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{{quote|''"[[TV Tropes]] is immortal. TV Tropes does not know time. Terms such as 'recently' are meaningless to TV Tropes."''
|'''Sonic Lover, from the original YKTTW of this page on TVT'''}}
In short, All The Tropes is [[Time Marches On|not static]].
A common mistake made by many well-intentioned [[Troper|tropers]] is to often use the words "recent", "newest", "latest", "current" or something synonymous to describe something within their examples or article ([[Trope]] or work pages) descriptions. This is usually after some change that shakes the foundation of the work or character. In their zeal, the troper will excitedly state that this is a very recent development, cluing other tropers that the new status is going on right this very minute.
As a for instance:
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* "[[Doctor Who|The Doctor]] just finished a mission to protect..."
* "Rumors about the new ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' game are circulating that..."
* "ABC's current slogan is..."
And what is probably the most extreme example, which we inherited from [[TV Tropes]] and can be found on [[Needs More Love (Sugar Wiki)]]:
* "...it didn't even have a page on this very wiki until yesterday, when I made it."
'''Unfortunately, this is not a good practice.'''
A form of [[Fan Myopia]], this practice assumes that everyone who reads this will automatically be aware of how long ago "recently" was. There are still some examples which describe films, episodes, issues, or volumes from ''
It only creates more trouble for other [[Troper]]s when they have to remove mentions of the word "recent" after it isn't recent anymore. Or worse, the next troper will add an indented bullet point adding an even more recent update for the situation. So for everyone's sake, please avoid using the word "recent" or anything synonymous in writing your examples. Although All The Tropes is open for anyone to edit, it should not be ''required'' for anyone to come behind another troper and fix their entry.
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A related phenomenon can occur when linking to websites with constantly changing content, such as webcomics, news sites or blogs. Make sure the URL actually points to the specific item you're referring to, not to the site's main page.<ref>Some sites have annoying auto-redirection that makes the "next page" link point to the front page when on the currently second-to-last page. This can make digging up the ''actual'' URL a bit tricky.</ref>
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