Of course, this birthday is a little more melancholy seeing as how it's the first one since I lost my father last year.
Some Writers Are In Need Of Help · 11:06pm February 16th
Hey, so apparently, there's a big controversy going around the site at the moment. It seems it started with a little argument between two members, Blaze-sabre and Skywalker215, where Blaze-sabre joked that his stories were cut-and-paste of the show he crossed over with. Unfortunately, Skywalker215 took him seriously and reported the guy, Blaze-Sabre to a modulator. From what I gathered, the mod, Eldorado, agreed that Blaze plagiarized and revoked his entire series. Not only did the guy get a 24 hour ban for trying to resubmit them, but all his friends are in an uproar because they feel that he didn't do anything wrong and Eldorado was just overzealous with his definition of "original writing". Even worse, several other writers are now concerned that their own crossover/AU stories are at risk because they don't match Eldorado's criteria. So much so that they've started a petition to change the plagarizm rule.
Now, I'm not staying neutral in the matter, but I do understand the members' worries (heck, I'm planning out a 'Season Nine' redo story and I'm worried that it might get yanked). Therefore I'm spreading the word. If anyone wants to sign the petition, go here. Here's hoping this will all soon blow over and things will be at peace around the site again.
