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# Think up 3 examples of the trope. Statisticians need at least 3 data points to establish anything, and we do too. |
# Think up 3 examples of the trope. Statisticians need at least 3 data points to establish anything, and we do too. |
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# Write a brief summary of the trope. Try to include related tropes in the description, which you should have found from step 1. |
# Write a brief summary of the trope. Try to include related tropes in the description, which you should have found from step 1. |
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# Take your write-up and examples, and post it into [[Trope Workshop:Main Page|Trope Workshop:]], using |
# Take your write-up and examples, and post it into [[Trope Workshop:Main Page|Trope Workshop:]], using the "Trope Workshop" template to make sure you have all the purely mechanical bits in place. (The shortcut for Trope Workshop is YKTTW:) |
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# Let the proposed trope pick up responses for the next couple of weeks, and let people try to refine the description. |
# Let the proposed trope pick up responses for the next couple of weeks, and let people try to refine the description. |
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# While you're waiting, look at other Trope Workshop entries, and let other people know if they're good tropes. Add any works using those tropes you can think of. Let people do the same for your entry. |
# While you're waiting, look at other Trope Workshop entries, and let other people know if they're good tropes. Add any works using those tropes you can think of. Let people do the same for your entry. |
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# If other tropers have major issues, try to address them. |
# If other tropers have major issues, try to address them. |
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# Prelaunch checklist: |
# Prelaunch checklist: |
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## At least five examples (hopefully ten or more, though), each one with context |
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## 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.) |
## 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.) |
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## Most of the stuff in the "What a Trope Workshop candidate should contain at the end" section below. |
## Most of the stuff in the "What a Trope Workshop candidate should contain at the end" section below. |
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