FANFICTION (Please Read) (yes, ADMIN included)

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 21403

Hi everyone --

The Moderator Team has had another flurry of discussions this morning.
We are all in agreement that this group is not the place for Fanfic to
be uploaded.  There are numerous other HP fanfic groups out there (even
if you are boycotting fanfiction.net).  Try HP_Fanfic at yahoogroups.com
for example.

We are aware that a large number of our members read, enjoy & even write
fanfic.  However, this group's main purpose remains discussion of the HP
books.  As I mentioned above, we believe that there are plenty of fanfic
groups to satisfy your need for HP fanfic discussions.  The Moderators
are debating whether or not we should create another sister group (like
Announcements & OT-Chatter) to house fanfics of our members.  However,
until a decision is made, these are the House Rules on fanfic (beware:
fail to heed the Rules may garner you the wrath of Neil in his Hairnet
-- <g>) :

1.  Do not upload Fanfic to the Files area.  If you have uploaded fanfic
to our Files area in the past, please be sure that it is housed
somewhere else as we are doing a Files clean-out and plan to remove all
fanfic and other old files in the next 2 weeks.

2.  Do not send Fanfic to the group by including it in a message to the
group.

3.  If you wish to let members of the group know about your fanfic and
where it can be read, please post a message to the Announcements list:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-Announcements

4.  All discussions of Fanfic should be taken to the OT-Chatter list:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter

5.  Discussions about fanfic *in general* (NOT specific fanfics) can be
done on this group, but please put the abbreviation FF (short for
Fanfic) in your subject heading as several members have no interest in
fanfic.   Please don't do the following though:

-- Ask for plot ideas for your fanfic
-- Ask for fanfic recommendations
-- Discuss or ask questions about specific fanfic authors or stories

All of the above is appropriate for OT-Chatter of course.  :--)

Thanks!!

Penny
The Moderator Team