History Administrivia / WelcomeToTVTropes

A: [[https://proper.io/ Proper Media]] owns TV Tropes. The admins who operate the site don't come around much. You're most likely to encounter the moderators: volunteers who make and enforce the rules. See Administrivia/KnowTheStaff to learn about them. Moderators have special tags by their names and listening to them is a good idea.

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Occasionally questions arise as to what, exactly, TV Tropes allows in terms of content. As stated on the HomePage, we're primarily about documenting the use of {{trope}}s in {{media}}. This goal causes us to classify articles into the following major groups:

* A common error is to create a new article but not add examples, counting on WikiMagic to fill them in later. But if you don't add examples and [[Administrivia/{{Crosswicking}} cross-reference]] them, how will anyone find your new article? We call these stubs and they frequently get deleted.

* ''Check your work''. Proofread it for grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Is it formatted like other similar pages on the wiki? Is it indexed? Does it contain accidental redlinks? The Preview function can be useful for this so you don't look like a SerialTweaker.

'''Q: Can I trope my own work?\\

'''Q: Cool. Can I make a new trope?'''\\

A: A {{Trope}} is a narrative device or convention used in storytelling or production of a creative work. Click on that link for more details.

A: A troper is someone who participates in discovering and writing about tropes: in other words, you. It's a word we made up and we're proud of it. Yes, it autocorrects to "trooper".

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A: A troper is someone who participates in discovering and writing about tropes: in other words, you. It's a word we made up, and we're proud of it. Yes, it autocorrects to "trooper".

A: Not so fast, friend. It's great that you're excited about contributing, but you should take some time to look around and make sure you understand what tropes are and what tropes we already have. To ask if we have something, go to TropeFinder. If you're still convinced it's needed, head over to TropeLaunchPad, but be sure to read Administrivia/TLPGuidelines first. A lot of people get in trouble for not knowing them.

A: [[https://proper.io/ Proper Media]] owns TV Tropes. The admins who operate the site don't come around much. You're most likely to encounter the moderators, volunteers who make and enforce the rules. See Administrivia/KnowTheStaff to learn about them. Moderators have special tags by their names and listening to them is a good idea.

Hello and welcome! We like having newcomers around here and hope you'll stick around and contribute. This place may look pretty big and intimidating but it's pretty simple once you get used to it.

Hello and welcome! We like having newcomers around here and hope you'll stick around and contribute. This place may look pretty big and intimidating, but it's pretty simple once you get used to it.

If we have articles about authors, actors, networks, and game companies, the next next logical step is political figures, current events, and so forth, right? Not so fast. Technically, {{tropes}} only occur in {{media}}. RealLife can ''inspire'' tropes; it can inform them; it can have things that are highly analogous to tropes, but there is no narrative or design to which tropes can, by definition, apply.

When you're ready, learn more about Administrivia/TheGoalsOfTVTropes, Administrivia/TheTropingCode, and Administrivia/TVTropesCustoms. These are recommended reading for all tropers and are enforced.

A: Not so fast, friend. It's great that you're excited about contributing something, but you should take some time to look around and make sure you understand what tropes are and what tropes we already have. To ask if we have something, go to TropeFinder. If you're still convinced it's needed, head over to TropeLaunchPad, but be sure to read Administrivia/TLPGuidelines first. A lot of people get in trouble for not knowing them.

A: TV Tropes is a wiki, sort of like Wikipedia, but using different software. We describe and collect examples of {{Tropes}} in {{Media}}. We also host [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/review_activity.php reviews]], [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/lbs.php liveblogs]], and have [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/topics.php forums]] where you can talk with other tropers.

Before we get started, let's get down to the most basic of questions.

When you're ready, learn more about Administrivia/TheGoalsOfTVTropes and Administrivia/TVTropesCustoms.

A: A troper is someone who participates in discovering and writing about tropes: in other words, you. It's a word we made up, and we're proud of it.

Now, onto the basics of navigation. Below is a bunch of folders. Click or tap to expand them. There's also a control to expand or collapse all folders on a page. In your [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/profile.php profile]], you can choose to have folders always expanded or always contracted, and you can change that at any time. More on your profile later.

Hello and welcome! We like having newcomers around here and hope you'll stay around and contribute. To make things easier for you, here are some tips for contributing and ways to make reading the wiki suit your style a little better.

To choose whether you want to browse the wiki with folders open or closed by default, and with links normal or highlighted go to [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/profile.php your profile page]] in the top right corner. This is accessible only if you're [[Administrivia/GetKnown a known troper]]. The profile also controls your preferences for our fora and discussion venues.

Likewise, you need to be logged in to move the sidebar to the left, to have the header bar stick at the top of the page as you scroll down, to have the forums condensed or to accept avatars from other tropers if they offer them to you.

The standard Wiki/TVTropes layout has a black toolbar above the pagetitle, a black bar at the bottom of the page and expanding menus on the right side. When looking at the page from a small screen, the expanding menus are hidden behind the button in the upper left corner.

* Before adding your first suggestion, take a look at '''Administrivia/YKTTWGuidelines'''. Follow those guidelines and the experience will go a lot smoother for everyone.

This wiki is [[Tropers/TheAdvertisementServer ad-supported]]. You can donate to turn off ads in the forums, but not in the main wiki. To report an ad that violates our rules, post in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/addpost.php?discussion=13223684920A10189100 this forum thread]] and we'll see what we can do about it. We don't have any direct control over the ads; they are generated by our providers based on page content, your cookies, and the demographics gleaned from your browser and IP address. FYI, Flash-based ads are essential to our revenue stream. We need to keep them.

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We ask that you not use ad blocking software, or add an exception for tvtropes.org. As noted earlier, the site is supported almost entirely by ad revenue and disabling them costs us money that we can use to deliver you a quality troping experience.

We assume that all our readers and contributors are responsible for their own mental health and emotional well-being. '''TV Tropes expressly disclaims all liability for the health of its readers and contributors.'''

* You '''should''' delete an example that is: (a) factually inaccurate; (b) [[SquarePegRoundTrope using a trope incorrectly]]; (c) a duplicate; (d) in violation of any other rule. Try to fix it first, if possible.

'''Only the owner of a troper page may edit it.''' This rule was implemented due to vandalism targeting specific users. There is an informal practice of creating a page in the TroperWall namespace if one wishes to have other users edit it. Please note that we are not a "social media" site.

* Obey the RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement. It is our Holy Grail of rules.

* Our [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=365rl6gt9w6vijv1envyi76j forum rules]] about importing drama apply to the wiki as well. This means that you may not use our site to carry out an argument that is going on somewhere else. If the Internet is in an uproar about something, we don't need to tell everyone about it. We most certainly don't want to appear to take someone's side of an argument, because someone else will come and put in their point of view and before you know it we're a party to the whole thing and people are getting banned. Just follow the RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement and let other sites worry about it.