All The Tropes:Who we are: Difference between revisions

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So just as the very first wiki, the [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki? Portland Pattern Repository], sought to catalog the patterns in software development, we seek to catalog all of the patterns in media -- the patterns we call [[tropes]].

== Why we left [[The Other Tropes Wiki]] ==

TV Tropes began a policy of censoring pages in early 2012, in response to pressure from Google AdSense. We felt that we could make a community that would be free from commercial influences, and more responsive to the concerns of the community. For the nitty-gritty, see [[All The Tropes:History|History]].

== Who Owns the Wiki ==

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But the owners of the ''content'' of the wiki are all of the editors who make this such a fun place to be in -- the fans, the critics, and the creators will ultimately control the control the destiny of this wiki.

The owners of the servers that support this website are the folks at [[m:Main Page|~~Orain~~]], who put together their wiki farm to provide an ad-free, nonprofit alternative. This works well of our goals to get away from the commercialism that threatened TVT.

The owners of the servers that support this website are the folks at [[m:Main Page|Miraheze]], who put together their wiki farm to provide an ad-free, nonprofit alternative. This works well of our goals to get away from the commercialism that threatened TVT.

== Nonprofit status ==

As explained above, we plan to incorporate as an educational non-profit corporation when the wiki gets bigger. No one actually makes any money off of the wiki, and we have no plans to turn it into an ad-ridden commercial venture. Our administrators have ~~help~~ to ~~created~~ a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in the past for a wiki, and are more than willing to do it again. It just costs nearly $1000 to do so, and so we definitely need to have significant expenses to justify it.

As explained above, we plan to incorporate as an educational non-profit corporation when the wiki gets bigger. No one actually makes any money off of the wiki, and we have no plans to turn it into an ad-ridden commercial venture. Our administrators have helped to create a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in the past for a wiki, and are more than willing to do it again. It just costs nearly $1000 to do so, and so we definitely need to have significant expenses to justify it.

== Donations ==

We don't need any for our own site now. However, ~~Orain~~ is a nonprofit hosting us, and they would be more than happy to accept [[m:donations|donations]] to keep the site running.

We don't need any for our own site now. However, Miraheze is a nonprofit hosting us, and they would be more than happy to accept [[m:donations|donations]] to keep the site running.