All The Tropes:Frequent Redlinks

Red links are often misspellings, abbrevs., or works we don't have pages on yet.

Here is a list of the common causes of red links and how to fix them.

Example: Anti Villian instead of Anti Villain How to fix: Correct the misspelling. Example: Complete Monsters How to fix: Put the trope within two curly braces with the plural letter(s) outside the braces. s becomes Complete Monsters Examples: Mc Leod, De Witt How to Fix: Put name inside [= =] [=McLeod =] becomes McLeod Examples: AK 47 s, DV Ds How to fix: Put the desired text in between [= =] [=AK47s =] becomes AK47s OR If the full name of the abbreviation has a page, use this formatting: NameOfTrope Abbreviation How to fix: Namespace/PageTitle Film/GroundhogDay becomes Groundhog Day Red links for works pages should not be removed. If you are familiar with the work, feel free to launch the page. How to fix: Get rid of them. If it's a pothole, just take it out. If it's a wikiword, rewrite the sentence (or paragraph, if necessary) to not use the phrase.
 * 1) Misspellings
 * 1) Plural Trope Names
 * 1) Mixed case names
 * 1) Abbreviations and Mixtures of letters and numbers
 * 1) Referring to pages that are not on the main namespace (such as the Film or Fanfic namespaces).
 * 1) Works we don't have pages for yet.
 * 1) Members of the Permanent Red Link Club. (See page for further details.)

The following are particularly common Red Links. If you have the time or are bored, you can help out by fixing them. The links will lead to a list of pages that have the Red Links. Ideally, they should be empty. If you clean up all the wicks, please write a note beside the link of the clean up date.

Also note that the "Related To" feature cannot distinguish between ptitle and ptitle subpages, so if you can't find a redlink on a ptitle page, check the subpages.

Do not edit other people's contributor pages.

Common Redlinks
1. Misspellings
 * Anti Villian (Should be Anti Villain) - last cleaned up 03/05/2012
 * Looney Toons (Should be Looney Tunes or the contributor Looney Toons, depending on context) - last cleaned up 11/17/2011

2. Plural Trope Names
 * Complete Monsters (Should be marked up as s ) - last cleaned up 03/05/2012

3. Mixed case names Should be put between [= =] tags:
 * LaCroix - could refer to User:La Croix
 * McCay - last cleaned up 03/05/2012
 * McDonald - last cleaned up 03/05/2012
 * McGonagal (also a misspelling--unless the Harry Potter character is not the one being referred to, there should be two "l"s at the end) - last cleaned up 12/28/11
 * McGonagall - last cleaned up 03/09/2012
 * McMahon (if you're referring to the WWE promoter, try Vince McMahon) - last cleaned up 12/28/2011

4. Abbreviations and Mixtures of letters and numbers Should be put between [= =] tags:
 * CDs- last cleaned up 12/28/2011
 * DVDs - last cleaned up 12/29/2011
 * PCs - last cleaned up 1/8/2012
 * TVs - last cleaned up 1/9/2012
 * VCRs - last cleaned up 3/5/2012

Should be expanded:
 * CMoA (Should be Awesome Music or Moment of Awesome depending on context) - last cleaned up 1/10/2012
 * CMOAs (Should be Awesome Music or Moment of Awesome depending on context) - last cleaned up 1/10/2012
 * CMoF (Should be Funny Moments) - last cleaned up 1/11/2012
 * DA2 (Should be Dragon Age II) - last cleaned up
 * DnD (Should be Dungeons and Dragons)- last cleaned up 1/11/2012
 * DS9 (Should be Deep Space Nine) - last cleaned up 1/15/2012
 * GoF (Should be Goblet of Fire)- last cleaned up 1/11/2012
 * HL1 (Should be Half-Life 1) - last cleaned up 1/14/2012
 * HL2 (Should be Half-Life 2) - last cleaned up 1/14/2012
 * KotOR (Should be Knights of the Old Republic) - last cleaned up 3/18/2012
 * KotOR2 (Should be Knights of the Old Republic II The Sith Lords) - last cleaned up 3/10/2012
 * L4D (Should be Left 4 Dead) - last cleaned up 1/15/2012
 * L4D1 (Should be Left 4 Dead) - last cleaned up 1/15/2012
 * L4D2 (Should be Left 4 Dead 2) - last cleaned up 1/15/2012
 * ME1 (Should be Mass Effect 1) - last cleaned up
 * ME2 (Should be Mass Effect 2) - last cleaned up
 * ME3 (Should be Mass Effect 3) - last cleaned up
 * MGS1 (Should be Metal Gear Solid) - last cleaned up 1/11/2012
 * MGS2 (Should be Metal Gear Solid 2) - last cleaned up 1/11/2012
 * MGS3 (Should be Metal Gear Solid 3) - last cleaned up 1/11/2012
 * MGS4 (Should be Metal Gear Solid 4) - last cleaned up 1/11/2012
 * OotP (Should be Order of the Phoenix)- last cleaned up 1/11/2012
 * PoA (Should be Prisoner of Azkaban)- last cleaned up 1/13/2012
 * TF2 (Should be Team Fortress 2) - last cleaned up 1/21/2012
 * WMGs (Should be Wild Mass Guessing; can be quick linked with s )- last cleaned up 1/14/2012

Other:
 * AMVs (An abbreviation and a plural "trope" name; if it is referring to AMV, set it as a plural abbreviation s ; otherwise, it should be put between [= =] tags) - last cleaned up 1/18/2012
 * CoS/COs (Depending on the context, it should be Commanding Officers or Chamber of Secrets and should either be put between [= =] tags or expanded respectively) - last cleaned up 1/15/2012
 * MMORPGs (An abbreviation and a plural "trope" name; should be either changed to one of its expanded forms or set as a plural abbreviation put between [= =] depending on which flows better in context) - last cleaned up 1/18/2012
 * NPCs (An abbreviation and a plural "trope" name; should be either expanded into s or set as a plural abbreviation put between [= =] depending on which flows better in context) - last cleaned up 1/18/2012
 * RPGs (Depending on the context, it should be s, except when referring to Rocket-propelled grenades where it should be put between [= =] tags) - last cleaned up 1/18/2012

5. Referring to pages that are not on the main namespace

6. Works we don't have pages for yet These should not be fixed.

7. Members of the Permanent Red Link Club
 * GAR - last cleaned up 1/18/2012
 * I Am Not Making This Up - last cleaned up 1/18/2012
 * If You Know What I Mean - last cleaned up 1/23/2012
 * So Yeah - last cleaned up 1/23/2012
 * This Troper