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'''Television Tropes & Idioms''' ('''TV Tropes''') is a "catalogue of the tricks of the trade for writing fiction". | '''Television Tropes & Idioms''' ('''TV Tropes''') is a "catalogue of the tricks of the trade for writing fiction". | ||
==Content== | ==Content== | ||
The articles on the TV Tropes | The articles 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|television}}, {{tag|Film|cinema}}, [[: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 [http://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 [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePages languages other than English]. | Additionally there is a number of [http://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 [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePages languages other than English]. | ||
{{Size | {{Size <!--see Template:Size for full detail--> | ||
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}} | }}(As of: 18 April 2013)<!--manually add/amend date when stats are verified and/or updated--> | ||
==Guidelines== | ==Guidelines== | ||
''TV Tropes'' explicitly stresses that it is not related to [[Wikipedia]] and that [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability there is no such thing as notability] on it. | ''TV Tropes'' explicitly stresses that it is not related to [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] and that [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability there is no such thing as notability] on it. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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On December 7, 2008, the official wiki logo has been updated, now referencing ("lampshading") the concept of [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging "Lampshade Hanging"]. | On December 7, 2008, the official wiki logo has been updated, now referencing ("lampshading") the concept of [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging "Lampshade Hanging"]. | ||
On October 26, 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 [[:Category:OpenEdit|anonymous editing]]. The Google resumed serving ads on November 9. The incident became known as [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Administrivia/TheSituation The Situation]. | On October 26, 2010, {{tag|GoogleAds|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 [[:Category:OpenEdit|anonymous editing]]. The Google resumed serving ads on November 9. The incident became known as [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Administrivia/TheSituation The Situation]. | ||
Around April 2012, Google Adsense received reports of inappropriate links not compliant with their policies, and in response to what was dubbed [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Administrivia/TheSecondGoogleIncident 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. | Around April 2012, Google Adsense received reports of inappropriate links not compliant with their policies, and in response to what was dubbed [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Administrivia/TheSecondGoogleIncident 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. | ||
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. | 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. | ||