User:HopelessNightOwl/Revised Blacklist

Due to the excessive similarity and general lack of quality of these types of stories and to the fact that the community at large is fed up with the constant posting of subpar spinoffs on this site, we no longer accept spinoffs, sequels, prequels, knockoffs, or fanfics of stories or creepypasta entities the author didn't create of any kind.

This includes, but is in no way limited to, Lost Silver, Pokémon Creepy Black, Slenderman, The Rake, Sonic.exe, Tails Doll, Snow on Mt. Silver, B.O.B., Squidward's Suicide/Red Mist, Happy Appy, BEN, Normal Porn for Normal People, Dogscape, Abandoned by Disney, The Russian Sleep Experiment, The Theater, Moon Face, Candle Cove, Eyeless Jack, Dead Bart, Smiledog, Herobrine, Zalgo, Jeff the Killer, The Holders series, etc. (this includes making spinoffs of existing spinoffs, like Slenderman vlogs.)

So basically, '''no spinoffs are to be posted to this site without admin review. PERIOD.''' It doesn't matter if they originated on this wiki or not, NO SPINOFFS!

Furthermore, NO FANFICTION OF ANY KIND is permitted.

Listed below are additional blacklisted subjects that have been banned since this rule's creation. While they don't count as spinoffs, per sé, it's generally agreed-upon that most of them are essentially bad rehashes/carbon copies of more successful pastas. They contain themes, elements and formulas that are, for one reason or another, heavily overused and used poorly.

Existing spinoffs and sequels/prequels can stay (if they're good enough), you just can't post new ones.

1. Darkfics of existing IPs are banned unless you make a spin appeal. This includes, but is not limited to, in-universe dark fiction about My Little Pony, Pokemon, Five Nights at Freddy, or Minecraft.

2. No SCP or RPC stories. Stories inspired by SCP are allowed as long as they do not copy the SCP formular too exactly.

3. No OCs. In the context of creepypasta, an OC is a character such as Jeff the Killer, Laughing Jack, or Ticci Toby, basically characters who fall into the generic slasher category.

(OC stands for Original Character. It is somewhat of an unfortunate misnomer as obviously we want your characters to be original, but in this case it refers to highly cliched and generic Mary Sue-type characters.)

See our post on Jeff "inspired" stories for more details.

4. No lost episode pastas, or any television-based stories centered on real television shows, movies, or other IPs.

Stories centered on fictitious shows and movies that somewhat resemble lost episodes are allowed, but must not be overly cliched. Click this link for more information on cliches to avoid or at least be careful with. Some of the items on this list are okay to use, but they must be used creatively, and if your story contains too many of them or any other lost episode cliches then it will be deleted.

5. Likewise, cliched video game pastas are also banned. Refer again to the Creepypasta Wiki:Creepy Clichés Creepyp Cliches list. Again, using cliches from this list is allowed under caution, but if your story is a clichefest it will be deleted.

Previously, stories involving "haunted" games or files were blacklisted. Since then, this ban has been rescinded, but haunted gaming stories will still be treated with an extra layer of scrutiny to make sure they are not too cliched. Basically, a story of the same quality as Sonic.exe is still very much not allowed.

As with television pastas, video game pastas centered on real video games or franchises are disallowed. Any video game IPs central to your story must be of your own creation (unless you make a spin appeal, of course.)

6. Miscellaneous blacklists:


 * Cleverbot stories, blog posts, and conversations have been banned for a while, but now posting one is an automatically bannable offense.


 * Any story with ".exe" in the title is automatically prohibited.