanMyopia, this practice assumes that everyone who reads this will automatically be aware of how long ago "recently" was. There are still some examples which describe films, episodes, issues, or volumes from ''two or more years ago as "recent"'', but if you're not a fan of said work, how will you know whether it's true or not? For all the uninitiated person would know, CaptainAmerica "recently" died or ''BurnNotice'' is still the "hottest new show on USANetwork".[[note]]FYI, the death of Captain America and the debut of ''Burn Notice'' both occurred in 2007, and ''Burn Notice'' ended with the 2013 season.[[/note]]

It also assumes everyone gets media at the same time. People living in a different country than the one a work is released in sometimes have to wait a number of days, months or years for that work to become legally available where they live. Some tropers will even wait until a series has either [[GrowingTheBeard established itself]], [[ScrewedByTheNetwork been cancelled]], or reached its [[GrandFinale]] to dig into it on an ArchiveBinge. Thus, what to you is the most recent is, to about half of all readers, either old hat or something that won't happen until next year. Another problem is that "recent" is relative; if a work is decades, or even centuries old, an alteration made as long ago as 1950 can be counted as "recent", but if the work has been around since the forties, 1950 will seem much less "recent".

It also assumes everyone gets media at the same time. People living in a different country than the one a work is released in sometimes have to wait a number of days, months or years for that work to become legally available where they live. Some tropers will even wait until a series has either [[GrowingTheBeard established itself]] or [[ScrewedByTheNetwork has been cancelled]] to dig into it on an ArchiveBinge. Thus, what to you is the most recent is, to about half of all readers, either old hat or something that won't happen until next year. Another problem is that "recent" is relative; if a work is decades, or even centuries old, an alteration made as long ago as 1950 can be counted as "recent", but if the work has been around since the forties, 1950 will seem much less "recent".

It also assumes everyone gets media at the same time. People living in a different country than the one a work is released in sometimes have to wait a number of days, months or years for that work to become legally available where they live. Some tropers will even wait until a series has either [[GrowingTheBeard established itself]] or [[ScrewedByTheNetwork has been cancelled]] to dig into it. Thus, what to you is the most recent is, to about half of all readers, either old hat or something that won't happen until next year. Another problem is that "recent" is relative; if a work is decades, or even centuries old, an alteration made as long ago as 1950 can be counted as "recent", but if the work has been around since the forties, 1950 will seem much less "recent".

It also assumes everyone gets media at the same time. People in the UK usually have to wait upwards of six months to see/read a TV episode or comic issue that just appeared last week in America, and the poor Australians have to wait even longer. Thus, what to you is the most recent is, to about half of all readers, either old hat or something that won't happen until next year. Another problem is that "recent" is relative; if a work is decades, or even centuries old, an alteration made as long ago as 1950 can be counted as "recent", but if the work has been around since the forties, 1950 will seem much less "recent".

A common mistake made by many well-intentioned {{troper}}s is to often use the words "recent", "newest", "latest" "as of now" or something synonymous to describe something within their examples or article ({{trope}} or work pages) descriptions. This is usually after some change that shakes the foundation of the work or character. In their zeal, the troper will excitedly state that this is a very recent development, cluing other tropers that the new status is going on right this very minute.

A common mistake made by many well-intentioned {{troper}}s is to often use the words "recent", "newest", "latest" or something synonymous to describe something within their examples or article ({{trope}} or work pages) descriptions. This is usually after some change that shakes the foundation of the work or character. In their zeal, the troper will excitedly state that this is a very recent development, cluing other tropers that the new status is going on right this very minute.

A form of FanMyopia, this practice assumes that everyone who reads this will automatically be aware of how long ago "recently" was. There are still some examples which describe films, episodes, issues, or volumes from ''two or more years ago as "recent"'', but if you're not a fan of said work, how will you know whether it's true or not? For all the uninitiated person would know, CaptainAmerica "recently" died or ''BurnNotice'' is still the "hottest new show on USANetwork".[[note]]FYI, the death of Captain America and the debut of ''Burn Notice'' both occurred in 2007.[[/note]]

A form of FanMyopia, this practice assumes that everyone who reads this will automatically be aware of how long ago "recently" was. There are still some examples which describe films, episodes, issues, or volumes from ''two or more years ago as "recent"'', but if you're not a fan of said work, how will you know whether it's true or not? Also, how does it apply on a For all the uninitiated person would know, CaptainAmerica "recently" died or ''BurnNotice'' is still the "hottest new show on USANetwork".[[note]]FYI, the death of Captain America and the debut of ''Burn Notice'' both occurred in 2007.[[/note]]

A form of FanMyopia, this practice assumes that everyone who reads this will automatically be aware of how long ago "recently" was. There are still some examples which describe films, episodes, issues, or volumes from ''two or more years ago as "recent"'', but if you're not a fan of said work, how will you know whether it's true or not? For all the uninitiated person would know, CaptainAmerica "recently" died or ''BurnNotice'' is still the "hottest new show on USANetwork".[[note]]FYI, the death of Captain America and the debut of ''Burn Notice'' both occurred in 2007.[[/note]]

It also assumes everyone gets media at the same time. People in the UK usually have to wait upwards of six months to see/read a TV episode or comic issue that just appeared last week in America, and the poor Australians have to wait even longer. Thus, what to you is the most recent is, to about half of all readers, either old hat or something that won't happen until next year.

* "The latest law in California has made it illegal for YuriGenre fans to..."