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A troper's mission is to boldly edit<ref>and split infinitives</ref> and explore new tropes. Just like [[wikipedia:WP:BOLD|WP:BOLD]] on [[The Other Wiki]], we here at All The Tropes encourage editors to do their best to improve the site. If you think a change should be made, just make it! You don't need to ask for permission to do something here. Every edit you make to improve the wiki helps us all -- we'd rather you spent more time editing and less time asking.
A troper's mission is to boldly edit<ref>and split infinitives</ref> and explore new tropes. Just like [[wikipedia:WP:BOLD|WP:BOLD]] on [[The Other Wiki]], we here at All The Tropes encourage editors to do their best to improve the site. If you think a change should be made, just make it! You don't need to ask for permission to do something here. Every edit you make to improve the wiki helps us all -- we'd rather you spent more time editing and less time asking.


You might want to ask in [[The Forums]] with more controversial actions, like page renames -- but if a page is clearly misspelled or in the wrong namespace, just do a page move.
You might want to ask in [[The Forums]] with more controversial actions, like page renames -- but if a page is clearly misspelled, needs punctuation or is in the wrong namespace, just do a page move.


If you do encounter criticism for a bold edit, that's the time to sit back and talk. More than likely, can resolve things quickly an amicably. If not, contact the staff or post in the forums. If the staff questions your edits, pay close attention. They are just trying to do what's best for the wiki, as they assume you are, but might have a bit more awareness of larger issues. But the staff is not always right either -- feel free to try to convince the staff to [[Heel Face Turn]].
If you do encounter criticism for a bold edit, that's the time to sit back and talk. More than likely, can resolve things quickly an amicably. If not, contact the staff or post in the forums. If the staff questions your edits, pay close attention. They are just trying to do what's best for the wiki, as they assume you are, but might have a bit more awareness of larger issues. But the staff is not always right either -- feel free to try to convince the staff to [[Heel Face Turn]].