At 05:13 8/24/1998 -0400, Nephilim wrote:

Unfortunately, all the fics posted to the list recently have been 
forgettable, and some were downright bad. I used to take the effort to 
read and C&C almost every non-spam Ranma fic, but after seeing that this 
practice could lead to a ban, I'll only C&C those fics that have a 
chance at being better than bad.

Noted hallmarks of bad fanfiction:

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Fics done by people with K-Rad (Is that still the word?) nicknames. (I know
I'm guilty here, sue me... it's a biblical reference) I don't think this
needs clarification.

Actually, you're not guilty.  K-Rad is basically using ASCII pictures to
draw letters and words instead of directly typing them, often mixed with
phonetic spelling and capitalization at random.  For example, \/\/@rEz
instead of Wares, cYbEr d00dz instead of cyber dudes,  |\|ef!l!/\/\ or
Nef|l|m, instead of Nephilim, L!zs00 or l|zSuE instead of Lizsue, etc..  It
sometimes looks like the !@#$^*( used in comic strips instead of
profanities, so there's also $#!+, #e||, g0damn!+, etc..  Also, K-rad
phonetics is often close to gangsta-rap-title-style phonetics (for example,
girl scoutz in da 'hood).