All The Tropes:Creating New Pages

There are four ways to create a new page at All The Tropes:


 * 1. Click on a pre-existing Red Link.:This will immediately open an edit window for creating the page.
 * Note that if you click on a Red Linked category name you will not go directly into an edit window, but instead be presented with a page that will tell you the category has no text in it, and will offer the options to search for it elsewhere or create the page, all of which will be Blue Links.


 * 2. Insert a new Red Link for your desired page into an appropriate page and click that.:Links are created by placing double square brackets around the name of a (new) page, like so:  .  When you save the page, this becomes a link to the page with that title; if the page does not exist, the link will appear red, and clicking on it will take you to an edit page where you will be able to create the new page. (If the page already exists, the link will be blue and you'll need to come up with a new name -- or add a media type and/or year in parentheses at the end, if it's a work.)  Clicking the new Red Link will, as above, take you to an edit window.


 * 3. Search for your intended page name in the wiki.:If your new page's name doesn't already exist, you will be presented with a "Search Results" page where you can create it.  At the top of the results will be a bold-face prompt reading Create the page "" on this wiki!  Clicking this Red Link will once again open up that edit window we've been going on about.
 * If your page name does turn out to exist, well, see the advice for name collisions in item 2 above.


 * 4. Type the new URL directly into your browser.:In your browser's address edit field, enter   followed by the name of the page you want to create (like so:   ) and hit Enter.  Just like the "new category" example in item 1 above, this will bring up a new page that will tell you the page you want has no text in it, and will offer the options to search for it elsewhere or create the page, all of which will be Blue Links.  Click the "create this page" link to create the page.

At one time we had a special page called the "Page Creator" which would allow you to enter a new name and then directly open an edit window pre-populated with a page template, but we have not yet re-implemented that feature. Rest assured that when it does go back online, it will be included here.

For more detailed (but more generic) help on creating a new page, you can also refer to Help:Starting a new page.