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NEW:: Login Required for M(R) and MA(NC17) fics

In order to be in compliance with COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) as well as other laws that protect our children from adult material on the Internet, I have incorporated a few changes over the past few days.

I have always thought of this site as aimed toward adults, never children, even though I do host fics of various ratings. My intention, in the writing of and hosting of the higher rated stories, has never been to appeal to or peak the interest of children. Therefore, the following changes have taken place:


* I have "locked down" M(R) and MA(17) rated stories so that one must be logged in to read them. If you click on a thusly rated story and are not logged in, you will be taken to the login page and then redirected back to the story you were trying to access.


* You still have the ability to leave anonymous reviews. However, you must be of age of majority to do so, and by leaving a review, you are legally certifying that you are. (See the Terms of Use.)


* New Registrants will notice that by registering you are also legally certifying that you are of age of majority in whatever state, province or country you are accessing the Internet from.


* I have added Meta Tags that will prevent The Petulant Poetess from coming up on a search when a parent uses child protection software.


* I have changed my front page, Disclaimer and Terms of Use to reflect my compliance with COPPA.


*Furthermore, I will be researching future ways I can ensure that The Petulant Poetess will remain adult only. This is not only to protect myself but the authors whose stories I am honored to display on this site.


Any comments or questions are welcome.

Story Updates

Hiya! Over the past couple of days, there have been numerous stories validated here, and a good bit of them are poems or drabbles. Please make certain that you utitlize the option to check all  recent stories so you don't miss something. It's so easy to miss an update or new story when so many come up at once. Sorry about that, guys, but you should find them easy enough. If you scroll all the way to the bottom, you'll see the option of viewing more stories (recently posted to the site).

Enjoy.

Please  review for authors! They'll love it and write more in return, as it's very encouraging. 

July Stats

Another great month has passed!

Story Information

There were 102 new stories posted.
There were 81 updated stories!

91 of those are complete and ready for your reading pleasure--no waiting!

Member and New Author Information

We've gained 420 new members! Wooohooo!! Welcome, everyone! Let us know if you need any help with anything.

We also have several new authors that need to be welcomed to the site! Either they've had stories posted or have something in queue.

a_dark_congregation
bewarethepossums
Diana_42
dream_labyrinth
dynonugget
Friends of SW69
HogwartsClassof91
lara black
la_dissonance
LuvSeverus
MahsaFF
Mrs Blood
MystressXOXO
norwegianeyes
Saffron Snape
smurfgirlz
Stefdarlin
tonksinger

Thanks for joining us!

Review Information

There were 4837 reviews posted for stories here last month! Way to "effin" go! Whoot! That's just awesome!

Of these reviews, authors responded to 3674 of them! Good work, authors. The reviewers appreciate responses.

The Top 20 Reviewers at TPP for the month of July are:

sunny33 (353 reviews posted)
sinbad (196 reviews posted)
braye27 (160 reviews posted)
blue artemis (126 reviews posted)
snitchette (125 reviews posted)
kimjo2 (107 reviews posted)
beaweasley2 (106 reviews posted)
teshara (96 reviews posted)
elsolel (86 reviews posted)
MollysSister (86 reviews posted)
Muggline (80 reviews posted)
CharmedForce (75 reviews posted)
dynonugget (65 reviews posted)
kittylefish (62 reviews posted)
pookah (58 reviews posted)
debjunk (56 reviews posted)
notsosaintly (51 reviews posted)
WriterMerrin (48 reviews posted)
emmeline33 (47 reviews posted)
Sampdoria (47 reviews posted)


Good work, everyone! I'll be sending you banner information within a couple of days!

And now for the new part. I thought maybe we should go ahead and give kudos to the authors who do take the time to respond to their reviews. Whatever reviews were left for them durning the month and responded to by them figures into the following top 20 best review responders.

