I'd just like to take a moment to remind everyone of a few key passages from
the FFML FAQ:


* WHAT CAN I POST TO THE ML?

  You can post stories, of course; C&C on posted stories is also very
  welcome, and posting well-thought out story ideas is permissible.
  Also, where to find background and character information and questions
  and answers about the same. Email people directly when answering a
  simple question, and don't forget to remind people to email you
  directly when answering your question. ||||||Posting requests for fics to
  the list is strongly discouraged; see "How can I find a fanfic that
  I'm looking for?" below.||||||

* Not allowed, postbanning may result for repeated offenses:

    Controversial off-topic arguments
||||||    Fic requests (see the next section below) ||||||

* WHEN IS IT PERMISSIBLE TO POST A REQUEST FOR A FANFIC?

  Fic requests are a technically forbidden but in practice tolerated
  aspect of the FFML.  This is mainly because a ban on all fic requests
  would be needlessly authoritarian--sometimes, posting to the FFML in
  search of a fic really is the last resort.

||||||  However, a great deal of fanfic requests are unnecessary, and create
  needless trash on the mailing list. |||||| This section clarifies what
  future policy towards fic requests will be, in an attempt to lower the
  volume of unnecessary requests and the SPAM threads created by them.

  Fic requests tend to fall into four general categories:

  1)  Genuine Last Resorts

    The author has no web site.  They don't respond to e-mails.  If they
    do, their hard drive has crashed, and they don't have a copy of the
    fic.  The FFML Archive shows no trace of it.

    In this instance, posting a fic request to the FFML is acceptable.
    Please make a genuine attempt -- checking web sites and e-mailing
    the author at the very least -- to find the fic without resorting to
    a FFML post; see the next section, "HOW CAN I FIND A FANFIC THAT I'M
    LOOKING FOR?", for tips.  Specify, as you always should with fic
    requests, that people should reply to you privately.

  2)  General Requests

    Classically, this is the request for "any fanfics where Ryoga and
    Ukyo are a couple" or any other similar such thing.  There are
    generally two reasons for making requests like this -- either you're
    interested in reading a fanfic of this type, or you want to see if
    the idea you've got has already been written.

    Requests like these are discouraged, as there are other methods to
    find them--the prime one being to read a lot of fanfics.  You can
    also ask on a newsgroup such as rec.arts.anime.fandom, or, if you
    have on-line friends who are also into fanfic, ask them.

    If you do post requests like this, don't do it frequently.  And, of
    course, ask for private replies.

  3)  "I Can't Remember the Name"

    It's a fanfic you read half of on a forgotten web page several
    months ago.  Ranma was in it.  And Predator.  And Bun-Bun, from
    "Sluggy Freelance".  But the page is gone, and you can't remember
    what the fanfic was called, or who the author was.

||||||    Like general requests, these are discouraged, and the same methods
    outlined under general requests can be used to attempt to find them.
||||||
    If those don't work, be as detailed as possible in posting your
    requests to the FFML, don't do it frequently, and ask for private
    replies.

||||||  4)  Simple Laziness ||||||

    You were off the FFML for a week, and would like everyone who wrote
    a Sailor Moon fanfic that wasn't WAFFy to send it to you. Sure, you
    could use the author database or the archives to look for them, but
    you don't want to take the time.  Or you deleted a fic and then saw
    C&C that made you interested in it, but can't be bothered to write
    to either the author or the person making the commentary to ask for
    a copy.

||||||    Requests like these should never appear on the FFML. |||||| Asking
for
    private replies won't cut it here--people posting fic requests
    spawned from an unwillingness to make a little extra effort will be
    warned, or possibly even tempbanned.

  No matter what the type of request, ALWAYS make replies to fic
  requests privately, even if the author does not request it.  Do not
  post them to the FFML.  If the author of a fic request finds himself
  or herself deluged with e-mail, he/she can post a short notification
  to the FFML that the request has been filled.

  If you are also interested in the fic requested, write to the person
  making the request and ask him/her to pass on any information received
  to you.  Do not post such a request to the FFML.



Seriously, folks--especially those of you who should know better--knock it
the hell off with the fic requests.

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