In your origninal post that started this thread you said "

Paolo wrote: Fri Dec 06, 2002 6:21 pm someone should have spoken up and asked." and "at least send me an email about your intentions to continue a short story

".

So I ask

Paolo wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2002 5:56 am as you requested.

So this is what I get "You know, it's

repl

Bboy wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2002 4:39 am ies like this that really piss me off" & "It alway

s amazes me when people's first assumption...".

You are the ones making the a

Unregistered (imported) wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2002 9:14 pm ssumptions. I was the one that suggested "or did something j

ust get messed up in the transfer of data?"

Why w

Paolo wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2002 5:56 am ould I or any other lurker want to post anything here aga

in, seeing you trash on people for doing as you requested and asking?

In your words "You know, it's replies like this that really piss me off."

Chameleon

Chameleon,

You replied,

Unregistered (imported) wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2002 9:14 pm Add to that your rant about reposting, I'm wondering if you think my totally origina

Unregistered (imported) wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2002 6:20 pm l story is some kind of rip off or did som

ething just get messed up in the transfer of data? There is one other story with the same title but it isn't at all similar.

That's what I do pal, I rant. I run the place, OK? Like or leave it. People trying to pull a fast one on me and then popping off with a smart-ass remark when I'm trying to protect the integrity of the Authors and this site annoys me to no end.

As for your last post, do me a favor and fuck off. Don't bother resubmitting your shit, after a comeback like that.

So I ask as you requested.

And all in the same stroke you manage to piss me off again. Thanks. This ain't baseball, buddy, and I could care less about you or your story.

:realpisse

Chameleon,

We (speaking for Paolo here too) certainly apologize if we offended you. We didn't mean to. We do need to know whether to delete The Trip (2) or if you plan on (re)posting the first part.

I am just trying to point out the difference between saying something like

Hey guys ... I submitted two stories, The Trip (1) and The Trip (2) but only The Trip (2) shows up in the index. Can you help me figure out what happened to the other part?

as opposed to

Unregistered (imported) wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2002 9:14 pm Add to that your rant about reposting, I'm wondering if you think my totally original story is some kind of rip off ...

and

Do I dare try again to put in the first part or am I now going to get accused of reposting existing stories?

I just want to point out again that sometimes people DO copy stories, and that the intention of this thread and Paolo's actions are/were to protect the original author, not accuse anyone of anything.

It certainly does NOT apply to authors reposting their OWN stories, although a note ahead of time to tell us what needs to be done (ie: please replace this story with the updated version) is nice.

Communication is the key, especially if there's something complicating the issue, like having changed names as was the case with Wayne. With no other information why would we assume that a person reposting a story under a completely different name was actually the same person?

When people change names, or refuse to provide any way of contacting them (like registering for the bulletin board) it makes it really difficult to resolve problems quickly and easily. As you can surely tell from having this whole situation aired in public.