User blog:QueenOfSwordsandStars/Recent Issues

Hey y'all, it's Liza here and instead of doing some fluffy wiki help blog or an advertisement for an event or even trying to sell my editing and graphic-making services to you people like I usually try to do, I am actually going to talk about a recent influx of activity that has started to happen to me.

This isn't going to be a passive aggressive callout against those who have used my images without perms, referenced articles without perms or just generally used my formatting or my exclusive stuff. I'm not here to say name names or say "fuck you, go choke", I just want to share how it feels from my end and make things clear about it, because everyone has seen what ends up happening. I find it, either talk to the person about it myself or call in one of our admins to help me deal with it.

This has been happening to me a lot recently and really, as much as it is sorta annoying for me and I get a little bit peeved about it, it is also just disheartening. I put a lot of hard work into the things I do and to see people reference my articles, use my content, etc without a second thought feels like my uniqueness as an author is being sucked away. It may be pompous and arrogant of me to say, but I probably do have one of the most unique yet still aesthetically pleasing ways of organizing a character's page. So pretty much, it's just sorta hard to deal with as it keeps happening. Sometimes people do it without a second thought, like "hey that looks cool, let me reference that" and while that's really fine and I can generally forgive them for it after, it's just difficult to continue watching.

So, like I said, I just needed to get this out there and let people know that I do see this happening, and action keeps getting taken against it, but it really is tiring. I'm willing to forgive the people that have done it in the past but have recognized the mistake and moved on from it. I'm not on the wiki to collect grudges and be a dick to people. I'm here because I like to write and collaborate with others and generally find it fun, though it's sometimes hard to keep my "sarcastic chill editor" vibe going when people keep using my stuff without asking.

It says it directly here in this template: "The contents of this page cannot be altered, copied, used, or referenced without explicit permission." If y'all just asked, I usually am pretty willing to let people use a good chunk of my content so long as it isn't a storyline exclusive thing and it is put into that person's own words. Moral of the story is, if there's something I've made that you want to use or join, just ask and chances are, so long as you abide by my guidelines, you can do it.

TL;DR: Please stop using/referencing my stuff without permission. Ask me beforehand. I don't bite often. And to all that have used/referenced my stuff without perms in the past, I'm not holding a grudge against you- just don't do it again.

And with this much-needed prattle of an announcement, I'm off,

~Liza (Queen of Swords and Stars)