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Sweeps and a note regarding plagiarism

Posted by Sally

07/19/06 - 02:06AM

Hello everyone,

Sometime before the end of summer we're going to conduct a random sweep of the archive for stories that violate our rules.

We will be looking for:

Spelling
Grammar
Proper use of paragraphs
Excessive formatting
Proper capitalization
Chat Shorthand in stories
Problems with words like there, they're, and their
Story tense
Stories posted to wrong location
Plagiarism, theft, and abuse
And more...

Please note that validated authors may also be included in this. Now is a good time to find yourself a beta reader to make sure your stories won't be caught up in this sweep.

Also, I have to remind everyone that we have a strict Zero Tolerance policy for plagiarism. Any accounts found violating this rule will be instantly banned from this web site forever.

Seriously folks, this isn't a difficult concept. If you can't comprehend that copying someone's work and claiming it for your own is theft -- you seriously need to go somewhere else.

Comments

What do you classify as "excessive formatting"?

- Mister Pseudonymous on 07/19/06 - 05:11AM

I would consider excessive formatting anything that causes the story pages to stretch or warp. I'd count too many exclaimation points, question marks, periods, or other punctuation.

Probably more than 5 - 10 would be considered excessive.

Also separators using special characters like -_+= will be considered too.

My screen width and resolution is pretty big, but we've had stories come in that have warped the page even for me.

- Sally on 07/19/06 - 02:30PM

Forgive me for being dumbheaded but, what's 'Story tense' Supposed to mean? o.o

- Blue Moon Wolf on 07/19/06 - 04:55PM

That just basically means you stay consistent with your tense. In other words, past tense, present tense, future tense. (example: walked, walking or walk, will walk) We might not screen for that one; we're still discussing things.

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