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'''Television Tropes & Idioms''' ('''TV Tropes''') is a "catalogue of the tricks of the trade for writing fiction" created in 2004 by Gus Raley (known as Fast Eddie on TV Tropes) | |backupdate = 2012-09-19<!--YYYY-MM-DD, ISO 8601 extended date of backup URL; if unknown, dynamic or NO date, DELETE this field--> | ||
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==Description== | |||
'''Television Tropes & Idioms''' ('''TV Tropes''') is a "catalogue of the tricks of the trade for writing {{tag|fiction}}", created in {{tag|Founded in 2004|2004}} by Gus Raley (known as Fast Eddie on TV Tropes). | |||
==Content== | ==Content== | ||
The | The [[article]]s on the TV Tropes wiki can be roughly categorized into two areas: {{Wp|Trope (literature)|trope}} pages, containing descriptions and examples of common tropes and idioms in {{tag|TV show|television shows}}, {{tag|film}}s, [[:Category:Literature|literature]], [[:Category:Comics|comics]], etc., and pages that contain brief introductions to specific works of fiction and lists of tropes found in them. | ||
Additionally there is a number of [ | Additionally there is a number of [https://TVTropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Namespace namespaces] reserved for quotes, trivia, subjective tropes, character lists, fan theories, etc. Some articles are additionally available in [https://TVTropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePages languages other than English]. | ||
==Guidelines== | ==Guidelines== | ||
''TV Tropes'' explicitly stresses that it is not related to [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] and that [ | ''TV Tropes'' explicitly stresses that it is not related to [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], and that [https://TVTropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability there is no such thing as notability] on it. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The site was {{tag| | The site was {{tag|Founded in 2004|founded in April 2004}} by the users [https://TVTropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Tropers/Gus Gus] (who died in 2006), [https://TVTropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Tropers/Janitor Janitor], and [https://TVTropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Tropers/FastEddie Fast Eddie]. [https://web.Archive.org/web/20080423175130/http://TVTropes.org/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?p=1879#p1879] [http://io9.com/5479423/behind-the-wiki-meet-tv-tropes-cofounder-fast-eddie] | ||
On 12 January 2008, the main database of the website malfunctioned, rendering all its contents unusable. Additionally, all [[:Category:Wiki database backup|backups]] since October 2007 were discovered to be corrupted, so the entire wiki was 'warped' to the state of three months before. By the end of that month, the damage had mostly been cleaned up, as the community had joined forces in recovering the lost content from caches of other websites such as [[:Category:Google|Google]]. The incident has since become known as [https://TVTropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheGreatCrash 'The Great Crash']. Since that time, the wiki has grown, and all the lost pages have been recreated or fixed. | |||
On | On 7 December 2008, the official wiki logo has been updated, now referencing ('lampshading') the concept of [https://TVTropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging 'Lampshade Hanging']. | ||
On | On 26 October 2010, {{tag|Google advertising|Google AdSense}} disabled all ad serving on TV Tropes, because the wiki was assessed as not compliant with Google's AdSense policies. A number of changes were put in effect by the [[admin]]istration, such as introducing NSFW content warnings, and disabling [[:Category:OpenEdit|anonymous editing]]. The Google resumed serving ads on 9 November. The incident became known as [https://TVTropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Administrivia/TheSituation The Situation]. [https://ProductForums.Google.com/forum/#!topic/adsense/T7-CeRf60B0] | ||
Around April 2012, Google AdSense received reports of inappropriate links not compliant with their policies, and in response to what was dubbed [https://TVTropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Administrivia/TheSecondGoogleIncident The Second Google Incident], an official culling of pages about [[:Category:Adult content|adult works]], and severe edits to subjects like rape and [[:Category:Sex|sexual]] topics was instituted in order to keep TV Tropes from falling afoul of Google's content policies for a third time. | |||
On June 2012, in response to the site content being copied, the site content license was changed from {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 Unported}}[https://CreativeCommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ CC BY-SA 3.0] to {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 Unported}}[https://CreativeCommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0]. [http://beta.Slashdot.org/story/202655] | |||
In April 2013, in response to several security breaches such as a DDoS attack and repeated | In April 2013, in response to several security breaches, such as a DDoS attack, and repeated [[troll]]ing / [[vandal]]ism, TV Tropes changed their log in system to require {{tag|ConfirmEmail|email confirmation}}. | ||
On 30 November 2014, TV Tropes announces that the site is bought by Drewski for an unknown sum of money, and Fast Eddie steps down as the administrator of wiki. | |||
There are | ==Forks of TV Tropes== | ||
There are three [[fork]]s of TV Tropes, two on [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]] called [[Tropedia]] (formerly the Tropes Mirror Wiki) and [[The True Tropes Wiki]] respectively, and one on the [[:Category:Miraheze|Miraheze]] wiki farm called [[All The Tropes]]. The Wikia forks have but a fraction of the content of TV Tropes (but TTT is working on it), and was formed by those dissatisfied with TV Tropes moderation and site management and direction practices. The Miraheze version has a complete version of all content from June 2012, as well as many pages deleted or removed from TV Tropes due to their censorship policies, and it was also formed due to dissatisfaction with the site direction and management practices of TV Tropes. | |||
