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Hope you don't mind
I renamed your latest talk archive from User talk:EmpyrealInvective Archive 10 to User talk:EmpyrealInvective/Archive 10, as it was breaking the link on your talk page and creating a talk page for a user which didn't exist. Hope you don't mind :) He's not the Messiah!  He's a very naughty boy!  23:17, January 26, 2015 (UTC)

Reply to Writer's Workshop Message
Thanks for the advice Empy! Anyway, reguarding the Writer's Workshop. So what do you think would be the best thing for me to do first? Upload it to Writer's Workshop with a link to the story? Or Upload it to the Spinoff Appeal Page? Or do you think i should do both, along with uploading it to the Spinpasta wiki? If I'm going to submit the story to writer's workshop, how would i go about that? Do I Upload the story onto Spinpasta or Blogspot and then submit a link to the story with a short descripton of the story? Or does that rule only apply to the Spinoff Appeal Page?

Hailey Sawyer (talk) 00:06, January 27, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 00:06, January 27, 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks Enpy! This is really going to help me out in terms of getting my first creepypasta out there. Now the creepypasta is probably going to be a little long (I seperated the story into chapters for convinience) so it probably won't be out for a while. However, i'm also taking the time to weed out any grammatical errors, awkward wording, etc. Doing this can also make the writing process take a bit longer but a wise person once said "In order to do something right, it takes time."


 * I almost forgot! Here's the link to my Spinpasta page: http://spinpasta.wikia.com/wiki/User:TheAzumangaDaiohFan Hailey Sawyer (talk) 00:08, January 27, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 00:08, January 27, 2015 (UTC)


 * For some reason, Wikia will not allow me to put another website in my profile page. The only way to add another website to your profile is to fill in the "What's your Twitter name?" section of the profile page but even then i think it will ONLY work for Twitter and if i put a URL to another website in there, it wil just lead me to one of those "Webpage Not Available" pages or something. And also, the chapters will vary in length (with some of them being 2 paragraphs long while others may have a lot more content). Also, have you ever heard of Ms. Mosaic? It's an obscure Lost Episode Creepypasta and it has become on of my favorites along with "1999" and "Goosebumps: Hide and Seek". I can send you a link to the story if you want. I won't give to much away but trust me when i saw, its worth a couple of reads. Hailey Sawyer (talk) 01:37, January 27, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 01:37, January 27, 2015 (UTC)


 * Ok thanks! I'll see if that works. Anyway here's the link to the Miss Mosaic Creepypasta: http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Miss_Mosaic I even posted my thoughts on the story in the comments section below.

Hailey Sawyer (talk) 02:42, January 27, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 02:42, January 27, 2015 (UTC)

Ok so i figured out that each wiki you go on automatically adds said wii onto your profile (i.e when visiting Spinpasta, it added my Spinpasta page). How did i NOT see that? By the way, what's the poilcy on editing articles?

Hailey Sawyer (talk) 02:58, January 27, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 02:58, January 27, 2015 (UTC)


 * Ok. I read the site rules and basically from what i understand, i can make changes like fixing grammatical errors, awkward wording, etc. However, i can't make major or even minor changes to an established plot? Do I have that correct? I'm not trying to be rude, i was just a bit confused on that. Another thing i wanted to ask. I heard that i had to tell the original author about any change i made to their story like spelling errors. Is that mandatory or is that just heavily encouraged on the site? Hailey Sawyer (talk) 03:29, January 27, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 03:29, January 27, 2015 (UTC)


 * Yeah i don't really mind region specific spelling. Heck i myself tend to spell the word "Color" as "Colour" and so on, even though i'm from the United States. When i'm going to fix up an article, i won't harp on region specific spelling. However, i will take into consideration continuity errors, grammatical errors, awkward wording and so forth. Thank you! Now I feel more comfortable editing an article. By the way, did you read my review on Miss Mosaic, if so what did you think of the review and/or the creepypasta itself? Hailey Sawyer (talk) 03:53, January 27, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 03:53, January 27, 2015 (UTC)


 * That's Ok. I understand that you can't get to everything at once. Especially when you're doing quailty control. I'm curious about that. So do you sit down look at articles and review them to see if they are up to snuff with the set quality guidelines on this wiki? Sorry to be asking a lot of questions but I see this site as a learning experience for me since i do like to write stories and whatnot. Also, how do you become an admin anyway? Does it have to do with the number of badges you earn? Or is the process much more complicated? Hailey Sawyer (talk) 04:49, January 27, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 04:49, January 27, 2015 (UTC)


 * Yeah I read Donald&Douglas1 and I also couldn't tell if it was supposed to be Doug Funnie, Doug Walker, or anyone else with the name "Douglas". Same can be said for the "Donald" character. When i first read this story i thought it was a story about A) Doug Walker (a.k.a The Nostalgia Critic) and Donald Duck teaming up or B) Doug Funnie and Donatello from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles going on a train themed adventure. We're never really given time to know their personalities other than constant smiling which, by the way, is not much of a personality trait. Because we don't know much about their personalities, how are we supposed to care about these characters? Speaking of smiling, the constant smiling is never explained. We don't know why they are doing it and it seems like the author could've expanded upon his/her characters. Also there was another character called "The Fat Controller" who understood Russian and then he's never mentioned again. *Plays obligitory "BIG LIPPED ALLIGATOR MOMENT!" clip* I felt like the story was WAY too short to be any good. I also felt that the story made no sense at all. As i was reading it, i was constantly asking myself: "What's going on? What Happened to the Fat Controller guy? What? Huh? How? Who? Haaaaaaauh?!" With that said, it gives the story a rather "Rushed" feeling to it, like the author just wrote this in the span of ten minutes typing on thier keyboard at lightning speed without even looking at the screen nor giving a story a quick readthrough! This is the kind of stuff they teach you in (forgive me but i don't know what country you're from so this term may vary on meaning based on location) Late Elementary School and/or Early Middle School! Proofreading and Peer Review are the top two tools in a writer's toolkit.


