Board Thread:Site Questions/@comment-25634669-20141108180734/@comment-10950063-20141108214852

First: http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Creepypasta_Wiki:Deletion_FAQ#Why_don.27t_you_let_users_decide_whether_a_story_is_good_or_bad.3F

DeathRight wrote:

They claim that this is a literature website, and yet they are able to remove perfectly fine stories that pass all grammatical tests because they have a problem with the story. I understand that they are in the position to do this, and I'm not saying they don't have a right to. I'm just trying to offer a different perspective. This system is as if every critic that has a problem with a published book had the power to get it removed from shelves.

When you start removing stories based on matters of the story (which are completely opinion based), and not just grammatical errors (which is factual based), then it's a huge problem in my eyes. If you are going to do this, it needs to be put to a vote.

Good grammar does not mean a story is good. Good grammar is a baseline, it's the least that a story should have. Saying a story shouldn't be deleted because its grammar is fine is like saying that a car is good just because it moves.

Your analogy is silly and is actually counter to your argument. If we made deletion vote based, then it would be like negative critics having the power to remove a book. What this is actually like is before a book gets published. You come to our site, put up your story and then our team decides whether it gets to be published. Part of that decision is based on story elements.

Yes, it does involve opinions, but so does everything that's not a spelling test. If you write a paper for school and the grammar is perfect, but the content is weak you still get a bad grade even though it's only the teacher's opinion that the content is weak.