I guess this has never been done before, but since they have an author page here, http://www.amiright.com/parody/authors/darthpatronus.shtml, a warning could be placed in large, bold (red?) font bannered across the top, advising of the deletions, the reason, and that further violations will result in the banning of the author and the deletion of the author's page. Also, to contact you by PM or e-mail if they have any questions or complaints about the deletion or about site guidelines. (maybe a link to said guidelines). Just an idea ...


probably more extreme than needed.  I'm sure when they see they're gone they'll figure it out, if not they'll email me.

I missed this one, same author, same day: http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/simongarfunkel131.shtml

It wasn't so obvious as the others at first glance, but in addition to describing kicking his gf in the crotch, he gives her (apparently) real first *and last* names.

Same here: http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/thedoors56.shtml -- Milder insults, but still  a personal attack with the non-famous person's real name.
And this one: http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/jethrotull54.shtml

Nineteen posts, five of them (and five out of the last six) slamming his (ex-) gf by name. Does the site need this writer? Or at least, put his name on the "watch list" to see if he gets off this kick, or continues it.

Someone's ripping of Spaff: http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/survivor66.shtml

Someone's ripping of Spaff: http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/survivor66.shtml


yeah, there seems to be a bored individual who is resubmitting parodies the last two days.  I've been yanking them right off the site.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/oasisbenfoldsfiverageagainstthemachine0.shtml

This one makes George H. IV look like Weird Al. Horribly incomplete is an understatement.

eta: this one too:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/radioheadsoundgardengreendaynineinchnails0.shtml

Ant

http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/slipknot11.shtml

Only one four-line stanza, total of seven "lines", below Guideline minima, last I heard. And the outtro sounds like some kind of insult to either the site or the community.

P. S. O/T: When/how do I get the Big 7 medal, or does one have to apply? Finished today, I think.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/slipknot11.shtml

Only one four-line stanza, total of seven "lines", below Guideline minima, last I heard. And the outtro sounds like some kind of insult to either the site or the community.

P. S. O/T: When/how do I get the Big 7 medal, or does one have to apply? Finished today, I think.


I kind of rushed the approvals this morning.

If you did 'em all you just tell me and I set it up in your profile.

I kind of rushed the approvals this morning.

If you did 'em all you just tell me and I set it up in your profile.

Thanks on both counts! (karma)

Another seven-liner.

Only two actual *lines*.

Six lines.

Eight lines, but one is a repeat, so only seven "unique" lines, as per Guideline count.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/thebeatles2625.shtml  Completely omitted the lengthy bridges, twice, plus left off two stanzas and two choruses. Compare TOS:
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Ticket-To-Ride-lyrics-The-Beatles/6BB98F00D7EB3FDD48256BC2001340AF . "Parody entire song" -- some wiggle room in some songs, depending on version, but this isn't even remotely close -- about 1/4 of TOS parodied.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/2000s/simpleplan85.shtml

Verbatim copy of the original song, as in nothing was changed from it to form a parody.

Razorblade Brunettes has a previous history of songs being removed for being too short or fragments only. (For some reason, couldn't find the previous post in a search of this site.) Some more:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/beck4.shtml
Fragment of song, per only commenter.  Parody is only*4* lines.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/beck3.shtml
DKTOS, but commenter said it was less than half the song and should have been posted in "Fragments". Someone who KTOS should confirm.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/funlovincriminals0.shtml
Comment:
this is less than a fifth of the original song lines. post yours in the "fragments" section

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/blur1.shtml

bemused again - November 05, 2010 - Report this comment
this is only about a third of the original song lines. should have been posted in the fragments section
Again, someone who KTOS should confirm; if true, remove.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/rem2.shtm
bemused - November 03, 2010 - Report this comment
This is only about a third of the song. You're supposed to do all of it.....
I've heard TOS once or twice. Lyrics here. Definitely only a fragment.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/beck1.shtml
Lyrics: http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/beck-lyrics/loser-lyrics.html.
Even *without* the repeat verses at the end, TOS is 32 lines or so, roughly twice the length of the parody.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/interpol0.shtml  25 lines
Lyrics: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/interpol/evil.html  50+ lines

Enough. There are better uses of our time than going through the rest of the list (about 139 now), but this writer(s) need to be warned if possible, or else be vetted thoroughly on all future entries. So many writers here go to such great effort to do justice to TOS that it's degrading to all of them, and to the site, to have fragments posted to the Parody section several times a day, most days, for the past four or five months. 

