TV Tropes Wiki

TV Tropes Wiki

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TV Tropes Wiki is a wiki-style catalog dedicated to defining and categorizing tropes used in fiction. Originally dedicated exclusively to television shows (hence the name), it has expanded to include movies, comic books, literature, plays, and video games, along with articles on the cultures surrounding these. It is written in an informal style, and explicitly mentions on the front page that it is not Wikipedia (which is referred to as "the other wiki" internally). There is a specific clause to the effect that "There Is No Such Thing As Notability",cite web |url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability |title=There is No Such Thing As Notability |work=TV Tropes Wiki |accessdate=2008-09-02] meaning that any example which fits the criteria can be included in an article. However, certain examples (often anything related to religion or politics) will sometimes be removed to prevent flame-wars, due to the "Rule Of Cautious Editing Judgement". [cite web |url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment |title=Rule Of Cautious Editing Judgment |work=TV Tropes Wiki |accessdate=2008-09-02]

The wiki's subject matter and humorous tone have led to its popularity in certain niche communities, including the forums associated with the "Giant in the Playground" webcomic site, as well as among television and film writers; several of the latter are known to be among its regular contributors (who are, as a community, referred to as "tropers"). References to the TV Tropes Wiki and/or its entries have shown up in "Irregular Webcomic!" (as well as the related "Darths And Droids"), [cite web |url=http://irregularwebcomic.net/1718.html |title=Irregular Webcomic! #1718 |last=Morgan-Mar |first=David |authorlink=David Morgan-Mar |location=Sydney, Australia |work=Irregular Webcomic!] the television series "Lost". [cite video |title=Lost - The Complete First Season |format=DVD |publisher=Buena Vista Home Entertainment |date2=2005-09-22 |time=audio commentary] At least one teacher has been known to use the site as part of his class curriculum. [cite web |url=http://www.ejumpcut.org/gatewaypages/kleinhansfolder/13/422txt/textualanalysis.html |title=Textual Analysis |last=Kleinhans |first=Chuck |work=Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media |location=Evanston/Chicago, IL |quote=TV Tropes Reverse Engineering Project: The goal here is to deconstruct/reconstruct a TV narrative.]

It should be noted TVtrope's webcomic's list is much larger than Wikipedia's, the list itself expanding into multiple articles [cite web |url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NotableWebcomics |title=Notable Webcomics |work=TV Tropes Wiki |accessdate=2008-09-13] . The site also frequently criticizes Wikipedia's reluctance to include articles on webcomics for not being 'notable'.

References

External links

* [http://tvtropes.org tvtropes.org] , the main page of the TV Tropes Wiki.


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