The Unspoken Rules

steamthunk · October 17, 2002, 00:19

Apologies if this is covered in some FAQ, but I couldn't find one dealing with this topic.

While working on the latest segment of my story (shameless plug: the "America" ones

) there were several points where I considered dialogue that might contain some explicit language, but ultimately decided to sanitize it for fear of offending anyone. Likewise, some scenes ended up being written differently than I would have originally preferred to preserve a "PG" rating.

So the question I pose is what is the appropriate level of "matureness" or "adultness" for posted stories. I'm using this term to refer to the general concept of content for adult audiences as opposed to pr0n. For example, would a story with a scene that contained drug abuse be deemed too mature? I certainly recognize that this is ultimately a game forum and that young readers are definitely involved. I'm interested in hearing the general opinion of readers and writers (and moderators?).

vovan · October 17, 2002, 00:24

Maybe you could put a rating in the title. Or in the first post. Saying something to the extent:

Rated R:
Drug abuse
Adult themes
Violence

Of course, I think those whom this is intended to scare away might not care too much about that... An opinion of a moderator would be interesting though.

ChrisiusMaximus · October 17, 2002, 07:40

I think if you read the sites rules it would make it clearer for you what you can or cannot post,think theyre in the FAQ somewhere,hopes this helps and looking forward to the next story.

steamthunk · October 18, 2002, 00:50

Yeah, I looked but I couldn't find anything. The search engine comes up with regular civ faqs.

ChrisiusMaximus · October 18, 2002, 03:01

Sorry mate try the apolyton community page and ask someone there I think a lot of the moderators hang out there and MarkG goes in the chat room a lot or post a question on civmans nes good luck.

Dom Pedro II · October 23, 2002, 22:55

You're okay with some explicit language... People in almost all forums use some (mild) profanity on occasion. As long as you don't have like long lines of the F-word, you should be ok.

trickey · October 24, 2002, 08:48

Im not a mod or anything, so its not really up to me, but i wouldnt worry about a bit of explicit language. Just put a bit of a warning or something, and dotn go overbored with it.

badman · October 24, 2002, 12:26

i don't know if this can help, but look at X) and XI)

http://apolyton.net/forums/misc.php?s=&action=faq&page=4#37

personally, i don't mind offensive language as long as you don't insult existing persons