Thanks.

Enough. There are better uses of our time than going through the rest of the list (about 139 now), but this writer(s) need to be warned if possible, or else be vetted thoroughly on all future entries. So many writers here go to such great effort to do justice to TOS that it's degrading to all of them, and to the site, to have fragments posted to the Parody section several times a day, most days, for the past four or five months. 




I've been deleting a lot of their submissions before they even hit the site, you'd think they'd have figured it out by now.  part of the problem of having no contact info submitted along with a parody is that the only way for me to contact an author is to post on their parody and hope they see it.  sometimes they do

<snip> part of the problem of having no contact info submitted along with a parody is that the only way for me to contact an author is to post on their parody and hope they see it.  sometimes they do

When Razorblade was new, I tried a welcoming comment, with a suggestion or two, on a couple of his/her/their entries. No response. Scanning a couple dozen entries very quickly, they never respond to comments. Not that they're obligated to, but they seem not to read them.  Most votes are 1-1-1 (not from me); someone speculated that this was a child. No comprehension of pacing at all.

Hmmm.... I've posted at some blogs that allow open posting -- no registration, no user/pass required, only an email address that they can validate, and promise not to publish.  How much burden would it be to the site (i. e. Admins/Eds) to add that to the Submission Form for all song posters who don't have a registered nick and password? (Edit: realized that even a registered nick is not contact info, so this message should refer to *all* authors. Either sign up here, or furnish a contact e-mail.)

A validation link is an option; I think most such sites have code that, once written, auto-sends the e-mail containing validation link to click or to paste in browser window; upon so doing, that e-mail address is validated. Costs the new user about a minute, one-time only, and they can still choose not to use a password for submissions. Anyone not willing to do that much to get their song posted on *your* site, probably doesn't deserve to, and won't add much to the site (at least, not much that is worthwhile).

But even without the validation process, you then have a way to contact any author for a warning. If that contact bounces, then, say, next time they submit, they get redirected, like the 404 redirects, to a page that tells them to e-mail the Admin before submitting. Then you get a valid email from them.

Either way, you have a real e-mail with which to issue warnings for that or any other reason. And they don't have to register here at 00s or anything.

If someone doesn't want to give an e-mail address for some reason (they don't trust that it won't be sold, etc.)., they could register here instead.

Just an idea.

When Razorblade was new, I tried a welcoming comment, with a suggestion or two, on a couple of his/her/their entries. No response. Scanning a couple dozen entries very quickly, they never respond to comments. Not that they're obligated to, but they seem not to read them.  Most votes are 1-1-1 (not from me); someone speculated that this was a child. No comprehension of pacing at all.

Hmmm.... I've posted at some blogs that allow open posting -- no registration, no user/pass required, only an email address that they can validate, and promise not to publish.  How much burden would it be to the site (i. e. Admins/Eds) to add that to the Submission Form for all song posters who don't have a registered nick and password? (Edit: realized that even a registered nick is not contact info, so this message should refer to *all* authors. Either sign up here, or furnish a contact e-mail.)

A validation link is an option; I think most such sites have code that, once written, auto-sends the e-mail containing validation link to click or to paste in browser window; upon so doing, that e-mail address is validated. Costs the new user about a minute, one-time only, and they can still choose not to use a password for submissions. Anyone not willing to do that much to get their song posted on *your* site, probably doesn't deserve to, and won't add much to the site (at least, not much that is worthwhile).

But even without the validation process, you then have a way to contact any author for a warning. If that contact bounces, then, say, next time they submit, they get redirected, like the 404 redirects, to a page that tells them to e-mail the Admin before submitting. Then you get a valid email from them.

