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| + | <center><strong><big><big><big>NO UNFINISHED PASTAS. NO EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE. PERIOD.</big></big></big></strong></center> |
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| − | Period. |
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| − | It's a sad fact that a majority of journal-style post-a-day pages never get finished. Some the author just uploads the page and never returns to finish it, and even may go on to be editing other things. |
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| − | There is no reason whatsoever to be posting a livejournal as an article. We're not a blog, we're not blogspot, we're not livejournal. We are a collection of '''finished''' stories and tales. |
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| − | If you choose to start something like this, your page will receive the Unfinished Pasta category and, after a week of not being finished, it will be deleted and you will be banned for a week because clearly you couldn't care less about it. No warnings. |
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| − | ==Unfinished Stories== |
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No unfinished stories. Period. |
No unfinished stories. Period. |
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| + | == COMING SOON! == |
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| − | There is no reason or excuse to post unfinished material on here. If you cannot use some form of word processor I am sorry, but we are NOT an internet notepad for your convenience. Every computer made since 2000 (at least) has come with some form of word processor like Notepad, Wordpad, Microsoft Word, etc. Hell, even phones have the ability to save documents like the iPhone's Notes app that comes with it. |
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| + | If you choose to create a page devoid of content other than a notice of COMING SOON or IN PROGRESS, you ''will'' be banned for at least three days as your page ''will'' be considered a spam page and subject to the rules pertaining to them. |
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| − | If you signed up for an account and can post an incomplete page, then you had to provide an email for your account. Facebook users? Facebook needs an email, too. You can compose an email to yourself and keep that forevs. |
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| + | ==Setup Only== |
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| − | There is no feasible reason as to why you would need to post a half-finished, half-assed page when you can finish it and post it in its entirety at a later date. |
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| + | While stories with cliffhangers are welcome, articles that are clearly written only as a setup to future installments of an ongoing story will be deleted as unfinished (see the section below concerning series.) |
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| − | Authors don't go out and publish 10% of their book, unformatted and not proofread, and tell you they will publish the rest later and neither should you. |
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| − | If you do choose to post unfinished articles, after a week of inactivity/non-completion, you will be banned for 2 weeks. No warnings. |
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| + | * First offense: Your page will be deleted and you will be let off with a warning. |
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| − | ==Possible Exceptions== |
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| + | * Second offense: Your page will be deleted and you will be blocked for a day. This block will double for each infraction thereafter. |
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| + | ==Concerning Multi-Part Stories== |
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| − | Chapters. |
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| + | This wiki does allow for stories to be posted in multiple parts/installments, however there are a few things to keep in mind when breaking a story into multiple articles. First, the individual installments must be long enough to justify hosting across multiple pages. If your story has short sections or chapters, they should all be on a single page. Second, each installment should have its own self-contained narrative and story arc, even if it relies on the other pages to be fully understood. Third, your series overall should have a finished narrative arc to tie it together in order to qualify as a complete story. |
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| − | If you have a massive story and want to create actual suspense by posting entire chapters at a time, that should be fine provided these chapters are not a page long. I mean, something of 5,000 words or more that furthers an overall storyline. |
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| + | While cliffhangers are allowed, do not follow the r/nosleep tradition of uploading a single story fragment at a time, for a story arc that you may or may not ever get around to finishing. Doing so will be treated the same as uploading a single unfinished page. You may decide to add sequels to your own work later, but everything you upload should be treated as a finished product and not a work in progress. |
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| − | *If your unfinished Diary/Journal is deleted: 1 week ban. |
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| − | *If your unfinished page (non-diary/journal) is deleted: 2 week ban. |
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| + | Self-contained stories set in the same universe in a loose sequential continuity are also welcome and will not have the same burdens as traditional multi-part stories, however all stories must still be complete and meet the wiki's general quality standards. |
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| − | There are to be no warnings about next time finish it. There's no excuse for laziness or not using a program to save and edit your stories. |
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| − | ==Disclaimer== |
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| − | At any admin's discretion, all stories in the Unfinished Pages category may be reviewed without regards to the age of the story and even deleted if found to still be incomplete. This kind of mass culling aides in keeping the site free of bad pages. They may come at any time without warning. |
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| − | At any rate, if you were planning on having your story finished, you should have saved a copy to your computer or somewhere as per the suggestions above. This site is, repeating the above message, not your personal whiteboard or notepad. |
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| − | The admin, editors, and any members associated with this site are not and will never be responsible or liable for any loss of data or stories that happen on this site for any reason or in any manner they may occur. |
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Revision as of 08:48, 16 April 2020
Journals/Diaries
No unfinished diaries or journals. Period.
Unfinished Stories
No unfinished stories. Period.
COMING SOON!
If you choose to create a page devoid of content other than a notice of COMING SOON or IN PROGRESS, you will be banned for at least three days as your page will be considered a spam page and subject to the rules pertaining to them.
Setup Only
While stories with cliffhangers are welcome, articles that are clearly written only as a setup to future installments of an ongoing story will be deleted as unfinished (see the section below concerning series.)
Penalties
- First offense: Your page will be deleted and you will be let off with a warning.
- Second offense: Your page will be deleted and you will be blocked for a day. This block will double for each infraction thereafter.
Concerning Multi-Part Stories
This wiki does allow for stories to be posted in multiple parts/installments, however there are a few things to keep in mind when breaking a story into multiple articles. First, the individual installments must be long enough to justify hosting across multiple pages. If your story has short sections or chapters, they should all be on a single page. Second, each installment should have its own self-contained narrative and story arc, even if it relies on the other pages to be fully understood. Third, your series overall should have a finished narrative arc to tie it together in order to qualify as a complete story.
While cliffhangers are allowed, do not follow the r/nosleep tradition of uploading a single story fragment at a time, for a story arc that you may or may not ever get around to finishing. Doing so will be treated the same as uploading a single unfinished page. You may decide to add sequels to your own work later, but everything you upload should be treated as a finished product and not a work in progress.
Self-contained stories set in the same universe in a loose sequential continuity are also welcome and will not have the same burdens as traditional multi-part stories, however all stories must still be complete and meet the wiki's general quality standards.
Disclaimer
In the event you post via any means a story, page, or blog post about a subject matter that is determined, at an admin's discretion, to be 1) in a highly clichéd genre/category/subject and 2) poorly written, clichéd, generic, or of generally poor quality, then the admins are free at their discretion to delete the page at any time without warning.
This wiki is not responsible or liable for any loss of data or stories that happen on this site for any reason or in any manner they may occur.
IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Although most content is licensed under CC-BY-SA, not all content falls under this license. Please pay careful attention to the licensing of all stories. We are not responsible for damages, etc. that may arise from mishandling of licensing. When in doubt, contact the author.
Content that is not in the public domain or under a CC0 license must have attribution if used in videos or other media. This is not optional under any other Creative Commons license. That is copyright infringement.