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== New Trope Checklist ==
# '''Look around to see if it already exists first.''' Looking at
#* This includes versions of the trope that are not as specific as the trope you have in mind. For example, "[[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] in works written by [[Rumiko Takahashi]]" is still [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]; it doesn't need a separate [[Takahashi Couple]] trope, no matter what [[The Other Tropes Wiki]] says.
# [[All The Tropes:What Do I Call This Entry?|Come up with a good name.]] The ideal trope name is [[All The Tropes:Clear, Concise, Witty|clear, concise ''and'' witty]], but [[Meat Loaf|two out of three ain't bad]]. "Clear" is the one that most people seem to think is important.
# Write a brief but descriptive summary of the trope. Try to include related tropes in the description, which you should have found from step 1. '''Note:''' ''This is required!'' Without a description, nobody else can add examples because nobody else knows what counts as an example. A trope candidate which is just a list of examples without a description ''will'' be subject to deletion. ''Also, "brief" does not mean a single sentence''. We need somewhat more information than that.▼
# Think up three examples of the trope. Statisticians need at least three data points to establish anything, and we do too. See [[All The Tropes:How to Write An Example]] for guidelines on what a good example should (and shouldn't) have.
# Look into what categories the trope fits into, and add them to the page.
▲# Write a brief summary of the trope. Try to include related tropes in the description, which you should have found from step 1. '''Note:''' ''This is required!'' Without a description, nobody else can add examples because nobody else knows what counts as an example. A trope candidate which is just a list of examples without a description ''will'' be subject to deletion. Also, "brief" does not mean a single sentence. We need somewhat more information than that.
Pay attention to the Discussion page for your candidate. Other wiki members (including members of the wiki admin staff) may post questions or point out issues with your trope. As the creator, it's your responsibility to respond and, if needed, address any problems that may exist. Be aware that the Trope Workshop is ''not'' a "fire-and-forget" thing -- if you simply plop a candidate into the workshop and then forget about it, it may be deleted unless other users decide to rescue it. You are expected to shepherd your candidate all the way to launch.
# Prelaunch checklist:▼
== Launching ==
## A clear, understandable description of the trope in proper English. (Remember, no description = no trope, and the candidate will be subject to deletion.)▼
Tropes are launched from the workshop when the users who work on them agree that they are ready for prime time. At any time you or another user may post a message in your candidate's discussion page asking if it's ready for launch. This will usually trigger a vote on the part of the participating users. If there is a consensus that it is ready (using our usual rule-of-thumb of [[All The Tropes:How to Get a Rule Changed|three more votes in favor than there are against]]), one of the admins will launch the trope by moving it into the main namespace. If they don't do it fast enough after a consensus has formed, feel free to poke them.
## At least five examples (hopefully ten or more, though - the Mods won't launch their own trope candidates without at least ten), each one with context.▼
## At least one trope category (beyond [[:Category:Trope]], which is added automatically by {{tl|trope}}, and the category with the same name as the trope). More is better, though. (If you want to find a category and search isn't working, see the how-to on this page's Talk page.)▼
Once your trope is out in the wild, add [[Wick|backlinks]] from the examples so people can find the new entry, and be sure to add to appropriate categories and indices. (This of late has informally become part of the launch process performed by the admins, but it doesn't hurt to make sure everything that should have a link gets one.)
## Most of the stuff in the "What a Trope Workshop candidate should contain at the end" section below.▼
In order to be launched, a trope candidate should have''at least'' the following:
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== What a Trope Workshop Candidate Should Contain at the End ==
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== A Few More Bits of Advice ==
* '''IMPORTANT:''' Copying verbatim from [[TV Tropes]] is copyright infringement, and a good way to earn both speedy deletion and a tempban. Tropes cannot be copyrighted, but expressions of tropes can be copyrighted - and the Creative Commons license that TV Tropes offers their text under isn't compatible with our Creative Commons license. See [[All The Tropes:Copyrights]] if you want to know more.
** That doesn't mean we can't use the ''idea'', though. What we need to do is take the fundamental idea and re-state it in a completely different way - not a sentence-for-sentence re-write of what's at TVT, but a completely different approach. This is a chance to show off your creative writing skills! (This, by the way, is why some of our newer tropes have different names than the equivalents at TVT.)
* Read [[Not a Trope]], [[People Sit on Chairs]], and [[Too Rare to Trope]] before you start. This can avoid much embarrassment in the long run.
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* Don't forget to add all the categories that the trope belongs in to the page.
* When the trope has been launched, it helps to go to the pages for its examples and add it there (there's nothing wrong with copy-pasting the example text). This is not mandatory, but all too often a trope page withers and dies because nobody even noticed it was added. A good rule of thumb is that a healthy trope page should have at least 15 wicks; if you absolutely can't get it there, you should probably add the category [[Pages Needing Wicks]] to the page. If there are tropes related to the one you launched, add "See also" sections to both tropes. The more pages link up, the better the [[Wiki Magic]] flows.
* We have a number of templates used to insert standard markup into trope pages, like the examples banner and the top-of-page elements. Most of these will be automatically inserted for you when you create a trope workshop page with the Page Creator or the Workshop page, but if you want to find out what they do, and what other templates might be available to you, see our page [[All The Tropes:Our Custom Templates]].
== How Long Should a Trope Stay In the Workshop? ==
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