Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-10950063-20140813193044/@comment-10950063-20140815200519

WatcherAzazel wrote: Can I submit a pasta from someone else if the user hasn't been active since early July? I really like The Stone Man, but I'm the only one whose commented on it. Sorry, but no. Part of the issue here is that I will be drowned in submissions. I already have a lot of submissions and the contest still has a month to go. And that's good and I want as many as people to participate as I can get. But if I open it up and let people submit stories that aren't theirs, then it's going to open the floodgates even more. I know that sounds contradictory, but it's like this: Someone might have only one story they wrote that they think is great. They probably have stories they didn't write that they think are great, too. Suddenly, their +1 becomes a +3. If every one fills out their three possible submissions with other people's stories, it adds up quick. I'm fine with someone submitting their full three, but I'm much, much less enthusiastic about people inflating their submissions amount with other people's stories.

Also, it's already in the rules very clearly. I don't want to change that now. Yeah, there are some things that are a little vague, some things that need to be added, but this is something that's right there.

You could post on the writer's talk page and encourage them to enter. Maybe they'll see it and do it.