 * Also, I want to read the reasons why the story was deleted but it gets cut off on the page and i can't find a way to expand the explanation on the page. Can you send me the full dsecription on the reasons for removal of the page?Hailey Sawyer (talk) 05:35, January 27, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 05:35, January 27, 2015 (UTC)

Reply to "Story Removal Explanation" message
Ah Ok! So the reasons are cliches and plot issues. OK now I see the reasons now. I must have mistakened the cutoff contents of the story for a review of the story in question. Like I said, I understand you're an Admin and you have a lot to manage on this site so if i came off as frustrated in my last message, i apologize for that. I don't often get upset but that frustration was most aimed at the story "Douglas&Donald1", the one you told me wasn't up to snuff. While i have read worse "Lost Episode" Creepypastas, This story still offended me a bit as a writer because compared to other "Lost Episode" Creepypastas I've read, not only is it the most vauge and nonsensical Creepypasta I've read but as i was reading it, i was wondering if the author uploaded the rough draft instead of the refined draft.

Look, I do know that there are good and even great "Lost Episode" Creepypastas out there. However, stories like this kind of give people the wrong impression of the genre and since a good amount of "Lost Episode" Creepypastas come off as cliched, laughable, and/or boring (i.e Fat Albert- Smiling, Axis Powers Hetalia: Episode 23.5, Squidward's Suicide, etc)  I think this story only fuels the disinterest for "Lost Episode" Creepypastas. I can see why you deleted it. Also reguarding the character limit, while I'm not asking for a whole novel about why the story wasn't up to snuff, I've never really been a fan of character limits. You see, if someone does have something to say that goes beyond the character limit, then they have to write out a bunch of "Parts" to the original comment and depending on how much they have to say, can be tedious and exausting. Regarding "Lost Episode" Creepypastas, this is why i'm really trying my best to make sure my first Creepypasta is as good as its going to get. It may not turn out perfect, but i can guarentee that it's going to be much better than "Douglas&Donald1".

Hailey Sawyer (talk) 06:04, January 27, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 06:04, January 27, 2015 (UTC)

Reply to "Time Zone" message
Thanks for the clarification! By the way, its night time where i am right now (1:02am to be exact). I'm a bit of a night owl so sorry for the late night message. By the way i've been looking at your list of stories you wrote. They seem interesting and i may read a few of them in a future not only for entertainment but maybe to improve my own writing technique as well. Hailey Sawyer (talk) 17:43, January 27, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 17:43, January 27, 2015 (UTC)

Question about blog uploading...
Hi Empy. Listen, i have a question about the processing time of the wiki blogs. You see whenever i make a blog post, it doesn't show up in my blogs tab until much later. Is that a glitch or does the site usually take awhile to upload blogs? Sometimes i keep thinking that the blog is neve going to upload and i would have to write another one. (You can see cloned entries on my blog tab titled "Upcoming Creepypasta as of 1/16/15").

RE:FYI
Thanks for clearing up the whole 'by-user' issue. I will be careful when adding the template, rest assured. I am also always on the lookout for any errors I can edit, but I am afraid I will never be efficient in editing. I am not a native English speaker and I don't want to risk editing something that is already fine. Actually, I am not editing anything, unless it is a very blatant error or I am very, very sure that it's an error. I hope you understand. Anyway, thanks for helping me out, I appreciate it

MrDupin (talk) 22:29, January 27, 2015 (UTC)


 * I am from Greece. I would be happy to help if you need anything. MrDupin (talk) 22:38, January 27, 2015 (UTC)


 * There is only one, I think. I edited a small error. Did you really translate it with Google? It is almost perfect. MrDupin (talk) 22:45, January 27, 2015 (UTC)

Wiki Advertising
Hi Empyreal, sorry for bothering you again. I came across an issue that I think should be brought to an admin's attention. I noticed that recently Poltergeist15 posted a message on a user's talk page advertising his wiki. I clicked the link to see what this was all about and found this

I find that pretty sneaky but I wasn't sure if this is any issue or not. I thought you might want to know about this. MrDupin (talk) 14:12, January 28, 2015 (UTC)


 * Update: He keeps posting on people's talkpages. He has even posted on mine. I believe he should be dealt with swiftly before he spams more user's pages. MrDupin (talk) 17:03, January 28, 2015 (UTC)

Message from the new guy
Hi. Let me start by saying just how much I've enjoyed this site and meeting so many incredibly talented and likeminded individuals. I've started looking over your stories and, man, are you prolific! I will be reviewing some soon. Anyway, I just had a few questions. One is what exactly makes a story get rated NSFW? My story Clown Dogs was rated that but I thought it was rather tame, though I did use the expression "dog cock". The other is, I am working on a fictional story that references true incidents. If I wanted to post a newspaper article or link as a side bar what kind of copyright stuff would that entangle. Thanks so much for your time and help.

HumboldtLycanthrope (talk) 18:40, January 28, 2015 (UTC)

Hey,

Thanks for linking my Cam-Girl stories together. I'm kind of new to this site and not sure how to do it. All 4 parts are up now, if you wouldn't mind... ;)

Linked Stories
Awesome! I will. BTW, it seems like you were able to link them all. Thanks again!

pssst
If you don't mind, could you jump in chat when you get a minute? I have a question for Merlin.