Either way, you have a real e-mail with which to issue warnings for that or any other reason. And they don't have to register here at 00s or anything.

If someone doesn't want to give an e-mail address for some reason (they don't trust that it won't be sold, etc.)., they could register here instead.

Just an idea.


yeah I know I can add an email address to the submission process... I've avoided it for years, because it seems to be just one more thing to bug people for.  don't even want to get into the whole email validation issues of creating real accounts.  I've done it before for other things, and it just becomes a hassle of people changing email accounts, forgetting passwords, etc.

I'm going to double check their work, and if they keep submitting crap it'll just keep getting deleted. I've done it before with a couple other people.  heck it might even be one I've banned before.

yeah I know I can add an email address to the submission process... I've avoided it for years, because it seems to be just one more thing to bug people for.  don't even want to get into the whole email validation issues of creating real accounts.  I've done it before for other things, and it just becomes a hassle of people changing email accounts, forgetting passwords, etc.

I'm going to double check their work, and if they keep submitting crap it'll just keep getting deleted. I've done it before with a couple other people.  heck it might even be one I've banned before.


Cool. Thanks. Karma for your time.

Erik "Taz" Mokracek has posted this parody of "Ballroom Blitz" by Sweet 3 times with no apparent differences.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/sweet21.shtml
http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/sweet22.shtml
http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/sweet23.shtml

Upon looking at his other parodies, many have extra stanzas and/or verses that the OSes lack (this one submitted 3 times does too), a few seem to be missing verses or stanzas, and none have pacing that corresponds to that of the OS.


Andria

Erik "Taz" Mokracek has posted this parody of "Ballroom Blitz" by Sweet 3 times with no apparent differences.
<snip>
Upon looking at his other parodies, many have extra stanzas and/or verses that the OSes lack (this one submitted 3 times does too), a few seem to be missing verses or stanzas, and none have pacing that corresponds to that of the OS.

Andria, in all fairness, I've often "kept on running' with an OS - extra stanzas or choruses - when I had lots more of what (I thought) was good material, still paced to TOS. Won't give any specifics here, to avoid further shameless plugging, but one example was a group tribute to the (then-) top 200 writers on the Author page. Used a seven-minute OS, and still had to add extra choruses to work all the names in (yours included  :) ). Also, other cases where there was just too much good material. I don't think readers object to that, if it continues to pace to OS verses/choruses.

A missing verse or stanza is a valid deduction on Pacing, so long as they still did most of the song. I've ratted out Razorblade Brunettes for ridiculous things like parodies of only 4 to 8 lines, a fraction of TOS. And I myself got docked by a few readers for "leaving out" some of Do-Re-Mi, even though I worked from OS lytics provided by the US Govt and matched them all.
(Can't trust the Gov!)

Pacing can be subjective, per interpretation or which cover version of an OS, as I've found out many times. It's a voting issue. DK that author, band, or OS, but if they made at least an attempt ... If it's absolutely, totally unrelated to OS, then yes, I'm with you.

None of which alters the fact that you're absolutely right that posting the same parody repeatedly with no differences is good cause for deletion. Cheers!

This parody was added this morning and is a complete copy of White n' Nerdy by Weird Al. I hate that some people don't have any integrity these days!

http://www.amiright.com/parody/2000s/chamillionaire6.shtml

This parody was added this morning and is a complete copy of White n' Nerdy by Weird Al. I hate that some people don't have any integrity these days!

http://www.amiright.com/parody/2000s/chamillionaire6.shtml


I should have caught that... my computer was acting up this morning and I really couldn't review things carefully.

This is pretty much a duplicate of the original song with maybe ten words changed

http://amiright.com/parody/80s/bonnietyler49.shtml

This is pretty much a duplicate of the original song with maybe ten words changed

http://amiright.com/parody/80s/bonnietyler49.shtml


I second that emotion.

