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# Before you try to launch a trope, [[Administrivia/AGuideToEasyLaunchingOfYourYKTTW learn how to do it properly]]. If you don't, you'll launch an empty red link instead of your trope. If you ninja-mislaunch someone other's trope, you are courting the fiery wrath of the other [=YKTTWers=].

# Administrivia/WorksPagesAreAFreeLaunch. Know a work that doesn't have a page? Please add it! (Unless it violates our [[Administrivia/TheContentPolicyAndThe5PCircuit Content Policy]], that is.) However, you ''can'' use YKTTW if you want assistance fleshing it out with tropes first. If you do so, it's good idea to specifically mention that this is what you're doing, otherwise you'll get a series of replies telling you you don't need a YKTTW.

# For potentially NotSafeForWork stuff, see Administrivia/NoLewdnessNoPrudishness. Short version: Sex is a part of fiction, so you can talk ''about'' (most of) that stuff, as long as you don't turn the page itself into an ''example'' of it. There are some things that are forbidden to insure the site's very survival, though: See Administrivia/TheContentPolicyAndThe5PCircuit.

# If you're deleting anything, leave an edit reason. Leaving an edit reason is always a good idea, but it's particularly important if you're removing content. And never ever remove all the content from a page; that's called page blanking and is nearly guaranteed to be a one-way ticket to a suspension. If an entire page needs to go, use the CutList. The exception is a subpage such as YMMV or TearJerker that is either blatantly misused and wrong, or should not have examples at all, such as for a RealLife person. Don't CutList that, just remove them with an edit reason and preferably a note on the discussion page.

# Administrivia/TheFicMayBeYoursButTheTropePageIsOurs. As long as it's within the content guidelines, no one can tell us what we can or can't trope. If you're the author of a work we have a page on, you do not have the right to blank the page. If you feel the page is misleading, negative, or has other problems, you do have the right to fix or discuss them, but be aware that you are very biased on this issue and should probably seek a second opinion.

# If you do happen to get a suspension from editing, it's probably not a permanent ban. It's usually a way for our staff to talk to you before you can do any more damage and determine if you're capable of learning from your mistakes and becoming a valued contributor. Head over to the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=5cma6iojg5o27puhulc24sje&page=1 Edit Banned thread]] and ask what you did wrong. We're not looking for groveling, just politeness and a good reason to believe you won't do it again. Or to find out it was a misunderstanding, since that happens, too.

# TheFicMayBeYoursButTheTropePageIsOurs. As long as it's within the content guidelines, no one can tell us what we can or can't trope. If you're the author of a work we have a page on, you do not have the right to blank the page. If you feel the page is misleading, negative, or has other problems, you do have the right to fix or discuss them, but be aware that you are very biased on this issue and should probably seek a second opinion.

# On the other hand, if your idea of "fun" is bashing works, creators, or people in general, this probably isn't the wiki for you. As the welcome page states, we're here to ''celebrate'' fiction, not bash it. At the same time, it should be noted that gushing over your favourite thing isn't the point of the main pages either, though it's less disruptive.

We have a lot of customs here that we don't even think about, but may seem completely foreign to someone who is new to the wiki, or new to a subculture within the wiki such as YKTTW or the TropeRepairShop.

# If you come across a ZeroContextExample, the best thing to do is expand it. If you're not familiar enough with the source material, the preferred method of dealing with it is to change it to a comment (add "[=[%%]=]" to the beginning of the line). This will make it invisible to the casual reader, while inviting other editors to expand it and put it back on the page as a proper example. Of course, if you are familiar with it, and the [=ZCE=] is also ''wrong'', by all means, delete it and leave an edit reason. See the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13226024250A77804400 Fixing Zero-Context Examples thread]] for more information.

# If you come across a ZeroContextExample, the best thing to do is expand it. If you're not familiar enough with the source material, the preferred method of dealing with it is to change it to a comment (add "[%%]" to the beginning of the line). This will make it invisible to the casual reader, while inviting other editors to expand it and put it back on the page as a proper example. Of course, if you are familiar with it, and the [=ZCE=] is also ''wrong'', by all means, delete it and leave an edit reason. See the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13226024250A77804400 Fixing Zero-Context Examples thread]] for more information.

