net.sexuality.stories rules
Hierarchy Czar
Author: B. Elijah Griffin
Posting-Frequency: monthly
Guidelines for net.sexuality.stories
Introduction
net.sexuality.stories is a moderated forum for an author to post
erotica in Usenet II. Besides the rules governing all of net.*,
and the rules for net.sexuality.*, net.sexuality.stories has some
additional rules.
Guidelines
In the style of the RFCs, the rules are presented here in four
categories. The MUSTs and MUST NOTs are requirements. The SHOULDs
and SHOULD NOTs are recommendations.
All posts MUST:
(1) Be some sort of story or poem.
Rationale: definition of a topical post.
(2) Be posted by the original author. Excluded from this
are copyright free materials over 75 years old.
Rationale: Only the original author is likely to know
the copyright restrictions.
(3) Be formatted in a manner easily readable in all
standard news software. This particularly means
that lines MUST be shorter than 75 columns, lines
MUST not alternate in a long short jagged fashion,
and paragraphs MUST be clearly delimited.
Rationale: interoperability between different systems.
All posts SHOULD:
(1) Employ some sort of warning or keyword system to
indicate the sexual content of the material. See
below for suggested keywords.
Rationale: some people find some topics disturbing and
will want to avoid them.
(2) Include a statement of copyright license. Posts
that state they may be publicly archived will be.
Rationale: clarity on this matter makes things easier
for all involved.
(3) Have paragraphs separated by blank lines.
Rationale: this is an electronic formating convention
that improves readability.
All posts SHOULD NOT:
(1) Be excessively reposted. Once per year is probably
a good limit.
Rationale: newsgroups are not intended to carry things
indefinitely, that is what the web is for.
(2) Have characters with full names that might be mistaken
for real, living people.
Rationale: to prevent the accidental impression that
the story is about some independent person.
(3) Be longer than 150k.
Rationale: it is quite reasonable to break a longer
piece into parts before posting, and smaller posts are
likely to propagate better.
All posts MUST NOT:
(1) Be crossposted.
Rationale: basic group tenant.
(2) Be the work of another person (excluding copyright free
work over 75 years old).
Rationale: avoid accidental or deliberate misunderstandings
of copyright license.
(3) Be longer than 300k.
Rationale: it is quite reasonable to break a longer
piece into parts before posting, and smaller posts are
likely to propagate better.
If no Followup-To: header is provided with the post, one will be
added pointing to net.sexuality.stories.discuss. No post will be
sent with followups directed to net.sexuality.stories or out of
net.sexuality.*.
Keywords
It is strongly advised that any post which includes non-consensual
sexual acts, sexual acts involving a minor, or extreme violence be
clearly labeled as having such content. Here are some suggested
keywords for use in labeling material.
Strongly recommended:
Keyword Abrev. Content
========================================================================
non-consensual nc non-consensual sexual situations
juvenile jv characters under the age of consent
heavy violence hvy-vlnt strong violence, not necessarily sexual
For providing further detail:
Keyword modifier Abrev. Meaning
========================================================================
female f obvious, I hope
heavy hvy a strong form
light lite a weak form
male m obvious, I hope
Recommended:
Keyword Abrev. Content
========================================================================
anal anal anal penetration
bestiality beast human-animal sex
bondage bond physical restraint
consensual cons consensual sex
domination dom character(s) dominating others
exhibitionism exhib showing off
fashion fash leather, latex, etc. fetish
fisting fist anal or vaginal fist penetration
foot foot foot fetish
furry fur anthropomorphic characters (eg werewolf)
gay mm any male-male scenes
group group four or more characters in a scene
heterosexual mf any male-female scenes
hirsute hair hair fetish
historical hist earlier than about 1950
humiliation humil humiliation
humor humor humorous works
incest inc incestuous relationships
interracial int-r interracial relationships
lactation milk lactation
lesbian ff any female-female scenes
masturbation mast masturbation and other solitary sex
menage-a-troi trio threesome sex
mind control mc controlling others
oral oral oral sex
poetry poem non-prose erotica
pregnant preg pregnant sex
rape rape violent non-consensual sex
romance rom romantic emphasis
rough rough consensual rough sex (not S&M)
sado-masochism sm sadism and masochism
scatalogy scat scatological scenes
series ser books or series-piece in multiple parts
sexless !sex no explicit sexual activity
spanking spank spanking activity
speculative fiction spec sci-fi; fantasy; etc.
teenage teen post-pubescent juvenile
transgender tg transgendered and transgendering
transvestite tv crossdressing
vampire vamp vampires and other blood fetish
violence vlnt violence, besides S&M
virgin virg first time sex
voyeurism voy watching
watersports water urophilia
Feel free to add others if these do not fit well. Try not to use
abbreviations not listed here, though. The purpose of keywords is to help
match readers with topics interest them (or help them avoid topics that
offend them). If something is very minor in the overall scheme of a work,
you are probably best not including a keyword for it, but apply them as
you see fit.
Contact information
To submit stories to the moderator by email, use the address
<net-sexual...@qz.little-neck.ny.us>.
The net.sexuality hierarchy czar is B. Elijah Griffin, who may be
reached at <czar-net....@qz.little-neck.ny.us>. At this time
he is also the moderator of net.sexuality.stories.
The members of the 2senet steering committee are named in a document
at the www.usenet2.org web site. For general matters concerning the
hierarchy, including complaints of malpractice or negligence by czars
it is recommended that you post to net.config.