Jay Ten (talk) 01:04, January 30, 2015 (UTC)

Hailey Sawyer (talk) 03:34, January 30, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 03:34, January 30, 2015 (UTC)

Hi Empy!
Hey there Empy! So i recently showed Underscore my creepypasta and he says while i did some things right, he felt that there were some cliches to iron out and that the story was built on coincidences. If you want, i can send you the original version of the creepypasta. All you need to do is give me your email address and i'll send it to you. If you're uncomfortable with the idea of giving your email on this site, i understand and i'm not going to hold that against you. I really do think that when i get to the later part of the story, those cliches may be somewhat useful. The only cliches i can sort of think of that were in there is the following:
 * 1) The Protaganist is a huge fan of a TV Show/Movie
 * 2) Talks about something unusual happening in the intro

Even then, these are not listed under the "Lost Episode" section of the Creepy Cliches list. Since i tried to stick to the list of cliches that ONLY applied to "Lost Episode" creepypastas to make it easier on myself, i didn't think those two things would be such a big problem. I did see some other cliches on the Creepy Cliches list that can also apply to "Lost Episode" creepypasta. However, i didn't count those since they weren't listed in the "Lost Episode" section of the Creepy Cliches list.

Here's the link to the whole list: http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Creepy_Cliches

Here's the link to the "Lost Episode" section: http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Creepy_Cliches#Lost_Episode_Clich.C3.A9s Hailey Sawyer (talk) 04:36, January 30, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 04:36, January 30, 2015 (UTC)

Reply to "Pastebin" message
Ok. I might send you the revised version when it's fixed up a bit more. I don't know which version you want to see. Luckily i have the original version saved in my Gmail Archives. Hailey Sawyer (talk) 05:01, January 30, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 05:01, January 30, 2015 (UTC)

Reply to "Reworked Version" message
Ok. Sounds like a plan! I tried formatting the story into chapters but some of them vary in length so i didn't want to create separate stories for those. I don't know how long the whole creepypasta will be but when it's finished and on the Wiki, I'll provide a table of contents to make it even easier for readers to enjoy the story. For this tory, i want to rely a lot on psychological horror and i want people to connect to the characters. I'm trying to figure out a way to make that happen without using too many "Lost Episode" creepypasta cliches.

Hailey Sawyer (talk) 22:26, January 30, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 22:26, January 30, 2015 (UTC)

The next time you do maintinence or housekeeping...
Maybe you can take a look at this story: http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/A_Dead_Bart_Update

Honestly, I read it and here are a few problems i have with it:
 * 1) This story tries WAY too hard to be scary or entertaining and ends up coming off as pretentious. 
 * 2) While it does try to continue the story from the first one, I feel like this sequel takes all the mystique out of the original story. 
 * 3) About 70% of the story is one dimensional and cliched (i.e Explaining that the episode "Dead Bart" aired in a remote area only, predicting real events that haven't happened yet, etc). Because of this, it really detracts from the overall storyline and becomes hard to take seriously. In fact, the story just comes off as downright laughable which i don't think was the author's intent except for maybe a joke from Homer Simpson, but even that's not enough evidence to prove the story was supposed to be comical.
 * 4) The original story was, in all honesty, not that good to begin with. The problem i had with the original story was that it tried to be more than what it actually was. Now I do think a story about a guy finding an episode of The Simpsons that was made by a depressed Matt Groening and contained violent and morbid content could've worked if it was a bit more down to Earth. However, that wasn't the case for the original story. If the sequel tried to fix those mistakes, i could sort of understand the purpose of a sequel, but even THAT's not attempted with this story. In other words, this sequel doesn't seem to have any real reason for existing. 

Is it the worst Creepypasta i've read? No! I've read Douglas&Donald1 which was MUCH worse than this story. However, A Dead Bart Update still has some MAJOR flaws that need to be ironed out if it's going to be any good. If you were to start reviewing stories for maintinence or to determine deletion, I think this story would be a ripe candidate for those purposes.

Das Boot better than House of the Dead? Blasphemy!
Thanks for the heads up. I wasn't sure about the redirect thing so I just played it safe. Let the mistakes begin! But seriously, thanks for all the help. Hopefully I can keep from crashing the site, but I won't make any promises.

Jay Ten (talk) 22:42, January 30, 2015 (UTC)


 * Ha! That's actually what I expected to happen when I performed my first action as a rollback. Feel free to give me any advice when you see me doing something I could be doing better or easier.


 * Jay Ten (talk) 22:54, January 30, 2015 (UTC)

RE: Headers
Thank you for both the compliment and tip. I'll probably put all the stories into one page when I make more. Besides, I wouldn't want to lose the nice comments I've already gotten. ColorlessAngelz (talk) 00:47, January 31, 2015 (UTC)

Edit: I think I'll most likely end up continuing to post micropastas individually, but will make a playlist, so to speak, in my profile.

Hailey Sawyer (talk) 01:00, January 31, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 01:00, January 31, 2015 (UTC)

Reply to "Historical Archives" message
Oh. orry about that, i didn't see the original upload date for the story. I guess i should've looked in the "contributions" history but given that it's grandfathered, i guess there has been alot of changes made to it and it seems like it might take me awhile before I find the original upload date. I think that including the original upload date somewhere in the story would be convinient to prevent this sort of misunderstanding from happening. Anyways, i might keep looking in other genres of Creepypasta besides "Lost Episodes". Who knows, maybe i'll find a story that tops Douglas&Donald1 in terms of bad Creepypastas.

Also, i have a question reguarding the "Creepy Cliches" list. Can i add something to it or can only Admins and other higher up users do that? Because i have a couple of Cliches i want to add to the "Lost Episodes" section of the Creepy Cliches list.

I'm just curious as to why my pasta "The Dimly-Lit Room" was deleted.

RE:RE:Header
Ah, so it's a quality issue.

I'm not concerned about my micropastas being considered low quality once they're approved. Everyone seems to enjoy them, including the big head-hancho admins such as yourself. The only real concern I ever have is them not meeting the quality standards when they're initially posted, but even then it's fine if they get rejected. That just means I'll make a different, better story. It's not like they take long to type.

