There are definitely some TV Tropes concepts that deserve exposure and/or formalization over here, but there’s a style mismatch: TV Tropes jargon is meant to be funny, accessible, and clear (in roughly that order in practice, although policy reverses it) to an audience of mostly young media nerds. Consequently it comes off as lulzy and incomprehensible to people who are not young media nerds. I don’t think that lines up very well with what this site is trying to do.
I’d recommend writing up the relevant concepts in Less Wrong style, with original names (or the standard names if applicable), but citing TV Tropes as appropriate.
Most of the Logic Tropes index could find a home rewritten as articles or on the wiki, as would about half the Intelligence Tropes. “TV Genius” strikes me as a particularly good candidate, if we don’t already cover the idea in some form (which is more than possible).
There’s also a large set of tropes that would make good resources for an article, but which would require a very different treatment to flourish here; “And Man Grew Proud” comes to mind.
There are definitely some TV Tropes concepts that deserve exposure and/or formalization over here, but there’s a style mismatch: TV Tropes jargon is meant to be funny, accessible, and clear (in roughly that order in practice, although policy reverses it) to an audience of mostly young media nerds. Consequently it comes off as lulzy and incomprehensible to people who are not young media nerds. I don’t think that lines up very well with what this site is trying to do.
I’d recommend writing up the relevant concepts in Less Wrong style, with original names (or the standard names if applicable), but citing TV Tropes as appropriate.
Which ones were you thinking of as being relevant? I’d be happy to write them up with better or the same names.
Most of the Logic Tropes index could find a home rewritten as articles or on the wiki, as would about half the Intelligence Tropes. “TV Genius” strikes me as a particularly good candidate, if we don’t already cover the idea in some form (which is more than possible).
There’s also a large set of tropes that would make good resources for an article, but which would require a very different treatment to flourish here; “And Man Grew Proud” comes to mind.
I turned Sound Valid True from TVtropes into Sound logic and Valid logic on the wiki here. More may come later.