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Not to discourage your enthusiasm, but this first month is a time for patience while you read some of what's gone before (especially the Original Series) and learn what we're about here. As Sedri pointed out, lots of high-powered gee-whizzery isn't it.

Good grammar is, though. You would do well to use this month to work on that, too. {= )

~Neshomeh

If you're referring to "agent" and the like, capitalizing it all the time has never been standard. Jay and Acacia didn't do it, I don't do it, and I'm pretty sure it varies depending on whose stories you look at.

I do think it would be nice to settle on British or American usage for the wiki. I don't personally care which, but choosing one would settle the question of what's "correct" there for good, and you wouldn't get a mix of both on the same page. Or, if we want to do that--say we like the American use of double quotes, but we also like the British use of non-dialogue punctuation outside the quotes--it would be good to get it down in writing, once and for all. It would eliminate the kind of problem you mentioned.

~Neshomeh

Heh. I suppose it's because you made it so snerch-worthy. ^^

Though I'm not entirely sure why you'd want to include it in an editing guide. Regardless, they're two separate punctuation marks, regardless of visual similarities. Go ahead and note to your heart's content :)

(Also, I have that book! It's on the shelf right next to me. Heee.)

As for the "#", that makes the most sense, given that there seems to be no proper universal name for it. I always think of it as a 'grid'. "Number sign" is clear enough, especially as you have an example of the symbol right next to your first mentin - it wasn't as though I didn't know what you meant, after all.

("lbs" drives me crazy. So does "km/h" and "kph" and the like being used in written prose. Must... not... kill...!)

+++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot. +++

That's a flame. From my perspective, it's all to do with the attitude of the message and how it's meant to make you feel. True, some writers are oversensitive and will see flames where they don't exist, but experience is usually enough to work out what the review writer's intention was.

But indeed, a personal attack is a dead giveaway, and when reviews consist of unhelpful comments or focus on the author's talent rather than the story's content, I find they're almost always flames anyway.

Would you agree that in any country, a semi-colon being used as a colon is just plain wrong? If so, should I make a note of it? I see it a lot, and it drives me nuts. I'm pretty sure the (British) author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves agrees with me, too.

As for the "#", I'll change it to "number sign" if that will work better. Would everyone recognize that name? Americans wouldn't recognize "hash." I don't know why we still call it the pound sign, though, come to think of it. I've never seen it used that way. When people mean weight, they use "lbs."

~Neshomeh, baffled.

I'm absurdly proud to see that you snitched it ;)

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Just replace the "[" and "]" marks with "" marks - "address" is the url and "TEXT" is your link text. For some inane reason, it's those two I always confuse. Hope that helps.

The rock may be more useful ;)

Lovely to meet you. I see you've already been given The Links and the more important points on Permission, so I will just wave merrily and direct you towards the Secret Chocolate Stash ;p

Again, welcome!

Pleased to meet you. As no one seems to have done it yet, I present you with... (drumroll, please!) ....

THE LINKS
(In relative order of sensible-reading-ness:)
* The Original PPC Series, which you've already read.

The Board:
* The Board Constitution
* The FAQ: For the Board

The Wiki:
* Our PPC Wiki, which you've also already seen.
* The very-important-to-read-before-requesting-Permission Permission article
* Our (my!) Guide To The PPC
* The associated Mission Writing Guide
* The Slash-Sporking Guide
* The FAQ: For Newbies.

And finally, but very usefully,
* The List of Everything PPC


As for Trojie and Pads' missions, WideEyed below has the dreamwidth link; they haven't updated all the other links yet, unfortunately (but as they have almost fifty, I think, that's quite understandable!).


Again, pleased to meet you. :)

If I might remind you, we generally don't appreciate it if people come up with a plethora of new weapons that make it too easy to do our job. Little techno-gadgets, invented at need to carry out a mission, are very different from highly-powered tools which can turn a humurous mission into a Battle For The Best Weapon. If you include this sort of thing in your Permission request, you'll almost certainly be asked to tone it down.

If you're absolutely determined to invent something and are sure you can do it without ruining the PPCish style of your stories, I suggest you start out writing four or five missions with standard weaponary, and then - if you still feel it's necessary - pose this question again.

I managed to thrash out a large portion of that through trial and error, but there were things I didn't know before (how to insert images, for one), and it's nice to have it all in one tidy place.

A few things, yes. First, I'll second July about the British vs American point; just to make it worse, in NZ (and Australia) we use aspects of both, so I'd rather not have people tell me I'm wrong or inconsistant when I am neither.

Also, you call this "#" the "pound" sign. As far as I know, that's called a "hash", and the pound sign looks like this "£". This may be country-specific terminology, though, in which case a mention that "#" has different names would be appreciated.

Would that make it a mini-weapon? And if so, is it Emerald or Ruby?

....hammer + Nunchucks? Gitter-draining ball? Spring loaded Sheild? Explosive Slash Harkens? Taser-glove? Or Power Feet to kick Gary Stus in the bishie makers?

But I'm pretty sure that those fics were less horrible than this one.

...there's one problem with a certain agent, a robot that can't eat nor drink so there's got to be a way to apply bleeperin. Or just memory erase.

Don't forget Immortality in Fickle Affection and Rectified Anonymity. Penis...Hydra....Kooshball....horror...*breaks down into tears*

Otherwise, I think this is a good idea.

Had it's funny moments, as did Naga Eyes. Why, even Land Before Time: LittlefootxCera didn't contain murder (at leat, that's what I could tell from reading the sporking). Only 'For Your Eyes Only' and 'Agony in Pink' and spin-offs approach this in sheer well...Agony. Excuse me, I need some Bleeperin.

If you want my opinion and reaction, it's more on the terms of pissed off, offended, and facepalming. We should classified some of these fics like this one, In Name Only Fics or INOFs.

...have english names like Yorkshire Avenue and Stonewall Boulevard, trains can go make the trip from Germany to Poland in a few hours, and Hitler's bunker has poor security to the point where some men with guns can just take Nazi!Organization XIII members hostage in the middle of an assasination attempt. Not that it lasts.

Since I'm barely passing one month to get permission, maybe posting idea for weaponry and gadgetry. Maybe something like a BFG or launchers launching hammers, ON FIRE!

It took me a while to figure those things out on my own. Looks like a very handy guide.

re. capitalization, I think the important thing is just to have a standard of some sort, so it's consistent.

Reply to other people's posts, make posts of your own, read missions (and comment on missions! We love comments!), get familiar with the way we operate and what is and isn't acceptable.

Wow, I have wait for around a whole month to join this, that's a long tine. What should I do in the meantime?