Aside from that, I like the shock value of someone clicking on a creepypasta page only to find a sentence long story, haha. ColorlessAngelz (talk) 01:25, January 31, 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, I forgot to add a signature in my previous message. Anyways, I was wondering why my story, "The Dimly-Lit Room" was removed.

EricW484 (talk) 01:28, January 31, 2015 (UTC)EricW484

Hailey Sawyer (talk) 01:38, January 31, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 01:38, January 31, 2015 (UTC)

Reply to "Discussion" message
Ah ok. Also, i forgot to mention this but can you make a list of all the grandfathered "Lost Episode" creepypastas so that way i can avoid suggesting them for deletion? I mostly use the "Lost Episode" creepypasta cliches list to play "Lost Episode Creepypasta Cliche Bingo" to see how many cliches a certain story has (5 cliches = 1 bingo, 10 cliches = 2 bingos, etc).

Hailey Sawyer (talk) 02:56, January 31, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 02:56, January 31, 2015 (UTC)

Reply to "Popularity" message
Ah! Thanks for the clarification. So Lost Episode Pastas such as:
 * Suicidemouse.avi
 * Squidward's Suicide
 * 1999
 * Dead Bart and A Dead Bart Update
 * Seinfeld: Lost Episode

Would be Grandfathered from deletion, right? If that's the case, then i now know which ones to avoid when looking for pastas that are deletion worthy.

Please Tell Me
Please tell me what was wrong with my story, Grandma's Revenge. I read up on the deleted page and I didn't see anything

SlipperyBearsLeader (talk) 02:56, January 31, 2015 (UTC)

Source Editor issues
Ok. I'm making a new one now, I just need some help with the Source Editor.

It doesn't change anything when I hit apply changes.

Hailey Sawyer (talk) 03:24, January 31, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 03:24, January 31, 2015 (UTC)

Reply to "QS" message
Thank you. Just a quick question. How do i submit a story for Quality Standard review?

I don't have a source mode option anywhere, and the source editor does not help. In the editor it keeps showing just and

Should I give copy+paste the normal version and the version it shows in the source editor?

SlipperyBearsLeader (talk) 03:33, January 31, 2015 (UTC)

Ignore Previous if you want.
I changed my mind. I'm just not going to write one, my creativity isn't quite good enough for this.

I'm confused
I'm confused, this is what happened when I fixed it

Also, still no preview button.





Nevermind.
I just lost it, for some reason i can't paste my story anymore, and the page changed and i can't get back.

I think I'm just going to give up on trying to freaking make this.

Hailey Sawyer (talk) 03:50, January 31, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 03:50, January 31, 2015 (UTC)

Reply to "Explanation of Quality Standards" message
Well, that sure cleared a lot of things up on that topic. Anyway, I've been reading a couple of Creepypastas in the "Dreams/Sleep" catagory and i might take some inspiration from that genre and use it in my Creepypasta since most of it is going to rely on psychological horror. Though I may also look at other sources for knowledge of doing psychological horror successfully (i.e Gregory Horror Show, The Ring, A Tale of Two Sisters, etc).

You Know The Drill
You know the drill. Tell me why my pasta didn't meet the standards. I'm not saying it did, but I would like critical input so I can fix it, or at least learn from it for my future pastas. Also, I take it that since "Grave Robbers" hasn't been deleted, you approve of it? ColorlessAngelz (talk) 03:51, January 31, 2015 (UTC)

RE: Call Me Crazy
Alright. Thanks for the response. I'm going to try changing the ending to something less obvious and more creepy. If it doesn't work the second time, I'll scrap it. ColorlessAngelz (talk) 04:13, January 31, 2015 (UTC)

Grave Diggers
I'd like to request that my pasta "Grave Diggers" be deleted. As several negative reviews have pointed out, it was rather rushed. I want all my stories to be high quality, not considerably cliched. Quality over quantity and all that. I don't know if I can delete the story myself. If so, I don't know how. Please and thank you. ColorlessAngelz (talk) 17:30, January 31, 2015 (UTC)

Re:Re New Guy
Thank you for the info on NSFW. Also thank you for the heads up on spamming blogs, I can see how this would be annying and I won't do it again. Please, if you ever see me doing no-nos again let me know. I'm really new to all this. By the way, I just published a new pasta The Abalone Thief- check it out if you get a chance. I really tried to step up to bat and make some quality stuff with this and even posted photos I had taken, and I don't use the term "dog cock" once! };)

HumboldtLycanthrope (talk) 20:04, January 31, 2015 (UTC)

?
Is there any instance(s) where it's better to "undo" rather than "rollback" an edit? I just used rollback for the first time and was curious. I just noticed that rollbacks are less noticeable and undos are more public. I just wasn't sure if certain instances like vandalism should be reverted more publicly, or if you guys notice no matter which way I do it. Hope this question makes sense.

Jay Ten (talk) 21:22, January 31, 2015 (UTC)


 * Ok, that makes sense.  And by the way, I would never undo/rollback any comments regarding Boll's greatness.  Thanks for the info.


 * Jay Ten (talk) 22:21, January 31, 2015 (UTC)

Deletion of 'You Can Keep It'
Hi you deleted my page 'You Can Keep It' and I want to know why and how I can improve it to make it undeleted. It is an almost true story and the only thing false is time. I lengthened it. It was terrifying for me and I wanted to share it. I just want to know why you deleted it, I tried to meet the QS as best as I could :)

ShadowLP (talk) 21:47, January 31, 2015 (UTC)ShadowLP

Grave Robbers
I decided I was going to re-upload Grave Robbers since I figured others may enjoy it. Why did you delete it this time? Edit: I'm guessing it was just a mistake since you said you found nothing wrong with it the first time. I'm going to repost. ColorlessAngelz (talk) 23:13, January 31, 2015 (UTC)

Hailey Sawyer (talk) 01:40, February 1, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 01:40, February 1, 2015 (UTC)

Suggestion for categorizing "Grandfathered" Creepypastas
So I was talking to you about Creepypastas that were granfathered and therefore protected from deletion. I noticed that some Creepypastas (i.e The Rugrats Theory) were categorized in the "Historical Archive" Catagory section. For some of the Creepypastas like A Dead Bart Update, is it alright if i put some of the grandfathered Creepypastas into the "Historical Archive" Category page that aren't already on that page? Or can only Admns or other higher up users do that?