All forks share a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license, under which the content of TV Tropes was available in June 2012 (the change is controversial), and both use the [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] engine, rather than {{tag|PmWiki}}. | |||
==External links== | |||
*[https://TVTropes.org TVTropes.org] — official 'parent' website of wiki | |||
*[https://Twitter.com/TVTropes Twitter feed] | |||
*[https://www.Facebook.com/TVTropes Facebook page] | |||
*[https://www.Reddit.com/r/TVTropes Reddit page] | |||
[[Category:Wiki English]] | |||
[[Category:Wiki Dutch]] | |||
[[Category:Wiki French]] | |||
[[Category:Wiki Indonesian]] | |||
[[Category:Wiki Italian]] | |||
[[Category:Wiki German]] | |||
[[Category:Troping]] | |||
Latest revision as of 20:23, 7 July 2024
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| TV Tropes, the all devouring pop-culture wiki Recent changes • [No WikiNode] • About • [No Mobile URL] | |
| Founded by: | Gus Raley aka Fast Eddie |
| Status: | Vibrant |
| Language: | Multilingual |
| Edit mode: | ConfirmEmail |
| Wiki engine: | PmWiki |
| Wiki license: | Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike |
| Main topic: | Fiction |
| Backups: | 2012-09-19 |
| Wiki size: | 608,255 article pages see stats |
(As of: 2022-07-13)
Description[edit]
Television Tropes & Idioms (TV Tropes) is a "catalogue of the tricks of the trade for writing fiction", created in 2004 by Gus Raley (known as Fast Eddie on TV Tropes).
Content[edit]
The articles on the TV Tropes wiki can be roughly categorized into two areas: trope pages, containing descriptions and examples of common tropes and idioms in television shows, films, literature, comics, etc., and pages that contain brief introductions to specific works of fiction and lists of tropes found in them.
Additionally there is a number of namespaces reserved for quotes, trivia, subjective tropes, character lists, fan theories, etc. Some articles are additionally available in languages other than English.
Guidelines[edit]
TV Tropes explicitly stresses that it is not related to Wikipedia, and that there is no such thing as notability on it.
History[edit]
The site was founded in April 2004 by the users Gus (who died in 2006), Janitor, and Fast Eddie. [1] [2]
On 12 January 2008, the main database of the website malfunctioned, rendering all its contents unusable. Additionally, all backups since October 2007 were discovered to be corrupted, so the entire wiki was 'warped' to the state of three months before. By the end of that month, the damage had mostly been cleaned up, as the community had joined forces in recovering the lost content from caches of other websites such as Google. The incident has since become known as 'The Great Crash'. Since that time, the wiki has grown, and all the lost pages have been recreated or fixed.
On 7 December 2008, the official wiki logo has been updated, now referencing ('lampshading') the concept of 'Lampshade Hanging'.
On 26 October 2010, Google AdSense disabled all ad serving on TV Tropes, because the wiki was assessed as not compliant with Google's AdSense policies. A number of changes were put in effect by the administration, such as introducing NSFW content warnings, and disabling anonymous editing. The Google resumed serving ads on 9 November. The incident became known as The Situation. [3]
Around April 2012, Google AdSense received reports of inappropriate links not compliant with their policies, and in response to what was dubbed The Second Google Incident, an official culling of pages about adult works, and severe edits to subjects like rape and sexual topics was instituted in order to keep TV Tropes from falling afoul of Google's content policies for a third time.
On June 2012, in response to the site content being copied, the site content license was changed from Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 UnportedCC BY-SA 3.0 to Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 UnportedCC BY-NC-SA 3.0. [4]
In April 2013, in response to several security breaches, such as a DDoS attack, and repeated trolling / vandalism, TV Tropes changed their log in system to require email confirmation.
On 30 November 2014, TV Tropes announces that the site is bought by Drewski for an unknown sum of money, and Fast Eddie steps down as the administrator of wiki.
Forks of TV Tropes[edit]
There are three forks of TV Tropes, two on Wikia called Tropedia (formerly the Tropes Mirror Wiki) and The True Tropes Wiki respectively, and one on the Miraheze wiki farm called All The Tropes. The Wikia forks have but a fraction of the content of TV Tropes (but TTT is working on it), and was formed by those dissatisfied with TV Tropes moderation and site management and direction practices. The Miraheze version has a complete version of all content from June 2012, as well as many pages deleted or removed from TV Tropes due to their censorship policies, and it was also formed due to dissatisfaction with the site direction and management practices of TV Tropes.
All forks share a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license, under which the content of TV Tropes was available in June 2012 (the change is controversial), and both use the MediaWiki engine, rather than PmWiki.
External links[edit]
- TVTropes.org — official 'parent' website of wiki
- Twitter feed
- Facebook page
- Reddit page
- All
- Vibrant
- Wiki Multilingual
- ConfirmEmail
- PmWiki
- Wiki Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike
- Fiction
- Wiki database backup
- Wiki with 500,001 to 1,000,000 pages
- Founded in 2004
- TV show
- Film
- Google advertising
- Wiki Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike
- Wiki English
- Wiki Dutch
- Wiki French
- Wiki Indonesian
- Wiki Italian
- Wiki German
- Troping