Same author, same issue

http://amiright.com/parody/2010s/rhihannaandeninem0.shtml

I feel kinda bad because "gothgal" clearly and admittedly has serious mental/emotional disabilities, but a non-parody is a non-parody.

What may be a more important issue though is how a couple of amiright writers jump on her parodies with lavish praise, probably hoping for positive feedback, when they there is clearly very little humor involved as the vast majority of the lyrics are part of a "real" popular song which in one case is one of the most emotionally charged singles to come out in a long time. And TEOTH is a bit cheesy but certainly not hilarious. So odds are they're making a mockery of the feedback system, and not the good sort of mockery that amiright is dedicated to providing and facilitating.

<snip> I feel kinda bad because "gothgal" clearly and admittedly has serious mental/emotional disabilities, but a non-parody is a non-parody. <snip>
And AIR is not a place to air (ouch!) one's personal problems. That's what psychologists, psychiatrists, ministers, priests, friends, etc. are for.


What may be a more important issue though is how a couple of amiright writers jump on her parodies with lavish praise, probably hoping for positive feedback, when they there is clearly very little humor involved as the vast majority of the lyrics are part of a "real" popular song which in one case is one of the most emotionally charged singles to come out in a long time. And TEOTH is a bit cheesy but certainly not hilarious. So odds are they're making a mockery of the feedback system, and not the good sort of mockery that amiright is dedicated to providing and facilitating.


Ethan, you've been around here a long time. You know that the issue of being a Five-wh*re (just made that up, but it fits) in the hopes of quid-pro-quo has been a longstanding issue. It certainly cheapens the value of "real" feedback, including "real" Fives. But that's an issue for another thread. However, I do intend to contact one or two of those commenters privately, because I don't think they're deliberately making a mockery of the system, but just misguided, in an attempt to be popular.

Fortunately, TT has never had to worry about being too popular.  ;D (Speaking one's own mind truthfully eliminates that issue. :wink: ) Cheers.

This claims to be a satire, with Hitler singing it. Doesn't come off as funny to moi somehow, and it's utterly repetitive anyway. The ending is obscene and hateful.

Would like to know the admin's views on whether this is suitable for the site. Thanks.

Most parodies in foreign languages (Latin, Cornish, Spanish, etc.) provide a translation. This one, in Croatian, is a waste of disk space, home page space, and bandwidth. Sets a bad precedent - songs in Cyrillic? Greek? Chinese?

Most parodies in foreign languages (Latin, Cornish, Spanish, etc.) provide a translation. This one, in Croatian, is a waste of disk space, home page space, and bandwidth. Sets a bad precedent - songs in Cyrillic? Greek? Chinese?


no, not all the foreign language parodies have translations

So, for future reference, it's OK to post a parody in any language at all, without translation? (except 133t $p34k, of course! >wink< )

So, for future reference, it's OK to post a parody in any language at all, without translation? (except 133t $p34k, of course! >wink< )


I usually only allow regular users to do it, but yeah, it's ok.

Repeat offender Razorblade Brunettes posted 9 lines + 1 word to a 59-line OS.

Can we get rid of this persistent blot?


Edit: Also, Karl Hook Willers posted 12 nonsensical, non-sequitur lines to a rather famous, 28-line Rolling Stones hit.

Repeat offender Razorblade Brunettes posted 9 lines + 1 word to a 59-line OS.

Can we get rid of this persistent blot?


Edit: Also, Karl Hook Willers posted 12 nonsensical, non-sequitur lines to a rather famous, 28-line Rolling Stones hit.


I must delete a half dozen Razorblade "parodies" every day... figures I was suffering from Monday morning fatigue to even catch it this morning.

I must delete a half dozen Razorblade "parodies" every day... figures I was suffering from Monday morning fatigue to even catch it this morning.

I know banning isn't always effective, but have you at least tried it on Razorblade Brunettes? No reason to be burdened with that many deletions every day.

This other parody by Karl Hook Willers seems to be an attack parody on Red Ant, who has done far more good for this site than KHW has probably done for the whole world in his entire life, such as it is.