Hailey Sawyer (talk) 01:58, February 1, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 01:58, February 1, 2015 (UTC)

Reply to "Discontinue" message
Thanks for clearing that up! Although, one of the badges I can earn on this site is a badge for adding a catagory to a page or story. I'm not obesssed with earning badges or anything but that does lead me to one question. Are all categories on this site "Admin-Only" or are there certain ones regular Creepypasta users can add to specific stories and/or other pages? If it's the latter, can you please specify which categories those are? This is in case I feel like adding a story to a certain category while editing.

Reply to "Genre Listing" message
OK! Thanks Empy! I almost forgot about this list. Also there's another badge that i was supposed to earn but the Wiki didn't give it to me. It was badge for writing one blog post. Yet i've written about 3 blog posts and i STILL didn't receive the badge. It's the "You Shouldn't Have Done That" Badge by the way. Would that be a site glitch or am i reading the instructions for earning it wrong?

Hailey Sawyer (talk) 02:07, February 1, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 02:07, February 1, 2015 (UTC)

Reply to "Glitch" Message
My first blog post was on January 16th. It's now the 31st of january. So with that said, it's been fifteen days and that badge still hasn't been earned. Maybe with the other blog posts, I can wait for that badge gets earned but this situation still perplexes me. I don't mind earning the badges because it reminds me of the days I was in the Girl Scouts, which was a lot of fun for me.

Hailey Sawyer (talk) 02:32, February 1, 2015 (UTC)Hailey Sawyer

Reply to "Wonky" message
OK! Sounds like a plan! If the badge isn't earned after i write another plog post, i'll tell you as soon as possible.

Hailey Sawyer (talk) 02:41, February 1, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 02:41, February 1, 2015 (UTC)

Reply to "Wiki Staff" Message
Oh My God EMPY! You just read my mind! I was about to ask you about who was in charge of fixing site glitches. So if i wanted to report a glitch to the Wikia staff, how would i do that? Do you know anything about this? If not, sorry to have bothered you. But i still do enjoy talking to you and the other admns on this site.

Hailey Sawyer (talk) 02:47, February 1, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 02:47, February 1, 2015 (UTC)

Reply to "Community Central" message
Well i'm glad you could help me as much as you could with this. And also maybe this story could be considered up for deletion: http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_VHS_Cover

It doesn't seem to be in the "Historical Archives" category page and it doesn't seem to be a "Granfathered" Creepypasta.

Pros:

 * The descriptions are well done. They do a good job of moving the story along and giving me a better idea of what the author is talking about, especially when it comes to the descriptions about colours.
 * The author does show a lot of potential in the art of writing. This can be seen most prominently within the first few paragraphs of the story, where the author attempts to grab the reader's attention.
 * The format of the story is well structured. When broken into short paragraphs, it provides the reader with a better reading experience since they don't have to sort through a big old "Wall o' Text" to find out what's going on in the story.

Cons:

 * While the author does do a good job with the descriptions, they don't do a very good job tying it in to the actual Jungle Book VHS cover. The actual VHS cover of The Jungle Book is not shown on this pasta by the way.
 * Some of the descriptions contain over the top gore which doesn't really seem to serve much purpose in the story. In other words, I feel like it was there because the author thought it might make the story automatically scary which, SPOILER ALERT! It doesn't. This also makes the story seem a bit cliche and when this happens, it detracts from the overall story.
 * The story ends quite abruptly and it doesn't even match the events leading up to it. Basically, this story ends with a child telling their mother that they had a bad dream. If there was a bit of context added to the ending (i.e A flash of light covering the entire area, having a character wake up, etc) that lead up to that event, then it would make a bit more sense. However, that doesn't seem to be the case. Also, judging by the events that happen in the story, i don't think the author's intention was to end the story on a random note.
 * I also don't see how this is catagorized as a "Lost Episode" Creepypasta, when it's just talking about a VHS cover. Correct me if i'm wrong, but VHS covers and episodes are not the same thing!

Anyway, you can check out the story to see whether or not it meets quality standards. For me, It barely meets them. If it wasn't for the vivid descriptions and comfortable formating, this would've been even more of a mess. I don't know if this is the author's first Creepypasta or not. If it is, I could understand a little bit as to why the story is the way it is. However, if that's not the case then i'm questioning why these flaws haven't been ironed out.

Hailey Sawyer (talk) 03:43, February 1, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 03:43, February 1, 2015 (UTC)

Re: Re: Story
Okay I can improve it alot, as most of it is true. The bad wording is supposed to sound like someone who can barely speak. I can go into detail about everything that happened, though that would mean I'd have to shorten the amount of time this happened. I missed lots of things that happened to me, the hallucinations and everything. Would it be okay if I rewrote the whole thing? Btw the story was called 'You Can Keep It' and when you said it's under my parents bed... its very muffled and quiet. It's still going right now, it's on stage 107.

Thanks man! Also, thanks for all the help over this year. You and other admins have helped even when deleting a story, editing and marked them for review. While several people might give you guys a lot of shit for doing so, I can see it as a good thing. Being a writer, you just have to have a thicker skin. Sometimes you produce something thats not so good and you learn from it. People give up too easy. They don't deserve to call themselves writers. Anyway, thanks for the kind words and everything else.

Blacknumber1 (talk) 12:13, February 1, 2015 (UTC)

Help
I'm trying to post a story to the writers workshop. I fill in the title, paste the story into source mode, and then click post, and literally nothing happens. Both source and visual mode yield the same results. Is writer's workshop broken? If not, how do I post there? Nothing I do is working!