Lariope (260 reviews answered)
livvy6 (207 reviews answered)
notsosaintly (164 reviews answered)
mia madwyn (118 reviews answered)
little beloved (118 reviews answered)
MMADfan (110 reviews answered)
julymorning (104 reviews answered)
beaweasley2 (103 reviews answered)
RedOrchid (97 reviews answered)
chivalric (95 reviews answered)
Angel Mischa (92 reviews answered)
lulabelle72 (89 reviews answered)
Muggline (78 reviews answered)
dracontia (75 reviews answered)
lady_rhian (63 reviews answered)
ladyofthemasque (61 reviews answered)
debjunk (50 reviews answered)
melusin (49 reviews answered)
themistresssnape (43 reviews answered)

The Hidden Before Voting authors have answered a total of 425 reviews together.

Post more chapters, respond to the reviews, and we'll see your name up here next month!! :)

Good work, authors! Responding to reviewers is a great way to meet friends and begin discourse!


Looking forward to another great month!


Cheers,

SW69 and the gang at TPP

Searching for Admins

The Petulant Poetess is searching for an admin or two to add to our staff.  If you have adequate time to devote (about 6-8 hours per week; a little more during training), have a solid knowledge of grammar and punctuation, and believe you would have the flexibility to be able to follow the guidelines we set for admins to help preserve our reputation for being consistent, we invite you to apply.

Please follow the link below.  There is a quick Q&A section and a short test, which will help us to see how you would admin a submission.  We are not looking for perfection on this test; we are merely trying to assess how you would fit in with the rest of us and how much training you would need as a trainee admin.  Please do not have anyone beta your test.  It needs to be as honest as possible so we know where you stand.

Click to begin your Admin Application!

NEW HP CATEGORY

PlaidPooka suggested that I needed a category dedicated to slash pairings and it sounded like an excellent idea. And so, please take note of the new category "Forbidden Forest" and check out the wonderful icon created for me by TarahFae, who continues to bring Harry Potter to life for me with her art.

Southern Witch 69

Hi there!

School's going to be starting soon, so all you parents out there, take the time to kick back and relax in the peace and quiet around the house!

This past month there have been 163 stories added to our submissions queue, Validated Authors have uploaded 93 stories, and of those, 102 of them were new stories rather than WIP updates, and 93 stories have been marked as complete. That means that the site now has 4329 stories (3607 completed) total for you to read through.

We gained 582 new members in July. Welcome, all.

Here's a list of new authors who uploaded something to our queue area:


 
Allani
Aoibheann
blue artemis
cocoidie18
dumbles
fallingconsciously
HermioneDiggory
Maydaymja
Word E Smith


There were 3340 reviews left during June, and of those, authors responded to 2660. Good work, mates. The best way to get to know your readers and what they might want is to exchange discourse via reviews.

Top Reviewers for July 2009:

snitchette (135 reviews posted)
sunny33 (127 reviews posted)
braye27 (126 reviews posted)
kimjo2 (115 reviews posted)
rosered (96 reviews posted)
sinbad (89 reviews posted)
debjunk (89 reviews posted)
EverMystique (88 reviews posted)
blue artemis (87 reviews posted)
HermioneDiggory (73 reviews posted)
genrou (71 reviews posted)
Shadow (70 reviews posted)
Clairvoyant (68 reviews posted)
MollysSister (66 reviews posted)
Nessa (61 reviews posted)
mimmom (59 reviews posted)
makaem (56 reviews posted)
Sampdoria (54 reviews posted)
RhiannonAvon (49 reviews posted)
gabi1791 (46 reviews posted)


Authors replying to the most reviews are:

gersknightlady (202 reviews answered)
lulabelle72 (115 reviews answered)
ConstantComment (90 reviews answered)
luvsev (89 reviews answered)
grangerous (89 reviews answered)
debjunk (82 reviews answered)
neelix (71 reviews answered)
Hechicera (61 reviews answered)
LiteraryBeauty (60 reviews answered)
brandy01 (59 reviews answered)
alliean (58 reviews answered)
sevs_starsisters (56 reviews answered)
Bambu (56 reviews answered)
livvy6 (52 reviews answered)
WriterMerrin (52 reviews answered)
peppermint (51 reviews answered)
Battle of Lissa (47 reviews answered)
chivalric (46 reviews answered)
ladyinthecloak (46 reviews answered)

The Potter Place Variety Challenge authors replied to a total of 409 reviews. Way to go!


