Canon and Fanfiction: Imagination vrs. Respect - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***Mister Underhill*** · 09-04-2002, 01:13 PM

This is bleeding over into conversation which more appropriately belongs in the RPG forum, but I hope I can help clear up some of this ongoing confusion. We opened the Freestyle Room as a place where we, perhaps naively, hoped people could play and be creative without us having to go to the trouble to moderate it. Some people did just that. Others.... didn't. Let me emphasize that just about everyone who administrates and/or moderates the Downs would rather that it didn't need moderation. We'd prefer to spend our time joining in the fun rather than scrambling to maintain a decent community. So -- my point is, any rules we impose will be designed to encourage creativity and quality, NOT to stifle it.

We certainly have no plans to impose some sort of arbitrary standard of canon compliance that we'll then have to spend all of our time policing. If individual game "owners" wish to try a thread which adheres to strict canon-only material, more power to them -- but it won't be any kind of forum-wide policy, and it will be something that the game's owner will have the responsibility of policing.

Additionally, we have always welcomed and will continue to welcome feedback. If you think the new policies (coming very soon) stifle creativity (I think you won't), let us know and we'll try to work with you.

*Underhill now returns you to your regularly scheduled topic.*

09-04-2002, 01:13 PM	#11
*Mister Underhill* Dread Horseman Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Behind you! Posts: 2,744	This is bleeding over into conversation which more appropriately belongs in the RPG forum, but I hope I can help clear up some of this ongoing confusion. We opened the Freestyle Room as a place where we, perhaps naively, hoped people could play and be creative without us having to go to the trouble to moderate it. Some people did just that. Others.... didn't. Let me emphasize that just about everyone who administrates and/or moderates the Downs would rather that it didn't need moderation. We'd prefer to spend our time joining in the fun rather than scrambling to maintain a decent community. So -- my point is, any rules we impose will be designed to encourage creativity and quality, NOT to stifle it. We certainly have no plans to impose some sort of arbitrary standard of canon compliance that we'll then have to spend all of our time policing. If individual game "owners" wish to try a thread which adheres to strict canon-only material, more power to them -- but it won't be any kind of forum-wide policy, and it will be something that the game's owner will have the responsibility of policing. Additionally, we have always welcomed and will continue to welcome feedback. If you think the new policies (coming very soon) stifle creativity (I think you won't), let us know and we'll try to work with you. Underhill now returns you to your regularly scheduled topic.