If, while I'm typing this, my story suddenly gets posted like five times, I am deeply sorry.

Cyanwrites (talk) 12:25, February 1, 2015 (UTC)

Imagine
HP Lovecraft threesome with Ellen Degeneres and Koromo Amae.

CANNOT UNSEE. --K0R0M0

Please tell me why do keep deleting my posts no matter what it is you'll delete it please tell me why I meet every standard do you just like making me miserable Ireadcreepypastas (talk) 03:22, February 2, 2015 (UTC)

pasta count
I'm not here to count noodles but a few days ago I remember you guys had 11,902 pastas. As of now, it's 11,880. Did a batch of rotten noodles get paste ye?

Pootis Man (talk) 13:51, February 2, 2015 (UTC)

Hi, may I ask why my story about 5 Sword Janiel was deleted from the wiki? I don't understand what the problem is?

RoseRyuzaki (talk) 15:35, February 2, 2015 (UTC)

hi
Hi, I noticed that you quickly deleted the story i had posted. i looked thru the reasons and saw that it was more or less #16 on the cliche list.... but, the only reason why one would consider a cliche a cliche is that its been done with many variations of it, so much to the point where its downright boring. but, at the same time, a cliche becomes a cliche when many people enjoy it.

not a clue where i was going there... anyway, as im sure you could tell, im new here, and i had posted that to get input on my writing, and how to elaborate on things without the reader becoming disinterested. would there be a form or something that i could post on instead..? -nyx

Because Nyx (talk) 03:33, February 3, 2015 (UTC)

Re:Re: Cliches
alright, that's good to know. my story was really just a creepypasta-induced imagination, and i had needed to use the restroom late at night... it was scary at the time, but the end was just.. eh. maybe a different ending, then. -nyx

Because Nyx (talk) 04:03, February 3, 2015 (UTC)

re culprit
Thank you. As I'm sure you noticed I am an utter novice to blogging and I am really clueless here-just having a weird day- car trouble and stuff- thanks again for taking the time to look into that, I'll try not to jump the gun again.

delete blog
That would be great if you just deleted it. I also just tried to delete my comment from the badges blog and everything just went black. I hope I'm not screwing shit up around here. Thanks again
 * Ninja'd! @ Emp.


 * I deleted it. Any more questions, let us know. Mystreve (talk) 01:44, February 4, 2015 (UTC)


 * Gah! You haven't heard the last of me Myst! EmpyrealInvective (talk) 01:45, February 4, 2015 (UTC)

New Story
Hey,

If you get around to it, I would love some feedback on my newest story, Tobit: The Bleeding Sky.

Let me know your thoughts on it if you have time to check it out.

Banningk1979 (talk) 01:55, February 4, 2015 (UTC)

You read my mind
Thanks, I was actually wondering how to do the ordering of stories. I will put those to good use.

Thanks again,

Banningk1979 (talk) 02:51, February 4, 2015 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hey man, thanks for the edits on the freestyle challenge page! I'm still one of the worst editors here. LOL.

Blacknumber1 (talk) 04:00, February 4, 2015 (UTC)

RE: VIDEYAS

Sorry for the delay in replying - 2015 is turning out to be a crazy year already.

I've added a Youtube video to my 'A Promise of the Heart' creepypasta poem before so I think I've got the general gist. As and when time allows and I need to add anymore, I'll probably beg some help then as I'll probably have forgotten.

Many thanks for the offer though, and I like your writing; I think 'Family' should be made into a t-shirt. ;)

CharminglyShallow -  &#34;He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.&#34;   Rafael Sabatini – &#39;Scaramouche&#39; (talk) 10:30, February 4, 2015 (UTC)

An offer you can refuse
Hey Travis. Went through a marathon 5-hour writing session and finished two stories that I would love for you to read. A Hunting Trip and The Fortune Teller. I'm quite proud of both of them and would love some feedback from evidentiary insult. --GarbageFactory (talk) 12:48, February 4, 2015 (UTC)

And I am headed off to bed. You don't have to worry, I'm too scared of horses to get near enough to one to behead it. Thanks a lot, have a good day. --GarbageFactory (talk) 12:59, February 4, 2015 (UTC)

Why did you delete my creepypasta
Why was my creepypastas The Dead Nursery deleted? Yes, even I thought it wasn't very good, but that's because it was my first creepypasta. If there was a REALLY good reason why you deleted it I might not appeal for it. Harrypottercoolis (talk) 04:19, February 5, 2015 (UTC)

Um, hey! You just deleted my pasta, "He Whistles When He Walks"? Could you let me know why?

Thanks! Avery Strange.

Averystrangeplace (talk) 05:22, February 5, 2015 (UTC)

Quick comment about the Deletion Appeal for What Happens After 11:00
On my Deletion Appeal, you said that I shouldn't capitalize Venom. I just wanted you to know I was talking about the character, Venom. You also stated that the character was relaxed about the creature if he was waiting ten to eleven minutes to get home. In the second paragraph it clearly stated he had lost track of time.

Nobody will review my pasta in the Writer's Workshop, shop when CAN I post?

Cyan Got U Cryin (talk) 10:15, February 5, 2015 (UTC)Cyan Got U Cryin

Sorry about the editing, i didn't know that it was an accepted thing

ThrashedThrasher (talk) 13:56, February 5, 2015 (UTC)

Hey There!
Hi Empy! It feels like it's been a long time since we've last talked. Anyway, how's it going for you? As for me, i've been trying to work on my Creepypasta but i've been a little busy lately. Don't worry, i'll find time to work on it.