# It is perfectly permissible to namespace a work page, soft or hard split example lists on work pages, folderize or namespace example lists on trope pages, create redirects, or wholesale remove examples that are incorrect or violate a wiki policy like Administrivia/ZeroContextExample without anyone's permission, although you should leave an edit reason and note on the discussion page. (In the case of [=ZCEs=], it's often preferable to comment them out by adding "[=%%=]" to the beginning of the example, instead of deleting them. This invites other editers to expand them and make them visible again.)

# It is perfectly permissible to namespace a work page, soft or hard split example lists on work pages, folderize or namespace example lists on trope pages, create redirects, or wholesale remove examples that are incorrect or violate a wiki policy like Administrivia/ZeroContextExample without anyone's permission, although you should leave an edit reason and note on the discussion page.

# As long as it's within the content guidelines, no one can tell us what we can or can't trope. If you're the author of a work we have a page on, you do not have the right to blank the page. If you feel the page is misleading, negative, or has other problems, you do have the right to fix or discuss them, but be aware that you are very biased on this issue and should probably seek a second opinion.

# If you do happen to get a suspension from editing, it's probably not a permanent ban. It's usually a way for our staff to talk to you before you can do any more damage and determine if you're capable of learning from your mistakes and becoming a valued contributor. Head over to the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=5cma6iojg5o27puhulc24sje&page=1 Edit Banned thread]] and ask what you did wrong. We're not looking for groveling, just politeness and a good reason to believe you won't do it again. Or to find out it was a misunderstanding, as that happens, too.

# Don't launch a contributor page for someone who isn't you. We consider it rude.

# Before you try to launch a trope, [[AGuideToEasyLaunchingOfYourYKTTW learn how to do it properly]]. If you don't, you'll launch an empty red link instead of your trope. If you ninja-mislaunch someone other's trope, you are courting the fiery wrath of the other [=YKTTWers=].

# Our policy for names is ClearConciseWitty, in that order of importance. Please don't be offended if your proposed trope name is shot down for failing those criteria.

# Edit reasons are ''strongly'' encouraged. We're not psychic, and what's obvious to you may not be obvious to everyone. Please let us know what you're doing.

# WorkPagesAreAFreeLaunch. Know a work that doesn't have a page? Please add it! (Unless it violates our [[Administrivia/TheContentPolicyAndThe5PCircuit Content Policy]], that is.) However, you ''can'' use YKTTW if you want assistance fleshing it out with tropes first. If you do so, it's good idea to specifically mention that this is what you're doing, otherwise you'll get a series of replies telling you you don't need a YKTTW.

# We'd like to walk the line between prudery, being family friendly, and creepily gushing about attractiveness and/or sexuality. When it comes to sex and gore, [[{{Dragnet}} just the facts, ma'am]]. When it comes to how attractive you, the editor, finds a character or actor, take it somewhere else. See Administrivia/NoLewdnessNoPrudishness for more information.

# ''Do not edit another user's contributor page.'' This is very rude, and due to being a favorite pastime of troll vandals, it will draw scrutiny from the management upon you very quickly. (Feel free to create your own so we can get to know you, though!)

# WorkPagesAreAFreeLaunch. Know a work that doesn't have a page? Please add it! (Unless it violates our [[Administrivia/TheContentPolicyAndThe5PCircuit Content Policy]], that is.)

# If you're deleting anything, leave an edit reason. Leaving an edit reason is always a good idea, but it's particularly important if you're removing content. And never ever remove all the content from a page; that's called page blanking and is nearly guaranteed to be a one-way ticket to a suspension. If an entire page needs to go, use the CutList. The exception is a subpage that should not have examples at all, such as YMMV or TearJerker for a RealLife person. Don't CutList that, just remove them with an edit reason and preferably a note on the discussion page.

# If you're deleting anything, leave an edit reason. Leaving an edit reason is always a good idea, but it's particularly important if you're removing content. And never ever remove all the content from a page; that's called page blanking and is nearly guaranteed to be a one-way ticket to a suspension. If an entire page needs to go, use the CutList. The exception is a subpage, like a YMMV page or a TearJerker page in which ''all'' the examples are wrong in some way and have to be removed. Don't CutList that, just remove them with an edit reason and preferably a note on the discussion page.

# ''Do not edit another user's contributor page.'' This is very rude, and due to being a favorite pastime of troll vandals, it will draw scrutiny from the management upon you very quickly.