Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-25037895-20150620164336

Mostly, the title says it all with this thread. "Lost episode" pastas were blacklisted because when the site was flooded with them, they were found to be very similar in nature. The same is largely true with all stories where the main idea presented is how incredibly unnerving, creepy, or detrimental a certain video is. Even if the story is not based on a "lost episode," the storylines with these types of pastas are similar.

It is restrictive in nature because the quality of the story is only based on just how immersive the imagery is. The events that happen in the pasta have been used before. It would seem to me that we already have some great pastas with this style, and literally anything following those seems like a rehashing. The rest of them should be deleted on-site, then they can still be allowed using the spinoff appeal. They all seem to follow the same progression. That is the proposal, leave your votes/comments below as to aid in the discussion. 