Hailey Sawyer (talk) 16:01, February 5, 2015 (UTC)Hailey SawyerHailey Sawyer (talk) 16:01, February 5, 2015 (UTC)

Headline text
Reply to "Story Ideas" message Hey Empy! I think the advice you gave seems to be very helpful. I will jot down a few ideas for the next set of events in chapter 5. If possible, I might try to find a way to send them to you privately.

--Hailey Sawyer (talk) 21:19, February 5, 2015 (UTC)Hailey Sawyer--Hailey Sawyer (talk) 21:19, February 5, 2015 (UTC)

Regarding Creepypasta Wikia's Desktop Editing Page
Hi Empy. So I recently got on the desktop page for the Creepypasta Wikia. When I went to reply to one of your messages, I noticed that all the options on the editing page looked like this:

Is that new or is it because I'm currently using the desktop Wikia page on Windows 7? (I usually use either my tablet or my computer with Windows XP on it).

--Hailey Sawyer (talk) 21:43, February 5, 2015 (UTC)Hailey Sawyer--Hailey Sawyer (talk) 21:43, February 5, 2015 (UTC)

Reply to "Tablet to Windows" Message
Ah Ok! Maybe it's because I don't use the Creepypasta Wikia on Windows 7 too often. Yeah I'm currently at my mom's house right now and most of the time, I use my tablet to access the Wikia page. But when I use Windows XP and Firefox, it doesn't look like that. Also, on windows 7, I use Internet Explorer so maybe it also has to do with the browser I'm using.

--Hailey Sawyer (talk) 22:01, February 5, 2015 (UTC)Hailey Sawyer--Hailey Sawyer (talk) 22:01, February 5, 2015 (UTC)

My mistake
It's been a while since I posted here, forgot about the "no spinoff rule". I'll make sure that doesn't happen again. Thanks for the reminder!

FearAddict (talk) 01:48, February 6, 2015 (UTC)

I was post my story on writing before put that appeal now it will be no chance for my story to be save  but i know it will not be anyway

Grave Robbers Cont.
Warning: Frustration Ahead

Forgive me for such a late response to the discussion we were having a week ago, but I was banned by LOLSKELETONS in the middle of my message for posting the micropasta twice in a row (even though I explained to him that A) not only was it a misunderstanding between you and I where you said it met the QS and changed your mind without letting me know, but B) I was trying to message you about the plotholes you found and why it met the QS and therefore should have never been deleted in the first place).

He only banned me for a day, but considering I only have part of the weekends to use my computer, it may as well have been a week long ban. That's why I'm messaging you this now.

Anyway, I saved the message I was typing to you about Grave Robbers and will paste it below. I haven't altered it since I typed it a week ago. Sorry if it comes across as rude anywhere. I was in a distressed state over the controversy of my pasta even before the pointless ban happened.

Here's the message:

Is there no one on this wiki who can just pick an opinion and stick to it? Pretty much everyone has flopped between "this doesn't make sense" and "I like it."

To answer your questions,

"How did the robber know to place the body in your house?" The robber has an obsession with/desire to torment the protagonist.

"How did they rig it so it is standing and how did they manage that without waking the protagonist?" They gently crept in, held it up, then woke up the sleeping protagonist. If that's too hard to believe, then I'll just go with the "they're a heavy sleeper" excuse.

As far as "body snatching" and "grave robbing" goes, I'm aware of their definitions, but they confused other readers, so I switched them. There really is no pleasing everyone on this wiki.

Also, sign your posts please. It makes it easier to respond.

(That's the end of the message from last week)

I know that appeasing the emotions of users isn't your job, however I expect that you and other admins act professional, as to not drive creative users away with power trips and whatnot. That's why I'd like the ban stripped from my record (so that if I ever do something that actually is ban-worthy it's only for a day, not two) as well as an apology for LOLSKELETONS wasting my time.

Thank you for reading.

PS: The most annoying part about me writing all of this, as well as everything I wrote on LOLSKEL's Spinpasta page, is that it all could have been avoided if A) you'd told me you changed your mind about the pasta, B) you explained to him the misunderstanding, or C) he hadn't blocked me in the middle of me explaining the plotholes to you, or at the very least allowed me to plead my case on this wiki (which the "you're blocked" message claims you can do). ColorlessAngelz (talk) 00:00, February 7, 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for replying to my message. I'm sorry for causing so much trouble it was truely not my intent, nor do I really care for the badges on here or know what they're for anyway. I'm new to the wiki and don't really use it that often. I posted my story on deviantart before and a lot of people gave positive feedback which is why I thought posting it here may be a good idea. I also read the rules and stuff on here and thought I was following the guidelines but I guess I was wrong. I now realize I've made a lot of mistakes thanks to you and the help of someone else. I hope to improve this character and their story before attempting to post it up again. I believe you mentioned there's a workshop part on here that helps to improve stories? Once I remake the story would it be okay to post it there? Thanks for taking the time to reply. ^^

RoseRyuzaki (talk) 00:02, February 7, 2015 (UTC)

GRC2
1. I did wait a few minutes, despite being impatient. Your response didn't come until I messaged you saying "Edit: I'm guessing it was just a mistake since you said you found nothing wrong with it the first time. I'm going to repost." As for the past warning goes, I'll tell you the same thing I told LOLSKELETONS. I didn't see it, as it came around the time of other users posting to my page. Aside from that, I have no idea what story it was for. I've never reposted a story unless there was some sort of modification.

2. Please don't imply I didn't use common sense.

3. As stated before, you only told me the issues after I reposted the story.

4. Your busyness is understandable, but does not excuse power abuse. Besides, I was referring to the fact that LOLSKELETONS decided to keep me banned despite my valid reasons, presumably just because he was having a bad day.

5. If bans cannot be stripped from records, admins should use discretion before handing them out like free candy. ColorlessAngelz (talk) 00:41, February 7, 2015 (UTC)

GRC3
You're continuing to insult me despite me asking you politely not to. How professional.

