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magdaw

sumthin origional :p
I've seen that the mods have been on these forums, yet none of them have replied to my PM (sorry if your busy, but I want to do this BEFORE my fic goes to the next page, seing as I can't bump). I think I'm entitled to an explanation as to why my fanfic was closed. All I want to do is correct my mistakes.

EDIT: It wasn't dragonfree, and she doesn't know why it was closed.

Thank you.
 
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IceKing

Sexorific!
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CHeSHiRe-CaT

A Curious Breed
Yeah, most likely because you posted more than one chapter at once @w@ I don't see any other reason why one would close it, unless there is something and I'm just too lazy to read :p
 
Lily

Lily

you were the one.
It might've been a simple misinterpretation of mod actions, as in rather than locking it, moving it to the cafe would've been another option, as you seem to convey hesitance and requested for help, as shown in the title. Also, only one chapter per post is allowed...although that wasn't included in the rules, now that I check again.

And yes, the title of this thread was a simple mistake. Let's not expand on irrelevant things like that. ^_^;
 
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Yami Ryu

Well-Known Member
If you read the rules then why did you post three chapters in one? >.> Maybe you should just take the time to post ONE chapter per post? Or I dunno, maybe improve whatever you wrote. Or lengthen it. Or whatever. Hey, if you posted three chapters at once, which is already bad/breaking a rule. They all could have been bad enough together to give you the 'three strike' thing for not improving...

And well, maybe that's why you only post one chapter a post.
 
Dragonfree

Dragonfree

Just me
Being a mod myself, I've got to say that if it was closed for posting three chapters in one post, that was a mighty bad reason for closing it.

There is reason to close a thread if you do not want the author to post more chapters to it, such as if the fic is lightly inappropriate and implies more to come or if the thread has erupted in a flamewar or if the fic is unreadable or whatever. There is not reason to close a thread because the author happened to post more than one chapter in a single post. The one-chapter-per-post thing is frankly a rather insignificant rule, at most a convenience, and at the very most it deserves a "Hey, you should post one chapter in one post", not closing the thread.

However, if Zephyr Flare had other motivations for closing it, let it be so.
 
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Elemental Charizam

Sudden Genre Shift
f you read the rules then why did you post three chapters in one? >.> Maybe you should just take the time to post ONE chapter per post?
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Why shouldn't they? It doesn't mention it in the rules, as Kairi just said. So, if you read the rules, you wouldn't see a problem.

If it IS against the rules, shouldn't they be edited to include it?
 
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magdaw

sumthin origional :p
Dragonfree said:
Being a mod myself, I've got to say that if it was closed for posting three chapters in one post, that was a mighty bad reason for closing it.

There is reason to close a thread if you do not want the author to post more chapters to it, such as if the fic is lightly inappropriate and implies more to come or if the thread has erupted in a flamewar or if the fic is unreadable or whatever. There is not reason to close a thread because the author happened to post more than one chapter in a single post. The one-chapter-per-post thing is frankly a rather insignificant rule, at most a convenience, and at the very most it deserves a "Hey, you should post one chapter in one post", not closing the thread.

However, if Zephyr Flare had other motivations for closing it, let it be so.
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He could at least give a reason... It only means I'm going to post it up again, since he hasn't PMed back with a reason. And I'm not going to just let it be because I think it was unfair closure. I could see nothing wrong with it. The only content was my own post with the 3 chapters. I had a VERY clear warning at the start, and the content really isn't very explicit at all.
 
Astinus

Astinus

Well-Known Member
magdaw said:
He could at least give a reason... It only means I'm going to post it up again, since he hasn't PMed back with a reason. And I'm not going to just let it be because I think it was unfair closure. I could see nothing wrong with it. The only content was my own post with the 3 chapters. I had a VERY clear warning at the start, and the content really isn't very explicit at all.
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Zephyr Flare is a she, first of all.

Anywho, it does strike me as odd that you wouldn't be warned first. It doesn't seem fair that you weren't given a chance. If the problem was just the three chapters per one post, it didn't merit an automatic closure. *stops talking*

My warning to you is not to post your fic quite yet. Wait to hear from Zephyr Flare first, just to see if she helps you out any.
 
