DemonGoddess

Read With all the uninsured in this country, and someone in prison can get a sex change operation?? What the hell?

We don't have a subscription option, but what we do have is a current reading list you can populate with the stories you're reading. When you click that link in your profile, you'll be able to see when the story is updated. Details on the feature here

August 2012 Underage Users (Current) Confirmed as 18 or older – 118 Now 18, but underage when registered – 17 accounts, 13 actual users Currently underage, deleted once – 85 accounts, 71 actual users Inconclusive data found – 70 users Users posting for minors – 0 users Returning minors – 1 accounts, 1 actual users Total users age checked - 273 Year to Date - 3853 Old Underage Users (by registration year) 2002 – 0 accounts, 0 users deleted, 0 users modified; total of 0 actual users 2003 - 4 accounts, 3 users deleted, 1 users modified; total of 4 actual users 2004 – 8 accounts, 2 users deleted, 2 users modified; total of 4 actual users 2005 – 18 accounts, 11 users deleted, 2 users modified; total of 13 actual users 2006 – 16 accounts, 12 users deleted, 2 users modified; total of 14 actual users 2007 – 16 accounts, 10 users deleted, 2 users modified; total of 12 actual users 2008 – 12 accounts, 8 users deleted, 2 users modified; total of 10 actual users Grand total – 74 accounts, 46 users deleted, 11 users modified; total of 57 actual users Year to Date – 1534 accounts, 945 users deleted, 298 users modified; total of 1243 actual users Plagiarism Deletions for plagiarism – 1, YTD - 22 Total instances where permissions given were provided when asked – 5, YTD - 44 Co – authors verified – 2, YTD - 21 Unsubstantiated claims of plagiarism – 0, YTD - 22 Added to the monitor list (for arrival to the archive) – 0, YTD - 2 Posting others' work – 0, YTD 7 Added to the Hall of Shame – 0, YTD 5 Trolls/Flamers/Spammers 6 instances resolved Year to Date - 55 Other ToS Violations 20 issues resolved Year to Date - 157 Orphan and Duplicate stories Total orphan stories found and deleted – 0, YTD 103 Stories to merge – 8, YTD 73 Total stories left after merge – 4, YTD 36 Total stories looked at – 8, YTD 176 Shared Accounts and allowed alternate accounts Allowed additional accout – 1, YTD - 2 Found shared accounts - 1, YTD - 29 Invalid and/or disposable email accounts No issues found with email address – 0, YTD - 2 Users registered with false or disposable mail addresses (deleted when found) – 3, YTD - 205 Users deleted after not correcting bad email address – 30, YTD - 204 Users who corrected email address issue - 13, YTD - 130 Duplicate Users Processed Users with no duplicates found - 2,YTD - 13 Users merged - 26, YTD - 543 Users where duplicate had no data, and was deleted - 80, YTD - 1028 Total extra accounts deleted after processing - 122, YTD - 1878 Total accounts looked at - 230, YTD - 3474 Actual user amount - 108, YTD - 1584

Read, Review, Enjoy is perfectly acceptable and not a demand ya know.

added. Once we have infinite cats, remind me to add the book specific ones?

And we are once again straying from what has everyone so bent out of shape. There are people who like to think that I am obligated to leave content up, regardless. I'm not. When it comes to MINORS, I am OBLIGATED to delete them AND their content. Whether or not the young user is talented is irrelevant. What matters is how old that young user was when he or she created the account and started adding to an 18 years old and older archive. THAT is the issue. Yes, I will continue to delete them. This topic is closed

thank you! It's fixed now

Prompt: Sweltering Please remember to follow the rules as outlined here: Rules Happy Writing!

Once again, guest who won't identify yourself, do you honestly expect the real people behind the site to have to face LEGAL REPERCUSSIONS because we don't actively pursue and delete underage accounts which DO NOT belong on and 18 and over site?