And this one by KHW has 20 lines to about a 58-line OS.
Haven't seen this Willers name before -- best to nip it in the bud, eh?

Question: When deleting a song, how about also deleting the link on the home page (and the "Last Two Weeks" page, which I assume would follow automatically)? Main reason is I fear the effect on new visitors, who might click a few links, get the "404" message, and wonder WT- is up with this site -- and leave.

Minor reason is that such "authors" don't deserve the prestige of having their nicks and non-parodies posted on the home page. An even more minor, but not trivial, reason is that it crowds the home page and distracts from legit writers who spend a lot of time on their work.

From my browser's view source, it looks as easy as doing a Find for "razor", then deleting this line:

<div class="parodyNewLinkRow">"<a href="/parody/misc/rem5.shtml" class="parodyNewLink">Youtube Song</a>" by Razorblade Brunettes<div class="parodyNewLinkOriginal">Originally: "Radio Song" by <span class="parodyNewOrigPerf">REM</span></div></div>

Save, exit. 30 seconds, tops. Repeat for Willers.

It would be a lot more work to delete the listings from, say, Razorblade's Author page (another reason to stop Karl Hook Willers before he gets his own page), but ATM, Razor shows 196 songs (or "0.196 Malcolms"), of which probably 1/4 to 1/2 are, or should be, deleted. Again, it's undeserved ranking on the Author page. But I'll bet you could easily write a little script that, upon deletion of a song from the home page, deletes it from the writer's Author page as well -- because surely you already have a script that extracts the new listings from the home page and *adds* them to the writer's Author page. Just add a "Delete" function to it, along with the "Add to author page" function. >ubergeek< (not really - >dilettante< is more accurate!)

OMG, I just looked @ RBlade's listings: song named "Red Ant". Half-trib, half-attack, but attacks ChuckyG for blocking spam.

I suppose I (or someone, or a committee) should go through all 196 Razorblade "parodies" and cull them, but whatever AIR time is available, I'd rather spend writing my own + reading and v/c-ing other *real* parodies by *real* writers. 

I know banning isn't always effective, but have you at least tried it on Razorblade Brunettes? No reason to be burdened with that many deletions every day.

This other parody by Karl Hook Willers seems to be an attack parody on Red Ant, who has done far more good for this site than KHW has probably done for the whole world in his entire life, such as it is.

And this one by KHW has 20 lines to about a 58-line OS.
Haven't seen this Willers name before -- best to nip it in the bud, eh?

Question: When deleting a song, how about also deleting the link on the home page (and the "Last Two Weeks" page, which I assume would follow automatically)? Main reason is I fear the effect on new visitors, who might click a few links, get the "404" message, and wonder WT- is up with this site -- and leave.

Minor reason is that such "authors" don't deserve the prestige of having their nicks and non-parodies posted on the home page. An even more minor, but not trivial, reason is that it crowds the home page and distracts from legit writers who spend a lot of time on their work.

From my browser's view source, it looks as easy as doing a Find for "razor", then deleting this line:

<div class="parodyNewLinkRow">"<a href="/parody/misc/rem5.shtml" class="parodyNewLink">Youtube Song</a>" by Razorblade Brunettes<div class="parodyNewLinkOriginal">Originally: "Radio Song" by <span class="parodyNewOrigPerf">REM</span></div></div>

Save, exit. 30 seconds, tops. Repeat for Willers.

It would be a lot more work to delete the listings from, say, Razorblade's Author page (another reason to stop Karl Hook Willers before he gets his own page), but ATM, Razor shows 196 songs (or "0.196 Malcolms"), of which probably 1/4 to 1/2 are, or should be, deleted. Again, it's undeserved ranking on the Author page. But I'll bet you could easily write a little script that, upon deletion of a song from the home page, deletes it from the writer's Author page as well -- because surely you already have a script that extracts the new listings from the home page and *adds* them to the writer's Author page. Just add a "Delete" function to it, along with the "Add to author page" function. >ubergeek< (not really - >dilettante< is more accurate!)

