User blog comment:Perturbed Maverick/An alternative to the creepypasta wiki/@comment-24101790-20190831131509

(As facetiously as possible.) Seems legit (Warning: Link to an edit Perturbed made two days before adopting the Spinpasta 2.0 wiki that contains slurs).

Typically, I'm alright with having multiple options for authors to share their content, but given your history of [https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/User_talk:Perturbed_Maverick#Re: plagiarizing/not citing authors] and your actions since then, I can't in this instance as other authors need to know what type of wiki you're running.

I'd usually live and let be, but looking over your contributions I see you're still not bothering to cite authors and in some instance are posting stories that violate authors' copyrights. Not only is this legally questionable (as one of those authors are selling their stories), but it is also incredibly unethical and a pretty shitty thing to do overall if you enjoy their work. Here are a few other instances I dug up with about two minutes of searching through stories you posted:

I Buried My Fiancé is a rip of [https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/4pij4x/i_buried_my_fiancé_on_what_should_have_been_our/ the Reddit story without citation. (Author ~ Pippinacious just so they can at least be cited here.)

Death Waltz is much more problematic as it appears that it comes from a book that's being sold on Amazon with the potential author being Sean Mosely (as I'm unable to fully access the listing, I'm unable to verify if they're the only author or if these stories are theirs to begin with and not copied from elsewhere).

La Mala Hora is also by Sean Mosely.

The Game has sources elsewhere, but it's most notable here by Xelrog T. Apocalypse.

I'm left wondering why you would post all of these stories (these were the few I cited but there are others that are left united on the wiki) and in some cases are actively avoiding instances where you should be crediting the author or letting users know that the stories are not yours. If you're looking to build up this wiki, why are you not giving the authors their due. In the case of Xelrog's story, you re-posted it from the wiki you adopted without properly accrediting the story they posted.

A final note: with over 1000 pages, I’d like to take a look at the wiki you adopted and your contributions to it as a horror alternative that make up the 1000+ pages.

Anyways, this part is for authors looking to share their stories, find a place which actively cites their authors. You all deserve credit for your work and a place which promotes their authors (or at the very least, works to make sure they're properly credited).