Criticism
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An organized space where you can learn the procedure of critique and how to critique properly among other things such as rules and guidelines
Critique the work, not the author. Do not make personal attacks on the author. Stick to criticizing their writing.
• As an example, you can tell the author, "This needs work. The main idea's fine except for the X, but addenda are complete crap." Don't say, "You're a terrible writer. Why did you post this?"
• Feel free to suggest that the author consult resources like our guides and essays, workshop their work (in the sandbox, or spend more time reading the site. But don't be a jerk about it.
Your posts must contain some kind of content.
• Don't tell an author "The problems with this article should be obvious". If they were obvious to the author, they wouldn't have made them, and a post like that contains no content except obliquely insulting the author.
In short: Be helpful, civil, and open-minded.
Timeless Places' Critcism Policy is based on "Criticism Policy" by "The SCP Foundation": https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/criticism-policy