All The Tropes:About

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
 * Literary Criticism
 * Be Creative
 * There is No One True Way
 * Troping is Fun

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