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Prematurely launched pages and pages that weren't fully fleshed out at the point of launching, are a big problem. Since these usually share several problems at once, this thread is aimed at re-running them through the TLP for fixing - the usual fix - or cutting them if they are too bad.

Problems this thread deals with include bad names, not enough/bad examples, unclear description, etc.

For the interested, here's a list of recently created pages. Launches

Note: Please do not request a mod to unlaunch drafts that don't have any issues besides lacking a launch notice/24hr launch notice. While 24hr launch notices are mandatory, there are a few exceptions to the rule. If you see a draft's sponsor launch a TLP without an announcement, it's best to remind them of our TLP Guidelines first. If they continue to repeatedly launch drafts without a launch notice, you can report them on Ask The Tropers or the TLP Community Issues thread.

Edited by MacronNotes on Jun 24th 2023 at 12:24:55 PM

Nocturna Since: May, 2011
#51: Dec 15th 2012 at 10:43:16 AM

It's a work page in the wrong namespace and needs a lot of other work, but that's not really our purview. Works pages are only required to have a description and three tropes; they should really only be brought here if they're lacking one of those. Otherwise, just PM the creator.

ArcadesSabboth from Mother Earth Since: Oct, 2011
#52: Dec 16th 2012 at 4:43:57 PM

Dying Moment Of Funny — Trope stub that needs a YKTTW or just a cut.

Interrogation Montage isn't a crash, but it seems to have a rather short description and examples list, and launched with 4 hats.

edited 16th Dec '12 4:44:56 PM by ArcadesSabboth

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Xtifr World's Toughest Milkman Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#53: Dec 16th 2012 at 5:37:54 PM

Dying Moment Of Funny: I say cut without prejudice (if someone wants to take it to YKTTW, they can).

Interrogation Montage: Barely viable, I think it could really benefit from more YKTTW. Send it back.

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Makoyi Since: Aug, 2012
#55: Dec 17th 2012 at 4:38:34 PM

Funny Terrain Cross Section - no hats, 2 sentence description, 7 examples, 1 index and no wicks

Nocturna Since: May, 2011
Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
Makoyi Since: Aug, 2012
#58: Dec 17th 2012 at 7:51:29 PM

[up]That's my feeling too.

The Lady And The Vamp bypassed YKTTW - it seems to be nothing more than a short list of het vampire romances disguised as a trope. I'd say cut it.

edited 17th Dec '12 7:53:24 PM by Makoyi

Nocturna Since: May, 2011
#59: Dec 17th 2012 at 8:05:09 PM

[up] I'd say cut and PM the creator about YKTTW, so they can take it there if they want to.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#60: Dec 18th 2012 at 3:53:55 AM

Doctor Lautrec

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Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
"In distress", my ass.
ArcadesSabboth from Mother Earth Since: Oct, 2011
#62: Dec 18th 2012 at 7:25:28 AM

[up][up]Cut and PM the creator about how to write a real [work?] page.

Oppression anywhere is a threat to democracy everywhere.
Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
"In distress", my ass.
#63: Dec 18th 2012 at 9:38:00 AM

Looks like a character page, which is only one part of my "so much wrong" comment.

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Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
I see the Awesomeness.
m8e from Sweden Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#65: Dec 19th 2012 at 1:12:39 AM

Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights

Looks like it's about that video game ie a work page, but it might still be a character page.

Oreochan from Pennsylvania Since: Dec, 1969
#66: Dec 19th 2012 at 8:36:07 AM

Moralistic Fallacy has been created with no YKTTW and doesn't have any examples either.

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Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
"In distress", my ass.
#68: Dec 19th 2012 at 4:00:31 PM

I'm not really seeing the tropiness, so to speak, of [up][up] either, even after reading the trope to which it's supposed to be an antonym.

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tdgoodrich1 R.I.P 2 My Youth from Atlanta Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Californicating
R.I.P 2 My Youth
#69: Dec 19th 2012 at 4:52:09 PM

No YKTTW, no examples, no index, no reason to keep it around. +1 to axe it.

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Am I a weirdo?
#70: Dec 21st 2012 at 12:27:56 AM

I stumbled upon a work page that seemed rather incomplete. Demon Envy has a stub for a description, and merely a single trope listed. I have no familiarity with the work in question, so I'm not of much help in expanding it.

edited 21st Dec '12 12:28:54 AM by CompletelyNormalGuy

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#71: Dec 21st 2012 at 9:57:46 AM

Slideing Scale Of Idiots

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lu127 Paper Master from 異界 Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#72: Dec 21st 2012 at 9:58:39 AM

Get rid of it. Seriously, sliding scales are a nightmare.

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tdgoodrich1 R.I.P 2 My Youth from Atlanta Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Californicating
R.I.P 2 My Youth
#73: Dec 21st 2012 at 10:18:09 AM

Echoing Lu's sentiments, and noting the lack of an index, no apparent YKTTW, and a spelling error in the title to boot. +1 to torch.

Edit: Also probably ought to bring up The Homer linked on the page. No YKTTW, only 2 examples (one of which is a ZCE), bad name, stub of a description, no index.

edited 21st Dec '12 10:22:08 AM by tdgoodrich1

"Polite life will fill you full of cancer." - Iggy Pop "I've seen the future, brother, it is murder." -Leonard Cohen
Telcontar In uffish thought from England Since: Feb, 2012
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#75: Dec 21st 2012 at 10:20:51 AM

Chucked it on the cutlist. I only mentioned it here because a) I had to attend other business and b) to get enough votes for its cut.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

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