Welcome to the Contest Forum

[Mad Lews]

I've been doing a bit of research around the forums since I got the moderator job and there has been a long standing policy for moderators of not deleting any post on the forum unless it breaks a forum rule. This rule has been in effect since long before Tiger and Rabbit1 took over. So any story posted within the Story Contest forum falls under the same rules as any other post made on the forums.

I'd really like to see some participation in this from our members, so how about it? Got any theme ideas?

Fabled One,
I think the point would be that the Moderators couldn't arbitrarily delete a posting. I would think if the poster asked that one of their postings be removed for any of several legitimate reasons, it would be a request you might consider honoring. Otherwise people may grow hesitant about posting some of their more interesting stuff, Just a thought for the good of the forum.
Theme Ideas?
Worlds most wretched hangover... been that kind of a morning… what the Fu#@% it's afternoon?
Mad Lews

[Rabbit1]

Fabled One,
I think the point would be that the Moderators couldn't arbitrarily delete a posting. I would think if the poster asked that one of their postings be removed for any of several legitimate reasons, it would be a request you might consider honoring. Otherwise people may grow hesitant about posting some of their more interesting stuff, Just a thought for the good of the forum.
Theme Ideas?
Worlds most wretched hangover... been that kind of a morning… what the Fu#@% it's afternoon?
Mad Lews

thanks Mad --but again this in not for the professional writter who wants to use the forum to polish his work. this is for the many amatures who just like to write stories and share them on a free forum---they are donating their stories just like the mods and admin are donating their time

I am only speaking of the contest forum now---I do not expect our Pro writters to enter---this gives the amatures a better chance to win a contest and build their skills.

so I urge only those who wish to share to enter---those who wish to sell ---please do not enter

This is very simple and so far I only hear concerns from the writers who wish to sell their stories.

to them all I can say is remember there was a time when you were an amature and could use help and support--now that you have moved upward and onward----you could support the amatures in this ---as proof readers and by voting on the polls when the entries have been set. Your comments on these stories and your honest review will be appreciated.

[Mad Lews]

thanks Mad --but again this in not for the professional writter who wants to use the forum to polish his work. this is for the many amatures who just like to write stories and share them on a free forum---they are donating their stories just like the mods and admin are donating their time

I am only speaking of the contest forum now---I do not expect our Pro writters to enter---this gives the amatures a better chance to win a contest and build their skills.

so I urge only those who wish to share to enter---those who wish to sell ---please do not enter

This is very simple and so far I only hear concerns from the writers who wish to sell their stories.

to them all I can say is remember there was a time when you were an amature and could use help and support--now that you have moved upward and onward----you could support the amatures in this ---as proof readers and by voting on the polls when the entries have been set. Your comments on these stories and your honest review will be appreciated.

Greetings briar Rabbit,
I was simply responding to Aesops observations about deleting posts in the forum and what moderators can and can't do. Perhaps it doesn't belong in the contest forum but that's where it came up.
I'm just saying there may be a number of reasons to ask a moderator to delete an entry. Your friend or Lover doesn't want her name used. You accidentally posted the pin code to your secrete Swiss bank account etc. I really wasn't specifically addressing artist copyright concerns, HONEST.
And for the record I am an amateur with only a few pretentious aspirations.
Yours very truely
Mad Lews

[Rabbit1]

Greetings briar Rabbit,
I was simply responding to Aesops observations about deleting posts in the forum and what moderators can and can't do. Perhaps it doesn't belong in the contest forum but that's where it came up.
I'm just saying there may be a number of reasons to ask a moderator to delete an entry. Your friend or Lover doesn't want her name used. You accidentally posted the pin code to your secrete Swiss bank account etc. I really wasn't specifically addressing artist copyright concerns, HONEST.
And for the record I am an amateur with only a few pretentious aspirations.
Yours very truely
Mad Lews

hey Mad

in the cases mentioned above we will edit out the information for you---just in the past from what I understand there was a rash of deleting threads that some mod or admin deemed unnessary any longer---that will not be the case.

And yes I have deleted a post---at the request of the member who posted it and I have a PM message to back it up---as to why it was deleted---

but this is a moderation rule ---so mods do not just start deleting old threads or ones they do not like---I would rather see threads edited ---even spam threads unless they start really cluttering up the forum.