Fwd: [Fantastic_Posts] HPfGU Fanfic FAQ Recommendations

[serenadust]

--- In HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com, "Heidi Tandy" <heidit at n...> wrote:
> Here's a question which will need to be addressed: should we allow 
links 
> directly to nc17 fics?
> 
> In the past, hpfgu has not done so, and given that the faqs were 
hosted 
> on fa's server, it would not have been permissible for them to 
have, as 
> no links directly to nc17 material were permitted on the server - 
or are 
> now, in fact.
> 
> But next month, fa is moving to a new server and as I understand 
it, 
> links to nc17 material are permitted (although fa still won't do 
so).
> 
> Do we want to allow links directly to nc17 fics?
> 
> Can I ask that nobody create a poll on this for at least a week, 
so we 
> can discuss it first?


I have some questions about the classification/ratings of the 
fanfics before I can form an opinion on whether or not to include 
them.  What distinguishes an R fic from the NC17 fics?  I'm trying 
to relate these ratings to movie ratings, but I realize that I don't 
think I've ever seen a movie rated NC17 advertised.  I've always 
assumed that they must be explicit to the point of being considered 
pure pornography.  Who rates the fics; the author or some sort of 
independant ratings board or individual?  If it's the author, then 
do we trust them to rate their own work in the event that makes a 
difference as to whether we link it or not?

I apologise in advance if the answers to these questions are common 
knowledge, but it's been a long time since I read any fanfic and I 
never really did know how all this stuff works.  My present 
inclination is to vote "no" to providing links to NC17 fics, given 
that that has always been HPfGU policy and that FA doesn't do it 
either.  I'm also influenced by the fact that JKR apparently has 
problems with certain kinds of explicit fanfiction and has taken 
some legal action against sites that carry it.  If it's not OK with 
her, then it's not OK with me either.


Jo S. who doesn't even want to think about what "mild incest" is 
supposed to mean