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All The Tropes is a wiki where we discuss the trends and patterns in all forms of media, that we call Tropes. We're a place to hang out and chat about the television shows you love, a place to discover new movies to watch, and a place to offer literary criticism and analysis of pop culture. And we're happy that you want to be a part of our community.

If you're looking for the help section, it's over at Help:Editing.

New User Guides

New User Introduction - for complete newbies
So You're a TV Tropes Refugee - for people coming over from TV Tropes
Tropers for Creation - for Wikipedians visiting this new realm
Wikizen Introduction - for people coming from any other wiki

About Us

Contact us - Give us feedback about the site
All The Tropes:Community Portal - Where you can find stuff that needs done.
Goals
History - How we got started
The Contributors
Troper IRC Channel - One of the many ways to communicate with staff and other tropers.
Who we are - The staff of the site, unpaid as we are, and wiki philosophy
- What we aren't - What All The Tropes is not.

Sitewide Policies

Terms of Service -- What you agree to by editing this site.
General disclaimer -- What you agree to by just using the site.
Policy for Wiki Staff -- Rules aren't just for editors.
- How We Do Bans Around Here -- And there are rules for how to enforce the rules, too.
Privacy Policy -- Rules that govern our use of your personal information. Available on the Miraheze Meta wiki, our site overlords.
Bots Policy: Policy on Bot accounts and their usage.
Copyright Details - our Creative Commons license, and a FAQ on what is allowable here on ATT.
- Content Dumps - our policy on mirroring our content on other sites or for personal use.
FAQ for Creators -- Creators of works have a special relationship with their work
Language policy: Default language for submitting examples and for reading All The Tropes and its affiliates.
Forum Policy - Policy for using our on wiki forum.
How to Get a Rule Changed - How to move for a change to a wiki rule or policy.
More stuff we need to move/import/rework from TVT administrivia

The Troper's Code

The Troper's Code

Subsection policies

ATT Glossary - Terms commonly bandied about on All The Tropes.
ATT Namespaces - A guide to namespaces on All The Tropes.
ATT SocialProfile Rules - Rules for using our SocialProfile enabled features.
Loaded Trope Words - Words that have special connotations when used in trope titles.
Trope Workshop Guidelines -- how to use the Trope Workshop (i.e. YKTTW) namespace to make new trope pages.
What Page Types Mean - Short overview of page types.

Editing Policies and Style Guide

Brevity Is Wit
Content Guidelines
Creator Page Guidelines
Edit Reasons and Why You Should Use Them
External Links Guide
Flame Bait
How to Pick A Good Image
- All The Tropes:Uploading and Adding an Image to a Page
No Lewdness, No Prudishness
How to Write An Example
- Examples Need Context
- Repair, Don't Respond
Strong Language Usage Rules
Style Guide -- which does not actually have the weight of policy, but is listed here for convenience. Suggested writing tips; our house style.
Works Page Guidelines

Other Stuff

Works that need pages
ATT:TODO -- our todo list

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-All The Tropes is a wiki where we discuss the trends and patters in all forms of media, that we call [[Tropes]].  We're a place to hang out and chat about the television shows you love, a place to discover new movies to watch, and a place to offer literary criticism and analysis of pop culture.  And we're happy that you want to be a part of our community.
+All The Tropes is a wiki where we discuss the trends and patterns in all forms of media, that we call [[Tropes]].  We're a place to hang out and chat about the television shows you love, a place to discover new movies to watch, and a place to offer literary criticism and analysis of pop culture.  And we're happy that you want to be a part of our community.
 If you're looking for the help section, it's over at [[Help:Editing]].
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 * [[All The Tropes:General disclaimer|General disclaimer]] -- What you agree to by just ''using'' the site.
 * [[All The Tropes:Policy for Wiki Staff|Policy for Wiki Staff]] -- Rules aren't just for editors.
+** [[All The Tropes:How We Do Bans Around Here|How We Do Bans Around Here]] -- And there are rules for how to enforce the rules, too.
 * [[m:Privacy Policy|Privacy Policy]] -- Rules that govern our use of your personal information.  Available on the Miraheze Meta wiki, our site overlords.
+* [[All The Tropes:Bots|Bots Policy]]: Policy on Bot accounts and their usage.
 * [[All The Tropes:Copyrights|Copyright Details]] - our Creative Commons license, and a FAQ on what is allowable here on ATT.
 **[[All The Tropes:Content Dumps|Content Dumps]] - our policy on mirroring our content on other sites or for personal use.
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 * [[All The Tropes:Language policy|Language policy]]: Default language for submitting examples and for reading All The Tropes and its affiliates.
 * [[Forum:All The Tropes/Rules|Forum Policy]] - Policy for using our on wiki forum.
+* [[All The Tropes:How to Get a Rule Changed|How to Get a Rule Changed]] - How to move for a change to a wiki rule or policy.
 * More stuff we need to move/import/rework from TVT administrivia
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 * [[All The Tropes:Glossary|ATT Glossary]] - Terms commonly bandied about on All The Tropes.
 * [[All The Tropes:Namespaces|ATT Namespaces]] - A guide to namespaces on All The Tropes.
+* [[All The Tropes:SocialProfile|ATT SocialProfile Rules]] - Rules for using our SocialProfile enabled features.
+<!--* [[All The Tropes:Tabs|ATT Tabs and Tabber Best Practices Guide]]: Best practices for usage of the Tabber and Tabs features. -->
 * [[All The Tropes:Loaded Trope Word|Loaded Trope Words]] - Words that have special connotations when used in trope titles.
 * [[All The Tropes:Trope Workshop Guidelines|Trope Workshop Guidelines]] -- how to use the [[Trope Workshop]] (i.e. [[YKTTW]]) namespace to make new trope pages.
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 * [[All The Tropes:External Links Guide|External Links Guide]]
 * [[All The Tropes:Flame Bait|Flame Bait]]
-* [[All The Tropes:Image Pickin|Image Pickin]]
+* [[All The Tropes:How to Pick A Good Image|How to Pick A Good Image]]
-* [[All The Tropes:No Lewdness No Prudishness|No Lewdness No Prudishness]]
+** [[All The Tropes:Uploading and Adding an Image to a Page]]
+* [[All The Tropes:No Lewdness, No Prudishness|No Lewdness, No Prudishness]]
 * [[All The Tropes:How to Write An Example|How to Write An Example]]
 ** [[All The Tropes:Examples Need Context|Examples Need Context]]
+** [[All The Tropes:Repair, Don't Respond|Repair, Don't Respond]]
 * [[All The Tropes:Strong Language Usage Rules|Strong Language Usage Rules]]
 * [[All The Tropes:Style Guide|Style Guide]] -- which does not actually have the weight of policy, but is listed here for convenience.  Suggested writing tips; our house style.
+* [[All The Tropes:Works Page Guidelines|Works Page Guidelines]]
 == Other Stuff ==
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 [[Category:Wiki Policy]]
+[[Category:About]]
+[[Category:Administrivia]]
+[[Category:List of Lists]]
+[[Category:Wiki FAQs]]