The problem was this user's age at the time of account creation. He couldn't wait until he was 18 to create an account and post. Yes, he is no longer under age, but I gotta say, you have to be blind not to see the age policy which is plastered all over the site. Users who login underage know full well we look for them, and no matter how long it may take, when they're found, they're deleted. It's unfortunate when they're talented young writers as well, but you know, WAITING until you're old enough to use an 18 or older site means you don't get deleted when caught.

You're going to find where someone has been victimized in this manner before, that they will most likely be AGAINST any such an option. I'm not a writer, so I've not suffered plagiarism of my written stuff; but I have been victimized on the art end. Not pleasant, and yes, still testy about it. Like most artists, I'll share my stuff, if asked. Was I asked? Nope. I'm glad we don't offer that as an option, personally. If it helps even in a small way to prevent someone's work being lifted, it's worth it to NOT allow downloads.

I expect politicians to lie, and lie often. What scares me is that so many will BELIEVE it, facts not withstanding.

Not familiar with it, but the category here is small, only 14 stories.

Erasmuss was deleted from here for being underage

As DrkDreamer is a published author, that wouldn't be a surprise.

Right end of the title bar is s toggle for collapse/not collapse any given section. Depending on the skin is what'll be there. It should be a +/-, as that's default with almost every skin I've ever seen. What skin are you using?

That's be awesome! Of course, most of of 'em are that write for the movies have NO idea how much is involved with the books....

Read and discuss

Yep, AFF started life as a buffy archive

I can get in to more detail here as to why the outright deletions for minors. It is ILLEGAL for them to be on site. It is illegal for their CONTENT to be on site. So, I am obligated to remove ALL of it where a minor is concerned, and the content is posted underage. There are remnants of where the story was left and modified, and author deleted from the archive yonks ago, but as we find those, I delete those too. With plagiarists, I take over the profile most of the time. I don't leave the stories, as they take up space unnecessarily. With the database at 8.3GB and growing daily, I don't leave the stories in these affected profiles.

I don't write, but I can tell you from what I see when I read (as I have time for that, not so much anymore ). Fandom is honestly very important as to how many reviews a story will get. It's a pity, but there it is. The 'verse which started this archive gets less reviews than just about any other subdomain. Why? Because it's old. Same for my OTHER fave to haunt (LotR). Yet, IMO some of the best writers I've had the pleasure to read started in Buffy 'verse or writing elf slash. In fact, a good many of 'em have gone on to be picked up by publishers, and published. So, when I actually DO make the time to read, I make a point of leaving a review. Particularly seeing as what I tend to read doesn't get much in the way of reviews at all, due to being in old fandoms.

yes it will. As the posting author who has control of the story, the other thing is, if someone submits to your round robin without following what you want, you can always delete that chapter

Users can easily collapse the categories themselves, and leave open the ones they want to have to open. There's an icon in the line with the category name which allows you to do so. Click the "-" and the categories you DON'T want to see are collapsed. As to disliking the forum in general, that is your choice. The "Please Read" section encompasses far more than site announcements. The search bar is already in the logo header space. The user bar takes up very little space at the top of the page, above the logo bar. This SINGLE LINE has the messenger, profile, and login/out options Below that, you have the links bar to the archive, other modules of the forum. Directly below THAT is the shoutbox. Yes, it is turned on globally by default. Again, something the user can collapse with a click. As long as you're logged in, the changes a user makes to appearance in that manner stay in place until the user changes them again. It all revolves around whether one wants to use the simple tools in place to affect appearance of the thing for themselves. As to not reading the responses, why would you bother to make a post if not to get response?

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I deleted the last comment, please do not post it again, guest who won't name him or herself. This site is restricted in age to users aged 18 and above. That fact is PLASTERED all over the site. Users who come here underage and create accounts know that when they're caught, we delete them. If we did NOT take that action, nor actively work to eliminate underage users, this site would get in to some serious trouble, as well as the potential for the same for the people behind the site. If you can't understand that, it's fairly plain to me then that you also do not belong here for quite likely the same reason.