Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-5643552-20130426191928

Far too often, I have come across a pasta that was uploaded under an improperly capitalized title (for example: Darkness.), and when I tried to rename it, the correctly capitalized title (in this case, Darkness) has already been used. So what can I do? Put ellipses at the end? That's often what I (and other admins) have to do, and let me tell you, it's not exactly aesthetically appealing. And sometimes, that title has already been used.

And I'm sick of it. So I'm proposing a new rule.

'''If you are not going to take the time to come up with a half-way original title instead of a half-assed title that has been used a million times over, we are not going to take the time to rename it. We admins do not have the time or energy to think up completely different, original titles for every pasta with a generic/over-used title, and [[Article Listing|we do not need any more pastas with titles ending with "..." or any variation thereof.

IF IT'S ALREADY USED, DON'T USE IT. END OF STORY. '''

Oh, and making a pasta with an already-used title and "(by [insert author name here])" at the end... Just. Don't. Do that. At all. Ever.

If you upload a pasta like this, it will be INSTANTLY DELETED, regardless of quality. We do not need to expend any more effort thinking of alternate titles. This is your responsibility, not ours.

However, deleted stories will not be gone; if this rule is enacted, I will create a Creepypasta Storage Wiki to store all deleted stories. Each story will be assigned a specific number or code, which the author will be notified of. I am still thinking of details for how to make this system most effective, but basically, once the author has come up with an alternate title (and after it is confirmed by admins), it will be reuploaded to Creepypasta Wiki under that title.

If the author doesn't do jack shit for, say, a month, it will be deleted and will stay deleted.

This can be considered an extension of the rule about article titles.

'''NOTE: This is merely a rough draft, not the final version of the rule. I am open to suggestions. Voice your support/opposition and suggestions for changes below.'''

 