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	So, you've got a really great idea for a Trope. The description--let's call it a "thesis"--is brief, punchy, and wonderfully common. Something you're sure [[Do We Have This One?\|we don't have]], either because you ''Did'' The Research or because you asked around. So, you did the smart thing: you posted your Trope idea at the [[:Category:Trope Workshop\|Trope Workshop]], our official page for composing idea drafts. You know, brainstorming. It isn't essential, but it sure is encouraged.		So, you've got a really great idea for a Trope. The description--let's call it a "thesis"--is brief, punchy, and wonderfully common. Something you're sure [[Do We Have This One?\|we don't have]], either because you ''Did'' The Research or because you asked around. So, you did the smart thing: you posted your Trope idea at the [[:Category:Trope Workshop\|Trope Workshop]], our official page space for composing idea drafts. You know, brainstorming. It isn't essential, but it sure is encouraged.

	How do you know if what you have, though, really ''is'' something that you should spend time adding to the site? For those guidelines, after some debate in the community, we established the Three Rules [[Department of Redundancy Department\|Of Three]]. Let's make one thing clear right now: [[There Is No Such Thing as Notability]]. We'll call them "rules", but you can think of them more as "rules of thumb." You can break them, if you want, but remember that [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment\|the community may alter your creation later]]. Them, as they say, is the breaks.		How do you know if what you have, though, really ''is'' something that you should spend time adding to the site? For those guidelines, after some debate in the community, we established the Three Rules [[Department of Redundancy Department\|Of Three]]. Let's make one thing clear right now: [[There Is No Such Thing as Notability]]. We'll call them "rules", but you can think of them more as "rules of thumb." You can break them, if you want, but remember that [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment\|the community may alter your creation later]]. Them, as they say, is the breaks.