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Worry no more: Trope Report is here.
Trope Report is a monthly newsletter that intends to showcase works and tropes from all corners of this website. It also aims to keep the troper hivemind updated with pertinent trope changes and discussions.
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Tropes and Works
Trope Spotlight
Obscure Tropes
This section highlights older tropes that need a boost.- As we step into the summer, for many of us, that means stepping into beach weather. It's almost enough to make you want to grab your metal detectors and get to work. Beachcombing is a common sight in media, where someone searches the sand for buried treasure and cool trinkets. Unfortunately, as far as the wiki is concerned, only 41 "treasures" have been discovered since 2010. Why not break out your own metal detector and comb the beach for some more examples of this trope?
New Tropes
This section brings attention to recently-launched tropes that could use a little help to really get rolling.- Trope
Work Spotlight
New Work Page Spotlight
This section covers newer work pages that could use a little help.- Work
Older/Obscure Work Spotlight
This section is intended to highlight works that may no longer be in the zeitgeist — but that doesn't mean they're any less tropable.- Work
Works That Need a Page
This section takes a page from the List of Shows That Need Summary. It is intended to spotlight works that people have been talking about enough to link around the site, but don't have a page yet. If the work page link turns blue after this, then we know we've done our job!- Work
Non-English Work Spotlight
The wiki may be in English, but that doesn't mean non-English media are any less important! This section focuses on works that may have a language barrier to deal with — but are worth it if you do.- Work
Creator Page Spotlight
Works would be nothing without the people who make them. This section highlights authors, artists, actors, musicians, and everyone else responsible for trope creation and proliferation.- Creator
Image of the Month
This section brings you the best selections of the past month from Image Pickin'.
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Projects and Discussions
Forumwatch
Hey guys! Welcome back to Forumwatch! In this section, we'll be telling you about what's going on in the forums — interesting discussions that may be going on in Wiki Talk, some fun forum games, or lively debates going on in On-Topic Conversations, you name it!
- Thread
Trope/Article Changelog
This section covers renames, removals, redefinitions, hard-splits, merges, and wick cleaning. We'll try to keep you alerted to any major changes to the site, including perpetual projects and Wiki Talk decisions that you may have missed, but if you want to be a part of the process that affects so much of our wiki, then head over to the Trope Repair Shop on the left-hand side of the forum.
- Why We Can't Have Nice Things has been renamed to Someone Ruins It For Everyone, to clarify that the trope is about something being ruined because of someone's actions. TRS thread here
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Pages Needing Help
This section highlights articles indexed on the Pages Needing Wiki Magic policy page and sub-pages. Such articles are, at best, under-performing and below wiki standards. At worst, these pages are in violation of the wiki's rules against stubs. If you're an editor, try checking out some of these under-performing trope and work articles to see what improvements you can make to the page.
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- Work
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Project Spotlight
Looking for a project to dedicate some time to, but not comfortable jumping into large threads? Here are some smaller projects, or more recent discussions, in need of a few more hands.
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Know the Contributors
- FernandoLemon writes for Work Spotlight and Image of the Month.
- War Jay 77 wrote for Trope Spotlight and Pages Needing Help this month.
- gjjones writes for the Project Spotlight section. He also frequently spends his time working on projects whenever they are necessary, cleaning up wiki entries and participating in the ATT and Trope Repair Shop threads.
- Indescribable entity plakythebirb writes for Works That Need A Page.
- callmeamuffin wrote for this month's Obscure Tropes and Old/Obscure Works Spotlight sections, as well as the Forumwatch section.
- Berrenta has contributed to Pages Needing Help, the Changelog, and Projects. She also took the plunge to give us the intro!
- Ayumi-chan contributed the Page spotlight and Pages Needing Help.
- Coachpill wrote for Trope Spotlight and Work Spotlight this month. May is also his birth month.
- alnair20aug93 made the page image, with Sugar-Tan, Trope-Tan, and Darth-Tan Making a Splash in the upcoming summer heat.
- Twiddler makes sure our grammar is in order.
- Cardboard Bot used to draw art for Trope Report and designed the mascot.
- Trope Reporter (real name Taylor Von Trope) is the mascot for Trope Report whose TV head is used as this edition's image.
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Interested in becoming a contributor, or have suggestions for works or tropes to feature? Pop by the thread and let us know! We don't bite. (Much.)
and let us know! We don't bite. (Much.)