User blog comment:Geti186/Review My Character Star Serelinity/@comment-3122168-20131130220044

The No True Scotsman fallacy:

"The term was coined by  Antony Flew, who gave an example of a  Scotsman who sees a newspaper article about a series of sex crimes taking place in Brighton, and responds that "no Scotsman would do such a thing." When later confronted with  evidence of another Scotsman doing even  worse acts, his response is that "no  true Scotsman would do such a thing," thus disavowing membership in the group "Scotsman" to the  criminal on the basis that the commission of the crime is evidence for not being a Scotsman. However, this is a fallacy as there is nothing in the definition of "Scotsman" which makes such acts impossible. The term "No True Scotsman" has since expanded to refer to anyone who attempts to disown or distance themselves from wayward members of a group by excluding them from it."

The term "proper review" is a perfect example of this. If someone gives you a negative review, then it is not a "proper review" - this allows you to discount any negative review of your story, because only the positive ones are 'proper'.