Board Thread:Site Questions/@comment-5733573-20181221222735/@comment-5733573-20181223025204

HopelessNightOwl wrote: I looked up various definitions of fan fiction and discovered the thing called "real person/celebrity fiction" which, depending on who you ask, can be considered a subgenre of fan fiction.

I still personally doubt that the admins who wrote the fan fiction rule had that specifically in mind, but since the rule does say "no fan fiction of any kind", I suppose I stand corrected in my certainty that it can't be considered subject to scrutiny as fan fiction.

That said, even with my new awareness of this obscure fan fiction genre, I still think it can be argued that the story in question does not apply. My impression of real people fiction as it relates to fan fiction is that the thing that makes it fan fiction is that the authors themselves are obsessed or fantasizing about a certain public figure, whereas in this case it's the narrator who is obsessed. I really doubt the story is the author's personal fantasy about LDC.

Furthermore, credibility and suspension of disbelief don't come first and foremost when it comes to deciding if a story meets QS. The first things that are judged are grammar, basic coherency and structure, and a general ability to form and finish a plot. Everything else such as whether the story is believable or gripping is quite secondary. "I don't buy the plot of this" isn't really a consideration for if it meets QS.

"Just because a story hasn't been done before doesn't mean it is any good (though I am pretty sure celebrity-fic has been done before). Having something original isn't worth the already sinking jeopardizing quality standards."

"We have every right to be like that, we want quality stories. Quality standards is what seperates us from other Creepypasta sites that allow badly written Jeff-OCs." I'm glad the current crop of active users values quality control, but you guys have been on the wiki for an average of six months apiece. The admins have been doing this for years, and Empy in particular was basically responsible for creating the current quality standards as we know them. So, frankly, if you and the admins are in consistent disagreement over what does and does not meet QS, it's probably not the admins who are wrong. So admins can never be wrong? If you're really sticking to that point of view, then it sounds like it's time to demote and replace at least one of them.