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Here at All The Tropes, we only care about how things apply to fiction. ''Don't'' just tell us the facts; tell us the memes, tell us the archetypes, tell us the catchy ideas and symbolic roles that get planted in people's heads. Got the kernel of an idea bouncing about your head? Throw it down here and see what grows. If we're lucky, our [[Neologism]] for it will catch on. (And quite a few have already.)
Wikipedia has [[wikipedia:Wikipedia|an entry on itself]] and its history, for further reading. Wikipedia also has [[wikipedia:TV Tropes|an entry about the original TV Tropes wiki]], but not one on All The Tropes. Yet.
See the [[We Are Not Alone Index]] for tropes that have Wikipedia articles.
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* [[April Fools' Day]]: Since the very beginning, April Fools' pranks have run rampant on Wikipedia, even by established editors. See a list of them [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:APRIL|here]].
* [[Captain Obvious]]: Wikipedia's attempt to be a thorough information source presented in an easy, accessible format while maintaining a dry and formal tone of language sometimes leads to some unintentionally hilarious examples of this.
* [[Common Knowledge]]: The pop-culture version of Wikipedia is overflowing with ridiculously phony and inaccurate information. ("[[George W. Bush]] is a time-traveler from the year 3000 sent back in time to fight the Martians from the planet Venus!") [[Did Not Do the Research|Quite unlike the real-life version]], it appears to have no blocking or vandalism policies whatsoever.
* [[Conversation in the Main Page]]: Averted hard and fast - this usually survives minutes
* [[Media Research Failure]]: Anyone can add anything, whether it's correct or not. Depending on the subject, it may be corrected within minutes or it may stay for quite a while before it's noticed and corrected.
* [[Darth Wiki]]: [[Downplayed]]. Here it is, [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:WikiSpeak|''The Devil's Dictionary'' of Wikipedia]].
* [[Defictionalization]]: Wikipedia has proven ''itself'' correct [http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/10/2211220 at least once].
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