DemonGoddess

This one not only took someone else's work and passed it off as their own, they tried to pass THEMSELVES off as the author they stole from. Isn't that special? Take a look at the user's AFF profile. He/she created a login using SOMEONE ELSE'S pen name, in order to post that very person's story. Mind you, the original author who was plagiarized, is well known in this fandom as herself, at other archives where she publishes. As one can see by the screen caps, quite obviously as well, this person simply ripped Romaine's work from another site before posting it here. Here's what was changed from the real author's profile... Age of the children, changed from 5 and 10, to 4 and 9 Pets-changed from two dogs and one cat, to two dogs. Other than that, the profile listed by the fake Romaine (the REAL Romaine is romaine24, here and Romaine elsewhere), is verbatim to the real user's profile on her LJ. The work that was stolen was NEVER posted here. It was posted at two archives specific to the fandom. Interestingly enough, this user who wanted to take credit for someone ELSE'S work, has shown minimal activity here. It appears the whole purpose of signing into OUR archive was to plagiarize the author, as the author has never posted here in the first place. Thankfully, we have users who spotted the problem, notified us as to the problem, as well as notifying the author who was plagiarized. She ALSO got in touch with us about this, and provided me with much in the way of screencaps which cut down my work load for this particular problem. For your viewing pleasure-- The original story The plagiarized version Notice there is almost NO change at all. The changes that were made were - the original story says- Other than that, what was uploaded here was a verbatim copy. The fake has been deleted, and is not welcome to return here. EVER.

Okay, did the first step in dealing with this ...cretin. The fake Romaine has been deleted. I find it interesting that the ONLY activity I could find from this user in the archive anywhere was that he/she simply created a login to upload a story not their own. No reviews of other stories, nothing else. In any case, the offending story and user have been removed, and I have some other things I have to do, and then it's Hall of Shame time for this one. Of course, I'd LOVE to see the real author post her story here as well.

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The very first HoS entry was for a similar incident. I have much to do before I have to flatside it and go back to work, but this will be handled.

I'll look into why exactly that application is not working again. In the mean time, what you can do, is email admin@adult-fanfiction.org, and make the subject "would like to advertise". I'll also try and get Jaxxy in IM today as well for you.

now that's really weird. It should not have zeroed out your points. I randomly checked several different forum members and the utility did what it was supposed to. Oh, the limit on the open points should be gone now.

You mean the not banked money? I ran a utility to match posts to open money, after modding the store back in. I don't do that very often, but it DOES need to be done occasionally

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Sorry, but this has slowed down to a crawl lately. There are several reasons for that. First, is the need for active moderation of the archive itself, and getting that going again. That's a higher priority. Second, is the fact that of the volunteers I have for this, I have one with computer problems, one who is overloaded with schoolwork, and another who is overloaded with work and rl stuff. So, that leaves me and one other actively doing this at the moment. Last, but certainly not least, I'm having to fix what the upgrade messed up in the forum. As I work full time, this means that the major mods that don't work, I can only work on repairing on my off days. As well as my own chores at home, and other real life commitments I have. ugh. As I also have many other things on my plate at present, that means I cannot focus strictly on this, much as I would like to. However, doesn't mean I've been ignoring it, just means we're going slow. So, we're still in Buffy, but the finalization of sort for AU and Crossovers is complete with some changes which will apply in all the other single fandom subdomains as well. Hopefully, these changes will help people to find things easier, and compensate for the search engine. Which, as has been mentioned before, is simply not capable of handling a database of this size. It was never intended to. So, what that means, is that I try for more visual ways and means. In AU, the changes are as follows: It is now a top level category It now has as 2nd level categories, pair types Where, in the pair type second level categories, we have pair specific categories, the same rules apply here. A pair with 10 or more stories gets its own 3rd level category. Link to Buffy AU Click around, you'll see what has been done to date. Also, as we finalize the sort elsewhere in this subdomain, I expect the amount of 3rd level categories to grow. Changes in Crossovers It is now a top level category As 2nd level categories, it has pair types, as well as crossover worlds (5 or more stories written with that crossover). In some of the more heavily populated subdomains, I'm expecting I may have to go with two Crossover top level categories. I'm not sure yet, will know when we get there and see what's there, exactly. Third level categories are set up by pair type, in the world sub category where there are 75 or more stories, just as with the multi fandom subdomains. Link to Buffy Crossovers Just as with AU, as we continue to finalize the rest of the subdomain, I expect the number of 2nd level world categories to grow. Currently, only the Angel 2nd level category has enough to qualify for the 3rd level categories. That could change, depending upon what else we find in the sort and catalog. You'll notice there's a second level category called "General-misc". That would be stories where there is no pair type stuff, and stories that I flat out didn't know what to do with them, as the content did not allow me to determine where they belonged, exactly. In any event, this will hopefully make it easier to find things.