OMG, I just looked @ RBlade's listings: song named "Red Ant". Half-trib, half-attack, but attacks ChuckyG for blocking spam.

I suppose I (or someone, or a committee) should go through all 196 Razorblade "parodies" and cull them, but whatever AIR time is available, I'd rather spend writing my own + reading and v/c-ing other *real* parodies by *real* writers. 


I usually do re-run the index page updater to remove the deleted parodies, I just forgot last night.  Usually the deletion process takes care of all the assorted stuff, and if not the next morning's updates take care of the rest.

Re: my previous post:


Repeat offender Razorblade Brunettes posted 9 lines + 1 word to a 59-line OS. <snip>
Edit: Also, Karl Hook Willers posted 12 nonsensical, non-sequitur lines to a rather famous, 28-line Rolling Stones hit.


It appears that Razorblade Brunettes and Karl Hook Willers are one and the same:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/texas0.shtml
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Karl Hook Willers - January 08, 2011 - Report this comment
Only 3 Sundays to go until I've stopped using Amiright. thanks for the reply, WTF! You're a genius By May 2011, it'll be a welcome return for Amiright! I won't be going under the Razorblade Brunettes banner, I have to do parodies using my own name
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Perhaps Karl Hook Willers should be added to the "watch list" on Parody submissions?

The above-linked parody is also a fragment, being 23 lines and an orphan "I" at the end, to a 56-line OS.

I posted a comment on this parody: http://www.amiright.com/parody/2000s/veggietalestv6.shtml, and commented on the nonsensical and overall poor quality of the parody.  Upon googling the OS since I know nothing about Veggietales, the OS is much longer. http://www.metrolyrics.com/pizza-angel-lyrics-veggie-tales.html. Not to mention that the parody doesn't even seem to fit with what I saw on Metrolyrics.  ::)

So it seems to be a candidate for deletion or moving to parody fragments to me, hence me putting it on the messageboard for consideration, but as I said on AmIRight, I will defer to Chucky and Red Ant as to whether or not it should be deleted.


Andria

I posted a comment on this parody: http://www.amiright.com/parody/2000s/veggietalestv6.shtml, and commented on the nonsensical and overall poor quality of the parody.  Upon googling the OS since I know nothing about Veggietales, the OS is much longer. http://www.metrolyrics.com/pizza-angel-lyrics-veggie-tales.html. Not to mention that the parody doesn't even seem to fit with what I saw on Metrolyrics.  ::)

So it seems to be a candidate for deletion or moving to parody fragments to me, hence me putting it on the messageboard for consideration, but as I said on AmIRight, I will defer to Chucky and Red Ant as to whether or not it should be deleted.


OS is 40+ lines sung, not counting spoken ones. On top of that, the parody on its face violates the Submission Guideline requirement that a parody must have at least ten unique lines.

The 2005 copyright date was a little curious, but it's possible that the author wrote in back then, with or without publishing it anywhere. Anyway, yeah, that's one for the "delete" button. Thanks for your frequent monitoring to keep the site quality up. (Karma)

Thanks for the karma, TT, and you're absolutely welcome.  :)

Found another POS parody from Razorblade Brunettes, http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/thesmiths0.shtml, which constitutes a poorly paced fragment of the OS in comparison with YouTube and these lyrics: http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/this-charming-man-lyrics-the-smiths/845a1d6974341249482568ab0026e7b5.  ::)

I believe that this one should be trashed since it is not a parody of the complete OS or even an abridged radio version (of which none exists for this song), but it's Chucky's decision since I only comment, vote and every so often write a parody or compete in a contest, I'm not an admin or AIR editor, nor do I want to be. (For one, Andria doesn't have time to edit AIR or anything else...)  :)


Andria

Another Veggietales parody similar to the last one I reported to this thread... according to lyrics I obtained online, the parody is largely plagiarized lyrics, with the chorus and intro changed, a few words changed or adlibbed. This isn't a parody in my eyes, but as usual, I'll leave it up to Chucky to determine whether or not it should stay.

