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Fanfictions; ??
Topic Started: December 29, 2009, 9:19 pm (3,880 Views)
Isis
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Taimi
Dec 30 2009, 02:10 AM
:rolleyes: Seeing as how half of the fics that I've posted are non Metallica, and it's fairly easy to SEE whats what, i just think it would be a waste of bandwidth or whatever for there to be ANOTHER subforum. That's like saying that our NIN/NW/Megadeth/CB related fics are whats the word.... tainting the revered Metallica fictions.

I'm sorry that you see it that way, but tainted? No one tainted anything. I think it's great people are writing other band fictions. I don't see it as an attack or a prejudice or whatnot against you. Anyone can write whatever they like. This is organizational purposes. It's a discussion. If you're taking it personally then I'm sorry. It's cool you see it as a waste of bandwidth; I don't. But I'm not the owner, Raquel is, and I'd like to hear what she thinks about this.
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Taimi
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Organizational purposes? Dude, stop being lazy and USE the SEARCH FUNCTION it's not THAT difficult to use, people!
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That's your opinion hon. And I do hope you're not accusing me, Bri, Aki, and those who agreed in the vote of 'yes' of being lazy. That's not polite.
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I don't understand why you seem to think the fan-fiction section is disorganized... it's not that bad. The number of non-Metallica fictions barely makes a dent in the amount of Metallica fictions. That's how I see it.
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AryLily
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I voted yes.

Well, Lyssa, IMO, the search engine is not a solution. When I use it, then all-Metallica fanfics do not appear in the results. And that really is disorganised.

Don't you think it will be easier to use/find what we want then ?!

(And well, the search engine seems to be offline right now. At least it does not work for me)

You really like the way it is, then ok.... But what would you not like in the solution we want ? What will it change for you ??
I don't understand what you fear/hate about it. Please tell me.
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I'm not really bothered about all this, but if some people (or many people) would like to have the fanfics seperated i don't see any problem why it shouldn't be done. I mean both will still be in the fanfics section, and seperating them would only make it a bit easier for those who want it. not harder for those who don't want it. so i vote yes :)
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Throes Of Juju
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I voted yes. Cause I guess you could call me lazy then cause I sometimes wanna read non-Metallica fics.. So, it would be easier to find all of them together and not scattered around, cause you can't always tell by the name of the fic and stuff..
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sanitarium180
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1. The search function of this board is disabled as far as I'm aware, it uses google instead, so not really that helpful.

2. It does make sense to have Metallica fanfics separated from Other Band fanfics on a Metallica site.

3. It doesn't use anymore bandwidth than normal.

4. The other fanfics aren't being deleted, just moved to a sub-section, only 1 extra click of a button.

5. I don't read the fanfics, but still see the sense in this, voted yes.

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Funky Monk
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I voted yes. In my opinion it'll make things more easy for everyone :)

Well, maybe the one who can complain is Raquel herself, since this might take a few time to make the division :P But I think we can all give a little help :)
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Maky
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I voted yes as well. I see only pros in making the division, and no cons. The search function never worked for me, and to relate things to my personal situation: I have little to no interest in reading fanfiction about the popular bands in this forum (NIN, NW, whatnot), 'cause they're not my style of music anyway. It would be a lot better to have all the Metallica fiction on one side and all the other stuff on another. Besides, this *is* a Metallica forum, so I don't see how it doesn't make sense to separate things.
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lolo
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I voted for a No, and not because I think it isn't easier to find but because there are also fiction's in which star more than one band, where are you going to put them?

besides... the Fanfiction area used to be called just "fanfiction". And if I remember correctly Raquel turned it into Metallica Fanfiction because it is easier to find for people who are searching outside of the board.

Anyway, and don't really care wheter you do it or not. I'm just worried the general overview will be lost because of all the subforums
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sanitarium180
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I think they were saying the main section would be for 'Metallica', and a sub-section for 'Other Bands'.. Not split up into individual bands, at least that's how I understood it.
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sanitarium180
Dec 30 2009, 07:05 PM
I think they were saying the main section would be for 'Metallica', and a sub-section for 'Other Bands'.. Not split up into individual bands, at least that's how I understood it.

Yes, that's exactly it.
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namenlos
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I didn't vote, simply because it doesn't matter to me. Although I've posted mainly Metallica fics, I DO write about a lot of other bands, and I DID post one non-Met fic, but it's clearly labled as such. Whatever you girls decide to do, it's not a problem to me one way or another.

P.S. The search function NEVER works for me, and it never has. :\
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Auluna Raie
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I haven't voted yet, but I just may vote NO because I fear that putting all Non-Met fanfics in a subforum will cause them to go overlooked in favor of Metfics that are out in the open.

Wouldn't it be a better idea to make a "Non-Metallica Fanfiction" forum that is seperate from the MetFanfiction forum altogether? By seperate forum I mean like "General Discussion, Wasteland, Non-Metallica Fan Fiction".

Doesn't that make a little more sense than a somewhat obscured sub-forum?

Edit: I voted OTHER in accordance with my post here.
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