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# If the page is a work/person, the examples are the different tropes that show up in that work. These usually start with "Provides Examples Of:" (or some variation) in a banner at the top of the list.
# If the page is a work/person, the examples are the different tropes that show up in that work. These usually start with "Provides Examples Of:" (or some variation) in a banner at the top of the list.
* '''Folder''': A system for making examples more easily digestible, so a medium can be easily opened or closed.
* '''Folder''': A system for making examples more easily digestible, so a medium can be easily opened or closed.
* '''Known''': Basically being logged in here, just that it's not as extensive as making accounts in other sites.
* '''[[Known Troper|Known]]''': Basically being logged in here, just that it's not as extensive as making accounts in other sites.
* '''Informal Wiki''': A term we use to describe the attitude of this site in relation to editors. It means we don't have rules and procedures for editing pages. It doesn't mean this site can be anarchy. We have guidelines.
* '''Informal Wiki''': A term we use to describe the attitude of this site in relation to editors. It means we don't have rules and procedures for editing pages. It doesn't mean this site can be anarchy. We have guidelines.
* '''Launch''': The process of making a new page. Tropes should go through YKTTW before being launched; [[Works Pages Are a Free Launch]].
* '''Launch''': The process of making a new page. Tropes should go through YKTTW before being launched; [[Works Pages Are a Free Launch]].
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* [[Trope Workshop]]: The All The Tropes counterpart to TVT's YKTTW,.
* [[Trope Workshop]]: The All The Tropes counterpart to TVT's YKTTW,.
* '''[[Troper]]''': Anyone who contributes to this site. Those that are Known are listed in [[Special:ActiveUsers|Contributors]].
* '''[[Troper]]''': Anyone who contributes to this site. Those that are Known are listed in [[Special:ActiveUsers|Contributors]].
* [[Troping Under the Influence]]
* '''[[Wick]]''': A link on this site to another page on this site. This is useful for getting attention for these pages across the site. You can see the number of Wicks by hitting the "Related to" button at the top of the page.
* '''[[Wick]]''': A link on this site to another page on this site. This is useful for getting attention for these pages across the site. You can see the number of Wicks by hitting the "Related to" button at the top of the page.
* '''[[Wiki Word]]''': A '''[[CamelCase]]'''-format hyperlink This is the primary way hyperlinks are coded over on [[The Other Tropes Wiki]], but it is not used by MediaWiki, the software that All The Tropes runs on. If you're a refugee from [[TV Tropes]], you'll need to get out of the habit of using these.
* '''[[Wiki Word]]''': A '''[[CamelCase]]'''-format hyperlink This is the primary way hyperlinks are coded over on [[The Other Tropes Wiki]], but it is not used by MediaWiki, the software that All The Tropes runs on. If you're a refugee from [[TV Tropes]], you'll need to get out of the habit of using these.