Negrek

Negrek

Lost but Seeking
WTF is with a one-chapter-per-post rule, anyway? Seems altogether pointless to me. I'd be more worried about people spamming multiple short, pointless chapters as opposed to condensing some shorter ones, or ones that they already have finished, into a single post.
 
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Yami Ryu

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Negrek said:
WTF is with a one-chapter-per-post rule, anyway? Seems altogether pointless to me. I'd be more worried about people spamming multiple short, pointless chapters as opposed to condensing some shorter ones, or ones that they already have finished, into a single post.
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It's because Negrek, there is first of all a limit to how much a single post can hold. And the second thing, is usually no one wants to read one fricken huge long post. What turns me off fanfiction sometimes when it's posted forum wise, is when there's like 5 LONG CHAPTERS in one post. So it's hard to read as it's squashed together, and hard to find a point to stop/save, like you can with chapters in single posts.
 
Negrek

Negrek

Lost but Seeking
It's because Negrek, there is first of all a limit to how much a single post can hold. And the second thing, is usually no one wants to read one fricken huge long post. What turns me off fanfiction sometimes when it's posted forum wise, is when there's like 5 LONG CHAPTERS in one post. So it's hard to read as it's squashed together, and hard to find a point to stop/save, like you can with chapters in single posts.
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Well, if it went over the character limit, you obviously wouldn't be able to fit three chapters into one post in the first place.

I understand that people don't like long posts. But then why isn't there a rule against long chapters? Hey, people don't like them. Nobody should post a chapter over ten pages long! It's just too much.

Of course that's silly. If someone feels that their chapter really isn't finished by page ten, then there's no reason they shouldn't keep on typing, which is why we have that rule. In what way is this rule of "one chapter to a post" any different?
 
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~*Nobody*~

samonsterX
Uhh dude, I just checked and the fic is open. And 3 chapters in one post is a awfull long read to most people. (Maybe not in books but ya)
 
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Yami Ryu

Well-Known Member
Of course that's silly. If someone feels that their chapter really isn't finished by page ten, then there's no reason they shouldn't keep on typing, which is why we have that rule. In what way is this rule of "one chapter to a post" any different?
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Because would you really like to see a hundred chapter long post? Because I really don't.

You don't get my point or what I'm trying to say.

Posting one chapter per post is like doing a a page at a time in a book. Cause would you really want your book to be one page long, open it up and it's like 20 feet in length? How would you save your spot? How would you stay interested when you could accidently glimpse what's going to happen?

A Post is like a 'page' so one chapter should only be in the post. Wether the chapter is short or long.

There's a difference between a long chapter, and having to go through a post containing many chapters o_O
 
Dragonfree

Dragonfree

Just me
I can see the convenience in wanting one chapter per post, mainly because it keeps each page of the thread a bit shorter, and readers have an easier time keeping up with the fic if it's posted in chapters and not in multi-chapter chunks. But as I said, it's a pure convenience rule and no reason for anybody to close a thread for it...
 
Negrek

Negrek

Lost but Seeking
Because would you really like to see a hundred chapter long post? Because I really don't.

You don't get my point or what I'm trying to say.
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I do, actually. A hundred-chapter post is a pointless exaggeration because the character limit would not allow it, unless the chapters were ridiculously short, in which case there would be an entirely different reason for closing the thread.

I understand that having a bunch of chapters crammed into a post makes it more difficult to read, in some respects. But at the same time, three short chapters in one post is less difficult to follow than three shorter chapters, given that each one is given some sort of distinct breaker, which would form an obvious stopping place. In what way would this be different than three chapters posted consecutively, save that one would raise the author's post count more (and actually lead to a longer thread, with some space being devoted to repeats of signature and avatar space)?

My point was not that three chapters in one post is any more or less irritating to read, but that whether or not you, as the reader, like it, there's no reason for such a restriction to be in place.
 
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