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Those are X Just X. Stick them on the discussion page and ask people to flesh them out and re-add them.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
There are a few examples of tropes that can get away with this, due to being very binary in usage (either it almost always gets used in a single specific way, or not at all). Alt Text comes to mind.
However, adding example descriptions is still recommended for those cases, if at all possible.
Edited by TotemicHero Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
Sometimes people list a trope name on a work page without providing details because the details are already on the trope page.
oh I see thanks guys
Make your hearth shine through the darkest night; let it transform hate into kindness, evil into justice, and loneliness into love.
^^ This is common, but bad practice.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
^ Sorry, I expressed my thought incompletely. I didn't mean to say that it was good practice; what I was thinking was that if a person sees a trope name without an explanation, they could try checking the trope page for details (and, if found, copying them to the work page) before they resort to moving the item to discussion or deleting it outright.
Quick question
Are we allowed to delete trope examples that aren't explained?.Some works just mention the trope but not why that trope applies.
Thanks for the help