'sokay... In the process of the clean up and finalizing the catalog of different subdomains, where we find them, they'll be added anyway.

dammit. this one was an anonymous reviewer, which really limits what can be done about it at this point. If, at any time, you've come across this same person logged in leaving this crap, get me the information right away. Then I can do something more than just cleaning up the review board.

heh, mine doesn't apply to writing, as that is something I don't do (very much not a creative writer). BUT, in my gaming community, I am the ONLY woman in a pirate clan.

Any pair specific categories, we require that you show links to ten stories already pre-existing before they get done.

thank you, this is a good placemark for me, so I know to earmark it for move later.

Well, I sincerely hope someone took a screenshot of this story, as I've already started nuking it and the user. Then I'd be more than happy to Hall of Shame it. I'd say it's a safe bet to say that I dislike plagiarism rather intensely, as I surely do. As to the inquiry for information from amaphone, get in touch with me if you would. I like using every possible avenue to stop people like this. In any case, I've got to get back to fixing the forum, repairing stories from the 2004 crash, and a HOST of other things which have me very, very backlogged at the moment.

so that makes it twice I deleted the very same today. marvy

dammit. guess I gotta find a virtual hammer to start beating heads in or something.

I'm aware of the problem. Use the skin selector drop down menu towards the bottom of the forum. Set your skin to IPB 2.2, which is the default for now. That will take care of it for now. The upgrade made it so the other skins won't work correctly, nor will the normal personal profile. So I also reset that to "classic" view for now. It may take me a few days to get the other skins fixed, as I also have to re-port in all the pre-existing mods, not to mention there are other things I must do as well. So, bear with me, it will be fixed.

For whatever reason, when the upgrade was processed yesterday, it made it so that any of the forum skins, other than the IPB 2.2 default, make it so one cannot see posts, nor can they click on the most active topic link in the right column to see them. So, I've done a forced reset of all user profiles, so that we are all using the 2.2 skin for now. I am working on correcting this issue for the other skins, as well as re-porting in the modifications so that they work again.

I had to run an upgrade, which required, I recopy all the damn forum files. Which means I now get to re-mod everything . Lemme take a nap (running on 2 hrs sleep here) and I will be getting that fixed up.

So, FINALLY got access to the file I needed to, to increase the php memory limits for the forum. I will be upgrading it here shortly. Please be aware this board is heavily modified, and that many of the mods may not work right, or at all, until I re-port them in to the board. So, don't be surprised if, say you're wanting to play in the arcade, it won't let you. While the upgrade itself will take roughly 1/2 hour, the modification stuff will take several hours, and that may be spread over a period of several days. Sort of depends on what else is going on both here at the site itself, and for me personally. The BIG thing this update addresses is better spam and spambot control. There is also a date fix, related to daylight savings time and how the board itself sees time globablly. Quite a few other minor tweaks, but I what they all are I don't remember.

This actually all falls in to the clean up the archive itself, as that is what is a large part of what's being done with that. Making sure certain story types are in the right places, and etc.

It's a valid point, and yes, those very likely SHOULD be in the celebs subdomain as they certainly do involve real people.

Fairy Tales top level If you have a specific fairy tale or whatever in mind, with a story for it, let me know. In any case, the 2nd level categories (Fairy Tales, Folklore, etc) are still posting categories. Can't believe I missed the second request....Claymore added

This is being tweaked a bit more, to allow for the fact that I only have 3 levels of categories to work with. So, AU will become a top level category, with 2nd level categories of pairing type, as well as a general/misc 2nd level category, followed by 3rd level specific pairs. This'll help compensate for the search engine, by making it a bit easier to find stuff I hope.