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In "The Adventure of the Misplaced Musical Miscreant," I treated the local Sue as both the author of the fic, and as a modern-day inhabitant of Sherlock Holmes's universe. I also wrote a brief "happy ending" for her at the end of the mission. This allowed me to (technically) write a Despatch mission without involving the real world author, and still treating the Sue as more "normal human" than usual. Of course, not every SI-fic in every fandom would lend itself to a similar premise easily.

—doctorlit isn't against RPF missions conceptually, but plays by the community's rules

I know, it's a moot point with even less significance now I know it won't actually do anything considering how everyone else has voted.

That said, as I stated previously I was only holding out on a ban because we had no record of Glarn's actions. Now that we do, I think it's clear that he's in violation of at least the spirit of the PPC, and has been harassing one of us after Iximaz made it clear she wanted no part in it.

Since we now have that evidence, I support the motion to ban him now, even if I know it won't actually happen.

It leaves less room for ambiguity, and I can't think of anything we might need to add at the moment.

However.

I also think that the constitution as written should have been more than enough for anyone paying attention. Frankly, I think it's ridiculous that we have to say any of this at all. But it's obvious from recent events that we do.

In light of this, I like the second version. I'm glad we'll have something more concrete to point to in the future, should this ever rear its ugly head again.

Let me know if I'm being ambiguous, I just think being mute now serves no purpose even if I'm not clear-headed at the moment.

Hi,

Enjoy!

Hi,

Thanks.
And it is signed in the margin too!
My Agents are gonna love it (whether they like it or not).
Thanks!

SECRET MESSAGE 5

Ok, so since it looks like we've had plenty of replies and we've been voting for about two and a half weeks now, it's time to actually announce a result.

Given my counts of the votes, the result is that GlarnBoudin will get one last chance if he returns. Should he continue to violate the Constitution, a ban of no less than three months will be imposed. (the exact length of the ban will be determined at the time it is imposed).

And so, final vote counts:
Number of people who voted: 24 (Tomash, Tira, Good Mod Addict, Desdendelle, SkarmorySilver, Granz, Neshomeh, Akrinor, Delta Juliette, VixenMage, Mattman The Comet, eatplaylove, Hardic, Sergio Turbo, Storme Hawk, doctorlit, Matt Cipher, Aegis, Huinesoron, 1visible, Alleb, Cat-on-the-Keyboard, SeaTurtle, [EvilAI]UBEROverlord)

Option 1, but with a 3 month ban (this one passed): 96% (everyone but [EA]UO)

Option 1, as written initially: 75% (everyone except eatpraylove, Mattman, Akrinor, Alleb, SeaTurtle, and [EvilAI]UBEROverlord)

Option 1, but with a permaban: 8% (Tira and doctorlit)

Short, symbolic ban: 8% (Tomash and Akrinor)

Chat probation on return: 4% (Tira)

Ban: 4% (Huinesoron)

Just a warning: 4% ([EvilAI]UBEROverlord)

Hello, Dan. Hope to see you stick around for a long time to come. As a welcoming present, have a signed copy of Fermat's Last Theorem. Your agents will need the reading material, trust me.

((I choose the enchantment!))

And my deepest condolences. From what I've heard, you're going to need it.

That isn't going to work.))

Now get out there and learn how to adult!

AKA I've just got back from my graduation ceremony. I'm no longer a student at the University of Brighton, and am now apparently part of the wider world of work. Guess no-one accounted for those of us who decided to do a masters at a different Uni...

The sort of fics that were missioned by the Despatch authors (Meg & Will, I think) are this close to being clearly unacceptable mission material. Namely, these "I plothole characters in for a sleepover" sorts of plots are either RPF or very similar to RPF (depending on who you ask), and missions to them would be very likely to turn into author-bashing. And we don't author-bash. We also don't mission RPF anymore.

Furthermore, over time, we as a community have decided that walking right up to the border of unacceptability isn't acceptable either. This is a reason we don't go after religious fics (like Hogwarts School of Prayer and Miracles). The same reasoning effectively bars writing Despatch missions.

This means that writing Despatch missions is no longer proper. It's not that we've explicitly forbidden it, it's just not something we think anyone should do. This (and the fact that it probably didn't come up before) explains why the wiki's not updated.

Since you're here, there are a few other matters I'd like to continue on the front page. As you are certainly aware, there are noticeable issues with some of the missions you have previously published and your response to constructive criticism, as pointed out in an older thread (and in this reply to that post). I would like to know what your plans are for improving in the future and how you plan to act on the feedback you have received on your previous writing. As a specific point, what are your plans for making edits and revisions to your missions, especially your first one?

If you would prefer not to continue that conversation on the Board, my email is clickable.

- Tomash

Hi,

A purple glitter gel pen. Neat!
I'm gonna have a hard time keeping it away from one of my agents, but I'll manage.
Thanks!

Their roles and responsibilities haven't been looked at in particular detail, since the only person who really wrote for them did so quite early on.

I don't think it would be a very good idea for you to try to change that. It's a department that covers a delicate topic, and I feel it would be best left alone.

hS

I remember reading somewhere that only one person was interested in Despatch. Is it part of the ppc, or is it another one of those things in the wiki that contradict what is proper?

Have a purple glitter gel pen. Your agents aren't allowed to use it for mission reports.