Join in the fun and make August just as sweet!

Have a good one!

SW69

Chaos on the Doorstep

I had no idea what to title this news item.

Yesterday, I found out that another site owner (known as "Hermione" from Whispers or ThePotionsMaster.net) was dragging the reputation of this site--as well as a number of other reputable sites--through the mud.

Very simply, the (new) owner of Whispers/ThePotionsMaster.net hijacked a number of stories from other archives and began posting them on his site without the authors' permission. He somehow got it into his head to "affiliate" himself with other archives by stating that "from time to time [he] will do batch imports from other archive sites to maintain a complete collection of Granger/Snape works." (quoted from the Terms of Service) Among the sites he listed that he would be working with were The Petulant Poetess, SycophantHex, The Restricted Section, AFF.net and OWL.

Needless to say, this caused a lot of outrage (most of it could be seen on WIKTT, but I think the entries may have been deleted by the mods). He has since posted a long message on the front page of his site apologizing for his lapse in judgment. (I will not be giving out the link to his page. If you don't know it, you're better off not even going there.) I don't know if this is going to repair anything, nor am I sure that he is a person to be trusted. I certainly don't appreciate someone trying to involve the good names of a number of sites in something so heinous. Honestly, what sort of person would steal stories from authors when the terms of use on these sites specifically state that it is against the rules? Regardless of the terms of use, the act itself shows bad character.

I just wanted to put the authors' minds at ease here on The Petulant Poetess. I was not, have never been, and never will be involved or affiliated with this person (who calls himself 'Hermione') on any site he owns or chooses to begin. Rest assured that while I cannot stop someone from copying or printing a story from the site, if anyone does so with the intention of posting it elsewhere or plagiarizing it, I will fight for your rights to the best of my ability.

~nss

Not Going to Portus Club

Well, there were a few of us, myself included, that weren't able to go to Portus in Dallas (see links page for their link if you're interested).

Feeling lonely and abandoned by my fellow admins *cough*, I retreated to Potter_Place where drabble madness ensued. The results are all posted in Recent Drabbles (there are still a couple who haven't posted), and all have the same title.

So if you're wondering how we pass the time while we're not at Portus, go read our "author insertion" stories!

Infinitus Envy

Con season is upon us once more... 7 days and counting! Soon our lucky friends will be making their way to the Sunshine State for Infinitus and Hogwarts! Not ones to be left out, we thought we'd have some fun of our own.

We have teamed up with the lovely ladies at the LJ community HPCon_Envy. They have some great things planned for next week, including a Virtual Drabble Booth! I cannot wait for that one. To find out more about the treats they have in store, check out these posts:

http://community.livejournal.com/hpcon_envy/166478.html#cutid1  and http://community.livejournal.com/hpcon_envy/166075.html

We are also going to be running TPP chat every evening during Infinitus, with plenty of drabbly games. All are welcome, whether to play games or just catch up with friends. LadyintheCloak has even agreed to provide picspam!

If you have any ideas for prompts, please don't keep them to yourself. Share them with the rest of us:

http://www.thepetulantpoetess.com/forums/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=734

(And in case the link doesn't work for you, go to the TPP Forum, then click on Petulant Poetess Challenges, and the post will show at the top. There seems to be a problem with the link.)

All authors joining in the Infinitus fun are welcome to post their results on TPP, and anything submitted to the queue under the con_envy category will be fast-tracked.

To keep things interesting, we're going to be playing some new games. There'll be more posts about those closer to Infinitus, but if there are any new games you'd like to play, please post them using the above link or reply to this post. We want to hear your ideas.

We can't promise a Victorian village or a magical castle, but we can promise good friends, games and minimal risk of heatstroke.

See you there!

Updated Stories

Hi, mates. NotSoSaintly has been on vacation for about a week now. Phoenix is out of town for a couple of days, so that just leaves Christy and me here to go through queue. We'll try to keep updating as normal, but if there happens to be a bit of a lag, now you know why.

(Party at Southern's.... hehe... Bring some whiskey)