Special:Badtitle/NS90:Forum:Trope Talk/I came up with an idea for a page.../reply (10)

When I rewrite the policies, and it's really almost entirely me, I generally start with throwing out the entire ruleset and then seeing if the old TVT policies make sense in the context of the new structure.

I can tell you right off the bat that the use of metasyntatic "trope" is always going to be a judgement call, with some good and some bad uses. And that means that it's not a full site policy, but part of the style guide instead. TVT does a very poor job of separating things you should do in most circumstances from things you must do or be booted off the site. Or, you know, they boot you off the site for anything.

For examples, Trope 2000 is just bad, because you don't really know what it's about. Trope Co is more questionable (really, the entire idea is questionable). Have Your Cake and Trope It Too is a marginal use.

On the other hand, Tropacabana is a pun, and I think it's great. Clear, concise, and witty, pick any three. Doesn't clash with existing works. If someone thinks it's too clever, just make a redirect like Set in a Bar or something.

As for tropability, it is a common enough setting. ABC had a show called Mixology which was fairly bad that also used a bar as a setting (8 episodes, 1 night and apparently no escape from the bar). Compare You All Meet in An Inn.