The admins, in all their wisdom, saw fit to delete Molly Weasley's Practical Guide to Magical Childcare for alleged violations of their guidelines. They informed me afterward, on 27 January 2006, but neglected to mention which violation they felt the story committed.
Because they also neglected to enclose any contact information and because the address which generated the message doesn't accept replies, it took me a couple days to discover a way to contact the admins to find out why they deleted Molly's Guide.
Hidden at the bottom of the home page is a link to a Support Center where one can create a ticket containing their question which generates a system automated response promising to look into it. I waited. No response. I added a reply to the ticket. No response. I created a new ticket with a more urgent classification. Still no response. Today I searched the web for any contact information and found as a possible email for the founder/owner of I sent a polite inquiry, but I don't expect any response from that address either.
I also discovered, during my search, that I'm far from the first person whose fic was deleted for no apparent reason. And evidently, standard policy when an author in that situation manages to find someone to contact, is one of strict unresponsiveness. "If she doesn't see us, maybe she'll go away." It's an abominably rude sort of policy.
What are they hiding for?
I refuse to take further part in this archive. Subsequent chapters of Molly Weasley's Practical Guide to Magical Childcare can be found at PhoenixSong (dot) net., a site whose standard of fanfiction quality is beautifully high. I'm honored to be there among such amazingly good authors.
May I also recommend The Sugar Quill (sugarquill -dot- net) as another source of very high quality, beta'd fanfiction. Having a beta makes all the difference. And if you must access a huge monster of an archive, go to Fiction Alley. At least there, the admins talk to you if you have a problem – they don't hide in their cone of silence.
I am sorry for the inconvenience to you.
Thank you for reading Molly's Guide.
I look forward to seeing you elsewhere in the fandom.
With Affection,
-Tante
From: bot at fanfiction dot net
Sent: Friday,January27,20063:27PM
To: tanteinhp at hotmail dot com
Subject: Admin
Tante,
Title: "Molly Weasley's PracticalGuide to MagicalChildcare"
Summary: "All parents should be good with charms. Learn from Molly Weasley's
experience. What were the Weasley children like before Hogwarts? Here are all
the embarassing moments they wish we'd never hear of."
Rating: "Fiction Rated: K"
Main reason for removal: ""
The above story has been removed because it violated the guideline detailed on
the upload page.
This infraction has been recorded and once you reach a certain limit, your
account be automatically banned. Moreover, as a result of this infraction, you
will not have upload access for a period of time. has a set of guidelines for the uploading of stories and
chapters.
From: Tante Dailey
To: bot at fanfiction dot net
Subject: RE: Admin
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 5:23 PM
I received the notice below stating that my fic has been removed from your site for an infraction of some sort. No infraction is stated. I highlightedthe incomplete portion of your message in red.
Ifollowed the enclosed link to your guidelines andmade certain that my story did indeed comply with all of those guidelines.Moreover, it was beta'd by a Perfect Imagination Accredited Beta.
Why was my story deleted? And why have my uploading priviledges been suspended?
Thank you in advance for looking into this matter.
Tante