BTW, with the copyright date being years ago and the same original artist, could this have been the same guy who did the partial parody of Veggietales' "Pizza Angel", under another name?

Parody lyrics:
http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/veggietalestv2.shtml

OS lyrics:
http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/v/veggietales4708/werethepirateswhodontdoanything209666.html


Andria

http://www.amiright.com/parody/2000s/bob0.shtml

Lots of nasty stereotypes, and I think it's borderline racist. The reference to Nazis doesn't help either.

The author, Broabetes, is new to AmIRight and has not yet written anything racially sensitive, and I hope he doesn't write any more stuff like this.

I know that many other authors have written about Judaism before, and all the racist, stereotyping or offensive parodies have been removed, especially ones about the Nazis and what they did, so this one should at least be considered for review and trashed if Chucky G decides it needs to be.



Andria

Had to have this removed since it only parodies the chorus, and it promotes hatred towards people:
http://www.amiright.com/parody/2000s/blackeyedpeas28.shtml

Erik "Taz" Mokracek posted three copies of one song on the same day, and I see that two have been removed. However, his other post, to a different OS, has the exact same parody words. The proof that it was copy/paste is that the typo of "Repeat o Fade" (vs. "Repeat to fade") was in both.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/tlc0.shtml
http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/weirdalyankovic102.shtml

(Also, isn't parodying a parodist recursive, or something? WAY parodies OSs, and authors here should parody OSs, even if they're doing a different spin on an OS that WAY has already done.)

Some Weird Al parodies take considerable liberties with the structure of the song, to the extent that although he makes it work with his instrumentation, it wouldn't scan properly when performed to the original backing track. So it is possible to do a parody that fits better with the Weird Al version than the original version. But I do agree with the general idea that there's not much point of doing a parody of a parody song because it will likely not be nearly as funny as the Weird Al version and when the OS is funnier than the parody that tends to defeat the purpose.

Some Weird Al parodies take considerable liberties with the structure of the song, to the extent that although he makes it work with his instrumentation, it wouldn't scan properly when performed to the original backing track. So it is possible to do a parody that fits better with the Weird Al version than the original version. But I do agree with the general idea that there's not much point of doing a parody of a parody song because it will likely not be nearly as funny as the Weird Al version and when the OS is funnier than the parody that tends to defeat the purpose.




Isn't parodying a parody kind of well redundant though?   Just saying.

In addition to the issues mentioned here , this entire parody is posted in all caps, in violation of Submission Guidelines.

Hey I would like this parody deleted. http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/houseofpain4.shtml
It's mine, but I accidently submitted it twice, so I would just like the extra deleted.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/screaminjayhawkins524.shtml

In the introduction, the author calls for a "parody war" -- a slew of attack parodies.

The "parody" itself criticizes the site and many members, which is the author's right, but not with facts -- highly desirable -- nor even civilly, which is required. It's all hate speech, with no humor to temper it.

This author repeatedly says that he cares nothing for pacing; doesn't even try; doesn't even think it matters. We can quibble over minor pacing issues from time to time, but if it isn't a good-faith attempt to use the melody and meter (pacing) of TOS -- if you don't even try to overlay the parody on TOS - then it in fact isn't a parody; it's a new original song.

Please be assured that I'm not the only one who has no desire to post his/her creations on the same page with 16 non-paced, non-parodies by this author. Others have communicated the same sentiments privately.

Please consider deleting this parody, and consider either warning or banning this blight on the site that makes the site look foolish, and lowers its quality, reputation, and drawing power. Thank you.

@ ChuckyG: Thank you for your comment at the parody linked above. In case my reply isn't seen before the parody is deleted, I'll reprint it here:
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ChuckyG: THANK YOU, SIR!
I hope the author, and all involved, see my thanks before this is removed. Perhaps remove these lyrics (from AIR page and author page), and redirect the link either to 00s or Submission Guidelines or someplace, as an example of what is NOT allowed? -- with your comments as above, so that the "parody" author, and those interested in reading this, will see what happened to it?
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- July 12, 2011 - Report this comment
I'm commenting here in hopes the author sees it before I remove the parody.

