BLOODCLAIM GRAPHICS POLL RESULTS! (Apologies for taking so long to finalise this matter.)

An overwhelming majority - 62% of voters - have voted for a continued ban on graphics outside of an lj-cut, so there will be no change to the current rule:

4. S/X art - icons, manips, layouts, headers, friends only banners, cover art, etc - must be put ( Read more... )

Almost six years ago, I posted a poll here to decide whether or not banners should be allowed above the lj-cut. The majority of votes were for a flat 'no', and so the rules were amended accordingly. Since then, only 2 or 3 teaser icons for graphics posts have been allowed, but in recent months, I've been turning a blind eye as banners have slowly ( Read more... )

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The 'spikes_kogagirl is guilty' post at stop_plagiarism I mentioned yesterday has been unlocked, clarified and ETA'd. To quote the mod, archylou, who has worked diligently on this:

The main issues:( Cut to spare your flists )

spikes_kogagirl, now an ex-member of bloodclaim, has been added to the list of known plagiarists over at stop_plagiarism for plagiarising a Spander classic, Twilight Time, by Shadow. Tweaked chunks of Shadow's story turned up in spikes_kogagirl's two chapter Spander fic, 'Mending Souls' which was removed from her journal shortly after I contacted her.

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After due consideration, and a totally unsurprising bout of paranoia, I have decided to set the community to moderated posting, just for a short time, until the case has been resolved over at stop_plagiarismI am not accusing anyone of making - or planning to make - problematic posts, I just want reduce the chances of any/all of you being subjected to anything ( Read more... )

On Monday morning, I received an email telling me that a recent fic here at Bloodclaim "seems very much like Twilight Time by Shadow - even some of the wording is the same". I took a quick look at the (then) single chapter that was up, and realised that, yes, there might be a problem. So, I spent several hours comparing the new fic with Shadow's ( Read more... )

This community is for the sharing of all things Spander. The rules are laid out on the profile page, as are a list of 'acceptable posts'.

Hint: If you have to put 'If this post isn't allowed please feel free to remove it', then you should probably contact me and ask, as it says on the profile page, instead of adopting a 'post and be damned' ( Read more... )

Yesterday, windchild85 posted about betas and kicked off a discussion in comments. Even though the post wasn't actually about Spander, I let it stand because of the discussion going on, and the fact that apparently nobody knows/remembers that we have a Bloodclaim Beta Post, even though it's been around for most of the life of the comm and is linked from the ( Read more... )

The complete set of bloodclaim community rules can be found on the profile page, but here's the basics ( Read more... )