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== A Few More Bits of Advice == |
== A Few More Bits of Advice == |
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* '''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 isn't compatible with our Creative Commons license. See [[All The Tropes:Copyrights]] if you want to know more. |
* '''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 isn't compatible with our Creative Commons license. See [[All The Tropes:Copyrights]] if you want to know more. |
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** 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! ( |
** 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.) |
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* 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. |
* 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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* Once again: The page has to be well written, properly formatted, use correct markup and make sense. Make sure you're familiar with the wiki's [[Good Style]] and Text Formatting Rules. Check the page once it's written. There's nothing wrong with being a [[Serial Tweaker]]. |
* Once again: The page has to be well written, properly formatted, use correct markup and make sense. Make sure you're familiar with the wiki's [[Good Style]] and Text Formatting Rules. Check the page once it's written. There's nothing wrong with being a [[Serial Tweaker]]. |