You can put it whatever way you want. I don't consider missing a short, out-of-the-blue, non-descript message on the giant wall of text known as my talk page something that showcases a lack of common sense, especially since I hardly check it.

It's power abuse because rather than admit to your mistakes and admit that you misinformed me or the fact that LOLSKELETONS didn't give me any chance to plead my case, you continue to insult me and ignore my points. One of said points being that I still have no idea why that initial warning was issued onto my page.

Lastly, you can call me caring about my integrity & writing hobby enough to provide a logical debate "melodramtic", but at least I care about my words having weight. Have fun lying to yourself.

If I stop contributing to this site, you'll know why. ColorlessAngelz (talk) 01:18, February 7, 2015 (UTC)


 * Oh my god, you're STILL going on about this?


 * You were banned because you broke the rules. Why is that so hard for you to swallow? I didn't ignore any of your points either, you just didn't make any good points. You were overreacting. You are still overreacting.


 * I repeat:
 * It was just a one day ban.
 * You earned it fair and square.
 * The ban is now over.
 * Your reputation is not tarnished because of the ban.
 * Get over it.


 * LOLSKELETONS (talk) 01:39, February 7, 2015 (UTC)
 * LOL. Sorry. Just saw this. This is pretty funny. Mystreve (talk) 02:20, February 7, 2015 (UTC)

Congrats
A day early, but meh. You and I (and most of the community) both know that you've more than earned a crat spot. Congratulations, Travis. Welcome to the "Men in Red". :) Mystreve (talk) 02:17, February 7, 2015 (UTC)
 * Well done man, you've deserve it. He's not the Messiah!  He's a very naughty boy!  07:34, February 7, 2015 (UTC)

Seeing Red
Either I've caught the infamous Bleeding Eyes or you made Bcrat. Congratulations man, you definitely deserve it. I'll message you later with the number for my tailor so you can get a new suit to match Steve's.

Jay Ten (talk) 02:25, February 7, 2015 (UTC)

Im just asking nicely why was my second story deleted specifically.John Dehner (talk) 02:45, February 7, 2015 (UTC) John Dehner

Are we supposed to allow the community to see are previous confrontations with ADMIN and leave them public? I assume this is because it was posted by an ADMIN though I'm not quite sure why we need to do so, please explain thank you.

Yeah sorry about that I sort of don't think when on the internet and usually am care free so my apologies and I hope we can leave it at that.

GRC4
I believe criticism can help people improve, as long as it's put to good use. You telling me my pasta didn't meet the QS isn't my issue, as it's been done several times with my other micropasta attempts on this site. (Even if it did bother me, they're micropastas. They don't take long to think of and even less time to type out.) My problem lies in the fact that I wasn't informed properly, and was punished because of it. Not only that, but since this site has a 2x-the-previous-punishment rule, that means that if I'm banned in the future, it will be for two days, then 4 and so on.

My other problem is with your attitude. No, I didn't accuse you of power abuse. I already explained that that comment was directed towards LOLSKELETONS. It's very hypocritical of you to accuse me of "not reading the entire message." Though my messages have been of an agressive nature, I've been trying to be civil and avoid insulting you. Meanwhile you've insulted me in just about every message today.

Even if it's not a profession, that doesn't mean you shouldn't act professionally, or if you'd prefer another word, mature.

Also yeah, I'm a sensitive person, but I honestly find that to be more of a good trait than bad. Not only does it give me empathy for others, but as you can see, it ensures that I care about how others perceive me, which is great for maintaining standards and letting actual criticism sink in.

Even if I hated criticism, aside from the initial plotholes you found, you haven't given me any actual criticism in these messages, just insults. Therefore your "thin-skin" remark is irrelevant anyway.

At the end of the day, despite what you may believe, I don't want drama. No, I don't want to argue "just to argue." I simply care about the weight of my words, and always fight to make sure that they're fully understood. Maybe my messages are redundant. In fact, yes, I'd say they are, but that's only because I don't feel anyone here has truly considered all the points I've brought up. ColorlessAngelz (talk) 03:49, February 7, 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. I will start re-working it now that I know what I have done wrong.--John Dehner (talk) 04:07, February 7, 2015 (UTC) John Dehner

GRC5
Speak for yourself. I don't see how having a logical debate makes a person look pathetic, unless that person is stooping down to constantly insulting the other like an elementary schooler.

It's contradictory for you to both refer to my argument as "stupidity" whilst trying to act like the bigger man and turn the other cheek. Also, I noticed more hypocrisy with your "temper-tantrum" comment. Again, I'm not the one insulting here.

In addition to every other point I've made, I'd like to add that just because a rule is broken, that doesn't automatically mean the rule breaker should be punished. Me being set up to break a rule due to improper knowledge is the same concept as a police officer planting drugs in a person's car in order to fine him, only (obviously) much less severe. You keep going back to the excuse "it's a rule" as if that justifies everything you and LOLSKELETONS did, purposely or not, to get me banned. It doesn't. Nor does it excuse your insults.

PS: If you're going to say "Now as I can see this argument going around and around in circles, I'm going to cut it off right here with a simple summation." you should try actually meaning it. There's a reason I stressed the importance of words having weight. Being honest with yourself and others is important. I hope you learn that someday. ColorlessAngelz (talk) 04:56, February 7, 2015 (UTC)

Removing M4R
Hi Empy,

I put up a "M4R" about an hour ago on a page that needed to be capitalised. Grizzly renamed the page, but he forgot to remove the M4R template. Can you please remove it? Thanks.

TheGamingSponge 07:03, February 7, 2015 (UTC)

Congratulations (?)
I noticed that your username turned from orange to red. Does that mean you got promoted?

If yes, then I want to congratulate you. I know I am a new user here, but I am grateful for the work you are doing for the wiki, spamming that 'Wiki Activity' tab with your edits. MrDupin (talk) 09:49, February 7, 2015 (UTC)