Originally posted by: oye_nakhrewaali
No. We just make sure it's a story, and it doesn't break major IF COC rules (wrt content and cover) we aren't here to police anyone, nor approve anyone, our job to is HELP authors and make posting stories on the FF section as easy as we can make it.
There are 1000+ stories on the FF section, can you imagine approving every single one of them? đ¤Ł
It's interesting to read your good intentions. It would save everyone's time if the IF COC and all of the ad hoc guidelines scattered across India Forums could be standardized to reflect the policies that FF Editors and other Moderators actually follow. Right now, the guidelines tell members that the Mature tag is not an excuse for things that FF Editors and their cronies are putting in their own fan fictions (e.g. curse words, slang for body parts, fetishized non-consent), and the guidelines encourage members to do things that Moderators will censor.
My MahÄbhÄrata fan fiction "Yath'aiva tvaáš tath'aiv'Ähaáš ko vÄ mÄ'ĹvÄsayiᚣyati" was censored by the Fan Fiction Editors "due to some members' discomfort and disagreement."
I had started it as a Mythological Masti forum topic with the Saášskášta text and my own translations. mnx12 closed the topic for "leading to sexual aspects." Why do the guidelines of the Mythological Masti forum specifically invite discussion of "gender roles" if you're going to stifle a discussion of how men treated women?
I thought that if the Moderator won't allow a story about KášášŁáša's frustration with his quarreling family in the Mythological Masti forum, at least it will be welcome in the Fan Fiction section, where you can already find stories about KášášŁáša romancing his uncle's wife RÄdhÄ, KášášŁáša's multiple wives etc. (Sexual aspects?) Koeli immediately hid my book and told me that any discussion topic is not allowed. Well, why do the Fan Fiction section guidelines specifically permit discussion of the story, including comparison and contrast? Why does the Comment box prompt readers to "Join the Dicussion..." (sic)?
I rewrote the book with original speeches for the characters, removed the word "discuss," and asked Koeli if it could be made visible now. I took the trouble to follow a new rule of the Fan Fiction section: "Warnings that needs to be mentioned in the FFs 22/03/2022" (sic). This rule was created by Beta-Readers for their clients, and when it got added to the "Fanfiction Section : Help Desk" book as "compulsory," nobody else seemed to notice, but I thought, it's a rule now, so I have to include trigger warnings.
In response, Viswasruti told me that I could only share my original fictional writing without context, because translation and interpretation work is not permitted, and "trigger warning fictions" are not allowed. Koeli clarified that trigger warnings are for other fan fictions, but "we are not allowing trigger warnings for mythological fan fictions." Of course, this is an unwritten exception to the rule that trigger warnings are compulsory, and the FF section is full of Mythological fan fictions with actual triggers. Death of a character? Infanticide? A woman kept in a coma for her husband's convenience? No warning, no foul.
If you FF Editors aren't making up Catch-22 rules in hindsight, just to exclude me, put them in the guidelines! Then the next person who sees the rules won't waste time trying to share unwelcome fan fiction on India Forums.
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