User blog comment:HyperMetalSniper/I don't understand anymore/@comment-25024572-20160711210402

Everyone else has made some good points, but I'd like to add my two cents, or however much it is after inflation.

First, let's talk about the quality standards. I've read the standards, and, to sum it up, they're basically:

1) Have proper spelling and grammar

2) Make sense from a plot and story perspective

3) Don't be full of cliches.

These really aren't hard standards to meet. This isn't me being snobby or smug or anything; these standards really aren't that difficult to reach. If you have proper spelling and grammar and your story isn't really stupid or cliche, congratulations! It's accepted.

Now, onto your other point about the blacklisted subjects stifling creativity or what not. It doesn't. They're only there because so many people wrote so many shitty stories based around these subjects. They exist to prevent any more craptastic spinoffs, ripoffs, and knockoffs from appearing on the Wiki.

This doesn't stifle creativity; if anything, it encourages it. If this Wiki did let you write about the well known Creepypasta characters and genres, that'd be mainly all we have here. Creativity would be stifled in that instance because no one would feel the need to write about something else, or think outside of the box. Because these subjects are blacklisted, people who want their stories on here need to be creative, unique, and original; it can't just be a rehash of "Jeff the Killer" or something.

I'd also like to mention what appear to be the view you, and many others in similar situations, seem to have about the admins. You seem to think that you and your stories are being specifically targeted by the admins for deletion. I'm not an admin, but as someone who has some stories on the Wiki and isn't a complete moron, I'd like to say that that view is completely wrong, self-centered, and rather whiny.

The job of the admins isn't to delete your stories. Their job is to run the Wiki, and make sure stories that aren't complete shit are allowed on. They don't play favorites or go after one user in particular. They don't want to "stifle creativity," they just want to make sure that the Wiki isn't full of crap.

The admins aren't boogeyman who are out to get you and your stories. If anything, they want to help you improve your stories. If you ask why it was deleted, and if there are any issues, they will answer and explain. If they were really out to get you, not only would they not do that, they'd probably ban you from the Wiki or something for even submitting a story.

If your story is deleted, don't blame the admins, don't blame the quality standards, and don't pretend that the Wiki doesn't let your "imagination run wild." The only one you have to blame is yourself. But rather than collapse into a mess of whininess or self-pity, grow from your failures. Improve as a writer. Hell, post your stories elsewhere (which you have), and learn from what people say about them there. Write more, improve, then come back and post something else.

You know, that last sentence sounds very familiar. Oh, right, it's from a blog post I did regarding story deletion that's nine days old and was on the "Popular Blog Posts" sidebar. This isn't me tooting my own horn, this is me saying maybe you should read it, since it's relevant to this whole mess. I'll link it here: http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Dorkpool/Deletion_Reflections

I'd like to end this by saying there are two types of writers: those who can't accept criticism, think their work is perfection, and blame others when their work is deleted, and those who listen to criticism, don't have a huge ego, and generally try improving as a writer. Which kind do you think is more respected? If you guessed the latter, you are correct.

It's hard to have respect for someone who just whines and says their story is perfect after it's deleted, especially if it's shit. Look at JC the Hyena, writer of "Sonic.exe." After his story was deleted from the Wiki, he wrote some bizarre rant where he called the Wiki admins "jealous, arrogant, retarded FURRY-HATERS" and called his own story a "masterpiece" that "won the hearts of millions," despite the fact that "Sonic.exe" is basically the literary equivalent of dog shit on a hot sidewalk.

My point is that your blog post makes you sound like that. You sound like someone who thinks that the Wiki and admins are out to get her. No one respects that because they know it's false, and it sounds like you refuse to accept reality and responsibility.

I'd like to think you're someone who really isn't like that, and you wrote this on a bad day or something. Because if this the attitude you normally have, then, I'm sorry, there's no way in hell you'll make it as a writer.

So learn from your mistakes, and improve. No one and nothing is perfect, but striving for perfection makes you a better writer and a better person.