Slight change
Jun. 25th, 2009 09:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
troisroyaumesIn light of the recent discussion for warnings taking place in media fandom and bandom (please see ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
metafandom links and this ![[journalfen.net profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
unfunnybusiness post for more context), I've made an alteration to community rules on headers.
While warnings are still optional, the absence of warnings in a header will be assumed to mean that the story lacks any triggering elements, such as rape, physical or sexual abuse, sex involving minors, dubious consent, and graphic violence. There are gray zones around what can constitute a trigger or not, so I won't lay down any hard and fast rules, but please use common sense in deciding whether or not to include a warning. The mods reserve the right to request that any fanfiction posted without a warning be edited to include one in the header. Also, since the mods themselves may not always know what may be triggering to a survivor, we ask authors respond graciously in any situation where a reader requests that a warning be included.
In my (admittedly limited) experience, Hikaru no Go fanfiction usually doesn't tend to include potential triggers, and people tend to include warnings for fics with ratings of R and above. However, for those authors who worry that warnings can act as spoilers, please consider using cuts or highlight-visible text (see this post for relevant code). Another possibility is to include a general warning (e.g. "This fic may contain triggering content." or "I do not warn for content.") in your header.
metafandom links and this unfunnybusiness post for more context), I've made an alteration to community rules on headers.While warnings are still optional, the absence of warnings in a header will be assumed to mean that the story lacks any triggering elements, such as rape, physical or sexual abuse, sex involving minors, dubious consent, and graphic violence. There are gray zones around what can constitute a trigger or not, so I won't lay down any hard and fast rules, but please use common sense in deciding whether or not to include a warning. The mods reserve the right to request that any fanfiction posted without a warning be edited to include one in the header. Also, since the mods themselves may not always know what may be triggering to a survivor, we ask authors respond graciously in any situation where a reader requests that a warning be included.
In my (admittedly limited) experience, Hikaru no Go fanfiction usually doesn't tend to include potential triggers, and people tend to include warnings for fics with ratings of R and above. However, for those authors who worry that warnings can act as spoilers, please consider using cuts or highlight-visible text (see this post for relevant code). Another possibility is to include a general warning (e.g. "This fic may contain triggering content." or "I do not warn for content.") in your header.
