Board Thread:Site Questions/@comment-5733573-20181221222735/@comment-5733573-20181222052644

HopelessNightOwl wrote: It's not even close to being fan fiction as the term is commonly understood.

Let me ask you guys something: if the celebrity being stalked in that story was a fictional celebrity rather than LDC, would your reaction be the same?

Just because a story is centered on a real life thing or person doesn't make it fan fiction. And I honestly am not seeing what you guys are seeing to say it's blatantly below QS. It's highly original, has a creepy theme, and doesn't violate any of the blacklists.

As for the other one with the "scary tapes", eh, TBH I was a little surprised the admins let that one stay, but I've certainly seen a lot worse.

You guys are becoming a little obsessive over "holding the line" against bad stories being posted on this wiki. I've been seeing stories marked for review or even deletion for having somewhat shaky plot points, suggestions that we add things to the spinpasta blacklist just because it doesn't cover every type of story that could turn out bad, users aggressively pushing the use of Writer's Workshop in a way that practically implies it's required when it's not, and in general a seeming preoccupation with a sudden notion that the wiki is in imminent danger of deteriorating if we let one too many weak stories slide.

Remember this story that I marked for deletion the other month? It was saved in the end because some people saw something in it that I did not. Here's what Christian Wallis said in the end:

"I took the deletion template off this story because it's literate, and original, and that's the lowest bar there is for our QS. As it stands, I don't get it. Some people do, so I'll give it the benefit of the doubt."

Literate and original. The "hangin with Leo" story more than clears that bar in my opinion. I don't know what point you're trying to prove by offering the "fictional celebrity" strawman. That would be entirely different and would not be fan fiction. Other stories have been deleted on the basis of being fan fiction for centering around real celebrities far less than Hangin'. I don't think you can sell this as being not fan fiction no matter how you spin it. It smacks of double standard, honestly.