Character age concerns

[Buggy Girl]

So it's not redundant in that we're insisting that only parts of a fetish site are not work place appropriate, but rather it's us extending a courtesy to the users who prefer mild material.

Then what's the difficulty with having the under-18 warning like with the previous site? Going by what both you and The Kicking are saying, doesn't that really fall under the same overall umbrella? While it's not extreme or R-rated, it would certainly seem (well, to me, anyway) that it would perhaps be best to say that such warnings are there for people who do prefer more mild material, which, among other things, sometimes includes having the pregnant individual (whether male or female) be at least 18 years of age.

And yes, I realize that part of this discussion (as well as Elvira's question on clarifying NSFW) is just trying to figure out how to say that in such a way that people don't have to read several pages' worth of rules and examples before they feel comfortable with submitting anything. Perhaps something along the lines of a statement like the following would help:

"While we recognize that there are many in the Mpreg Community who like a wide variety of descriptions in both stories and art, there are also those who are not comfortable with reading certain descriptions. As such, we do ask that you include in the subject line a label of 'Under-18' for stories involving pregnant characters under the age of 18, and 'NSFW' for stories/art/RP including..." (listing the things The Kicking specified in her post in response to Elvira's "Clarify NSFW" post).

Thoughts?

My thought is thus: Why are you intent on making this so complicated?

If you're going to write something with characters under 18 and feel it's important to let people know, by all means, DO SO.

But not every one will feel the need to create that tag and it's not a tag we in the mod team feel like mandating. As it is, most of the stories on this board contain characters that are over 18, even without the restriction of disincluding characters under 18 portrayed in a sexual manner. It seems to me like it would be a bit silly of us to worry about enforcing such a tag, when so few people would be using it.

Writers, RPers, and artists, of course, are free to provide warnings they deem appropriate. This is why I myself am a fan of people who give brief summaries of their fiction at the beginning of a story, complete with warnings. I do like to be known what to expect, especially if it's a longer story, but I also know not every one feels the same way, so I'm not about to force my ideas on any one else.

So take it as you will; the standing rule is tagging anything that may be triggering, sexual, violent, etc -anything that's, ya know, not something you'd want a coworker seeing over your shoulder- as "NSFW". As for other tags and warnings, use them at your own discretion.