User blog comment:ZoshiX/Timelines/@comment-16075172-20160125170154/@comment-3293097-20160329203503

I think part of all of this stems from a misunderstanding of what the alpha timeline is supposed to be. A while back, DMS said that he would like the current "line" of stories to be done and not added upon. An effort to allow others to write stories using familiar characters while not infringing on what he wanted to leave at least mostly the way it was eventually turned into the timelines concept. Alpha timeline isn't really supposed to be the "main" storyline but is really only "alpha" because it happens to be the first consecutive storyline established on the site.

Stories are still allowed to be written using the same characters and scenarios from Alpha, but they cannot be considered part of the alpha timeline. Of course, replacing copyrighted characters and things like that aren't considered changing the timeline, really.

As of right now, the main idea is anyone can write anything they want, but if characters are used by others and their creators disapprove, then an issue arises. Otherwise, anything is fine as long as it's secluded to it's own timeline.

Once anyone creates a new timeline they can let whoever add whatever to it as they see fit, provided all participants want to do so.

The main point is though, making major changes to anything that is established in alpha is off-limits. If anyone wants to create an alternate scenario with similar events, creating a new timeline to do so is fine, such as what Ludi has done with Beta.