a strike against ChappedPenguinLips. one of the ones a story must go thru to be posted. needs to be removed! · 12:14am Jul 13th, 2017
so, a friend of mine has tried to post a fic numerous times only to have the same exact person, ChappedPenguinLips, turn it down for reasons that dont even exist, and give a warning to stop any stories of my friends from going up. this is a copy of the LATEST message between them.
Dear NewIcy Aurora, Your story Winters Warmth has failed moderation on FimFiction for the following reason(s): This fic is meta. You can't use authors from the site. An example of an author on the site "Wendy Crescent." You have not made the required changes since this story was previously failed. This is your first warning of three. If you continue to resubmit this story without making the requested changes, you will risk having your story removed without further notice. Please make the required changes and resubmit. Please check the FAQ for additional information and rules, or feel free to reply to this PM if you're unsure of anything.
NewIcy Aurora said: I am not breaking any rules what so ever, and the only rule you could even be referring to "Posting of anyone’s personal information other than your own without permission is prohibited. This includes name, street address, email address, IM screennames, etc." Is covered as I do have her permission. You are unnecessarily blocking my fic from going up. I have not broken any rules and for you to say so is an abuse of power to block what I have created and obtained the permissions to use. And besides She uses that name on many things including Discord. Which If need I will refer you to. But you are pushing on the aspect that is not breaking any rule and no where does it talk about meta.
the past 'reasons' for being denied were 'single paragraph formatting' (was fixed, still got denied), 'using another authors name and being "meta"'. (had permission from author so no rules were broken. not allowed according to ChappedPenguinLips), and 'less than a thousand words' (was fixed quickly, yet still nope.)
there were no problems that actually exist that should stop Aurora from having this excepted. if anyone else has been denied for lame reasons that have less ground than a third grader raging at the pencil sharpener, please post here to get a tally on who all has been falsely turned down and wants a change. (i have tried to message Knightly about this, no response. several times. now i take action)
It's true.
These are perfectly valid reasons for turning down your fic. He worded it very informatively and politely, and you have absolutely no justification publicly calling him out just for doing his job.
Find something better to do with your time.
P.S. That story sounds like trash anyways.
there is a difference between doing his job, and threatening to block his story from going up entirely when my friend was fixing what was listed wrong.