ATTACK PARODIES ARE NOT ALLOWED

No exceptions. There's not going to be any "parody wars". This a rule the site was founded on. If I see any more parodies like this, I will just ban the authors making them, and bans are permanent.
Because of the large volume of submissions by this alleged author - 15-20 on Mondays, and 5-8 per day the rest of the week, there's a good chance he won't see your comment.
Perhaps when reviewing today's (Wednesday's) submissions by Robert Arndt, Jr., if any make it through the review process, repeat your warning comment as the first comment at each of them? ... If you like the idea, but it doesn't reach you in time, just do it with his Thursday subs. Or all week, until he acknowledges. Apparently, there's no other contact info or way to warn him, correct?

Also: It was suggested to me that Arndt and the commenter named "Hammerhead", seen often at Arndt posts, are one and the same, due to certain stylistic elements. Of course you need not make the information public, but if the IP addresses match, it would be additional reason to ban the author of the comment that I reported at the above "parody", 
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"Hammerhead - July 11, 2011 -
A-hole is almost certainly TT... well, f**k him."
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(It wasn't. You can check the IPs.)

We can and will disagree, but we don't need to go around telling people to (mate with) themselves.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/blacksabbath84.shtml

Changing "you" to "thou" and spelling Olde Englishe style does not a parody make.

Is this *really* OK?
It may be "urban slang", but I can think of a lot of other slang, urban or otherwise, that could be offensive to many people.
I can probably give you the Latin or Teutonic origin of most of our four-letter, Anglo-Saxon obscenities, but I would either omit the four-letter words or asterisk them if used in a parody.
Admin viewpoint?

Is this *really* OK?
It may be "urban slang", but I can think of a lot of other slang, urban or otherwise, that could be offensive to many people.
I can probably give you the Latin or Teutonic origin of most of our four-letter, Anglo-Saxon obscenities, but I would either omit the four-letter words or asterisk them if used in a parody.
Admin viewpoint?



definitely a border-line case... but I've probably allowed worse in the past

The idea, if any, about this song, has some potential, but since it is a near-verbatim copy of the original, it had to be removed:
http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/michaeljackson0.shtml

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/radiohead5.shtml

Parody is an attack toward AmIRight and CG, and the author admits to ban evasion in this and his other parodies, as well as in comments replying to my comments referencing his previous ban under the name "Razorblade Brunettes". Note my original post in my Razorblade Brunettes thread (quoted below) detailing the author's openly admitting to ban evasion, attack comments directed at me and improbable excuse behind being able to post under another name.
He/she/it/they have returned as "A Room Full of Spectacles", have been admitting to being banned from AIR in some of their parodies, and are under the impression that just their username is banned when one is banned from a site. I have no idea what they are talking about as far as AIR's "rules of the name", hopefully CG or another administrator of AIR can clarify this... there is also a sarcastic direct hit at me ("Lotz of luv from Andria") when I was telling it like it is in comments to some of their parodies, they think I am saying bad things about the author and their parodies when I am not. 
http://www.amiright.com/parody/authors/roomfullofspectacles.shtml


http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/radiohead5.shtml
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I was banned from Amiright under 'Razorblade Brunettes' but I weren't banned under 'Karl Hook Willers', so apologies for that Andria Due to Amiright's rules of the name 'Razorblade Brunettes' you're supposed to do 1 parody under that alias then go and do another one in 6 months Lotz of luv from Andria PS. 2 parodies to go from 'Razorblade Brunettes'

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/crashtestdummies1.shtml
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i have to point to Andria that yes, when i was under the moniker Razorblade Brunettes, i was banned? in my early days of Amiright we were even allowed to do full parodies of hits before they're blocked us blocking is because you're supposed to do one comedy song

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Andria!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Up Yours - September 24, 2011 - Report this comment
thanks Andria, but hey where are you from? are you British, Mancunian, or American and did you like Oasis



Andria