Terms of Service

SquidgeWorld Archive is a place for fanworks, including fan fiction based on books, TV, movies, comics, other media, and real-person fiction (RPF).

What We Believe

  1. Our goal is simple: You own your data. SquidgeWorld Archive, along with Squidge.org, just hosts it. Additionally, SquidgeWorld Archive is not a gatekeeper of an author's words. You can write what you wish and put it on the archive as long as you abide by the posting guidelines. Additionally, readers are in charge of their own experience. Don't like it? Don't read it. But don't make demands about what others can and cannot post unless you have been elected to the position of Supreme Being of Fanworks, which - spoiler alert - no one will ever be. So just don't. No gatekeeping of others.
  2. We do not sell the data that you post on, submit to, or share on SquidgeWorld Archive. Your data is governed by Terms and Policy.
  3. In the immortal words of Wil Wheaton, "Don't Be A Dick". This means, but is not exclusive of, spamming the Archive or its users, using the Archive for personal financial gain (like trolling and/or spamming for commissions) outside of what is allowed (see point 6 below), or being abusive to the Archive or its users. That's it. That's what Don't Be A Dick means - don't be rude to others. Don't disrespect others. Don't gatekeep others. Don't demand someone write what you want to read. Don't belittle or abuse someone for writing what they want. If you do not like this, or you are given a warning because you're being a dick to someone, either take the hint and stop being abusive or move on. Because if you continue being abusive after being warned, you will be banned.
  4. Squidge.org's Terms of Service can be found here.
  5. Squidge.org's legal information can be found here.
  6. Added July 7th, 2021: Users will not add any link, in their SquidgeWorld profile(s) or in any posted work or comment that points to a fundraiser of any kind including, but not limited to, Patreon, Ko-Fi, or the like. The only exception to this is in the case of a piece of work that is of original work, meaning the fandom used is Original Work, and no other fandom is listed or the fandom is listed in the public domain. Works utilizing Original Work must have only original characters, and must not utilize any aspect of a fandom such as characters or relationships that stray from the "Original" characters and relationships listed in the child tags to the Original Work tag. You may, however, link to an off-site (non Squidge.org property) profile such as your Tumblr profile or such, and that site may link to whatever you'd like. Fanfiction and other fan works are guaranteed under the "Fair Use" clause under US law (the United States being where SquidgeWorld servers are located, and thus is where the jurisdiction falls under), and are protected as long as the person posting it makes no money off of the work. People linking to Patreon or such and making money off of fanworks submit the SquidgeWorld Archive into legal jeopardy.
  7. Added May 13th, 2023: Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) generated works are not supported in the archive. The only exception to this rule would be partial only in posts that are clearly marked meta as part of discussion of said works. Otherwise, no. AI generated works are not welcomed in the archive
  8. Added September 24th, 2023: Web scraping by artificial intelligence (AI), or any process of extracting data from the contents of this website for the purpose of use with artificial intelligence (AI) is strictly prohibited. Any data collection, content aggregation, or use of contents on this website in any way for training datasets or machine learning models is expressly prohibited. For more information, contact us via the “Contact Us” section of this website, or via any of the links on other Squidge.org property websites.
  9. Added April 27th, 2024: Plagiarism is not allowed, nor tolerated. If you are caught plagiarizing another person's works, you will be banned without warning. Yes, this falls under the Don't Be A Dick rule, but it's explicitly called out here after we had a plagiarism instance earlier this month.

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Approved: November 5th, 2020

Updated: April 27th, 2024