What I really like is the idea of having two sections - one where you can post your general fanfiction (maybe make Spellcheck possible and if someone reports a badly spelled fic we let the author spellcheck/find a beta and repost it?), but also a place where there's actual proper fic.
You see, every area of Arc's fanfiction archive, 'Penn'd Passion,' has its own board of six volunteers--three canon editors, and three straight-up grammar-and-spelling editors of the editor type, for a total, as I've said, of six. In point of fact, most standing armies are a bit lax from an organizational standpoint compared to this archive. Most armies are probably a sight easier to get into, too.
Before a fic can be uploaded to the archive it gets fine-toothed by one canon editor and then by one rigid grammarian with an aptitude for spelling, and, as you can imagine, the vast majority of submitted fanfiction gets shot back to its author before she's even finished her Celebratory Dance of Accomplishment. If they send you a list of corrections and suggestions twice the length of the fic you submitted, it's a sign they like you and wish you to resubmit. If they send you a tersely worded, 'We do not think your fanfiction is suitable for Penn'd Passion,' then you might as well get on with flinging yourself out a high window if having the thing hosted at PP was one of your particular goals in life.
Also, perhaps different ways of rating things? We can let the readers of a fic rate it and every month or so we read the highest rated fics and consider them for the second area.
It's not about being elitist; it's that proper fic deserves proper respect, and people who work hard to write something good get the recognition they deserve, rather than to be on the same list as the people who've been fan for exactly ten minutes and thought (deluded and with no idea what the difference between you're, your, youre, ' and ` is) they could just as well write a "ff" of their own because they're so much more brilliant than all the others, look, my little clique agrees with me!, etc.
I'm not saying it won't be difficult, I'm saying that it is, in fact, possible. You're asking for dedication; we're fandom. We're dedicated, alright.
Re: Quality control & Locking adult content
What I really like is the idea of having two sections - one where you can post your general fanfiction (maybe make Spellcheck possible and if someone reports a badly spelled fic we let the author spellcheck/find a beta and repost it?), but also a place where there's actual proper fic.
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You see, every area of Arc's fanfiction archive, 'Penn'd Passion,' has its own board of six volunteers--three canon editors, and three straight-up grammar-and-spelling editors of the editor type, for a total, as I've said, of six. In point of fact, most standing armies are a bit lax from an organizational standpoint compared to this archive. Most armies are probably a sight easier to get into, too.
Before a fic can be uploaded to the archive it gets fine-toothed by one canon editor and then by one rigid grammarian with an aptitude for spelling, and, as you can imagine, the vast majority of submitted fanfiction gets shot back to its author before she's even finished her Celebratory Dance of Accomplishment. If they send you a list of corrections and suggestions twice the length of the fic you submitted, it's a sign they like you and wish you to resubmit. If they send you a tersely worded, 'We do not think your fanfiction is suitable for Penn'd Passion,' then you might as well get on with flinging yourself out a high window if having the thing hosted at PP was one of your particular goals in life.
Also, perhaps different ways of rating things? We can let the readers of a fic rate it and every month or so we read the highest rated fics and consider them for the second area.
It's not about being elitist; it's that proper fic deserves proper respect, and people who work hard to write something good get the recognition they deserve, rather than to be on the same list as the people who've been fan for exactly ten minutes and thought (deluded and with no idea what the difference between you're, your, youre, ' and ` is) they could just as well write a "ff" of their own because they're so much more brilliant than all the others, look, my little clique agrees with me!, etc.
I'm not saying it won't be difficult, I'm saying that it is, in fact, possible. You're asking for dedication; we're fandom. We're dedicated, alright.