Okay, what do the other mods think about an author recommending his own fanfic on a fic recommendations page?
New XanderMartin98 has gone ahead and put his own fic on the recs page for Courage the Cowardly Dog.
I should have expected it seeing how much work he's been putting into writing pages for all his smutty fanfics. but for some reason I wasn't and this caught me by surprise. While I have no problem with a fic author writing pages for his own work (I'd be a bit of a hypocrite if I did), a recommendation is something else entirely. Those should be made by readers who enjoyed the work, not the author trying to shill it.
I am tempted to remove it on those grounds, but I wanted to get a consensus of the mods first. (And I may repost this question on the wiki itself, just to make sure I reach everyone.) Should we permit authors to recommend their own works?
New XanderMartin98 has gone ahead and put his own fic on the recs page for Courage the Cowardly Dog.
I should have expected it seeing how much work he's been putting into writing pages for all his smutty fanfics. but for some reason I wasn't and this caught me by surprise. While I have no problem with a fic author writing pages for his own work (I'd be a bit of a hypocrite if I did), a recommendation is something else entirely. Those should be made by readers who enjoyed the work, not the author trying to shill it.
I am tempted to remove it on those grounds, but I wanted to get a consensus of the mods first. (And I may repost this question on the wiki itself, just to make sure I reach everyone.) Should we permit authors to recommend their own works?
-- Bob
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....