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This is something Newton and I created this morning to make a point about consistency. This is primarily targeted at those who make decisions about the efforts of others, admins, moderators, critique writers and such. I'm hoping, if nothing else, it will encourage some to pause and think about it.
I recently had a deviation refused by a literature group (nameless to avoid drama) because it "didn't fit" into the literature genre. The post was a picture of a scale model and the text was a description of how I've used scale models and maps to improve the quality of my writing (the actual post can be found here: 914four.deviantart.com/art/Hyl… ) by using them as spacial references. I was told: "Thank you for considering us, but we accept literature only." To be certain, I asked the admin (politely of course) if they were aware that it was a post about literature and writing techniques. The response I received was. "Oh, I do understand - it's just that if we begin to accept everything related to literature that's not written prose or poetry than we would be everywhere, more chaos and unorganization than a pure literature club, which we are proud to be." I was satisfied with that response, it was polite, concise, and entirely civil, so I put the incident out of my mind. I would have completely forgotten about it, except that the very next day the group hosted a deviation that was all about posting a selfie image of yourself on with a hand-drawn sign declaring that you are real. Perhaps I'm clueless and simply don't understand, but I fail to see how said post has anything to do with literature. I'm not upset or anything, and I won't reveal the group, post or admin to protect their privacy, all that I'm saying is that consistency is important; when we begin applying different rules to different people, we end up with strife. Hopefully this deviation will provoke some thought.

As to Newton, well, he enjoys having his picture taken, but by this point I think he was getting tired of the game (he doesn't like the flash, and we took about a dozen pictures, he kept hiding the card with his left paw); if he looks annoyed, it's my fault and not that of anyone on . I think the business card might have been a little sharp against his paws; when we were done, I let him keep it and he bit it repeatedly, eventually shredding it. For those who don't get the humour in the card, Newton is, in fact, a cat, but we often wonder if he realizes it. He tends to behave more like a human child than a feline.

Lastly, while most of my photographs are available under the Share-Alike CC licence, for what I think obvious reasons, this one is not intended nor licensed for modification or artistic re-interpretation.

You can send email to Newton at SirIsaacNewton@thekentauride.com. How many cats do you know who have their own email address? (actually he never reads it, I have to deal with his backlog!)

Description
This is something Newton and I created this morning to make a point about consistency. This is primarily targeted at those who make decisions about the efforts of others, admins, moderators, critique writers and such. I'm hoping, if nothing else, it will encourage some to pause and think about it.
I recently had a deviation refused by a literature group (nameless to avoid drama) because it "didn't fit" into the literature genre. The post was a picture of a scale model and the text was a description of how I've used scale models and maps to improve the quality of my writing (the actual post can be found here: 914four.deviantart.com/art/Hyl… ) by using them as spacial references. I was told: "Thank you for considering us, but we accept literature only." To be certain, I asked the admin (politely of course) if they were aware that it was a post about literature and writing techniques. The response I received was. "Oh, I do understand - it's just that if we begin to accept everything related to literature that's not written prose or poetry than we would be everywhere, more chaos and unorganization than a pure literature club, which we are proud to be." I was satisfied with that response, it was polite, concise, and entirely civil, so I put the incident out of my mind. I would have completely forgotten about it, except that the very next day the group hosted a deviation that was all about posting a selfie image of yourself on with a hand-drawn sign declaring that you are real. Perhaps I'm clueless and simply don't understand, but I fail to see how said post has anything to do with literature. I'm not upset or anything, and I won't reveal the group, post or admin to protect their privacy, all that I'm saying is that consistency is important; when we begin applying different rules to different people, we end up with strife. Hopefully this deviation will provoke some thought.

As to Newton, well, he enjoys having his picture taken, but by this point I think he was getting tired of the game (he doesn't like the flash, and we took about a dozen pictures, he kept hiding the card with his left paw); if he looks annoyed, it's my fault and not that of anyone on . I think the business card might have been a little sharp against his paws; when we were done, I let him keep it and he bit it repeatedly, eventually shredding it. For those who don't get the humour in the card, Newton is, in fact, a cat, but we often wonder if he realizes it. He tends to behave more like a human child than a feline.

Lastly, while most of my photographs are available under the Share-Alike CC licence, for what I think obvious reasons, this one is not intended nor licensed for modification or artistic re-interpretation.

You can send email to Newton at SirIsaacNewton@thekentauride.com. How many cats do you know who have their own email address? (actually he never reads it, I have to deal with his backlog!)