HELP!!! How do you delete, & take down a story?

[Queen_Vicki]

The title says it all. And thanks in a advance

 

[RejectReality]

Start a new submission, use the same title as the original ( or as much as will fit ) plus something such as *DELETE*

Fill in the same category as the original title, then fill in the other things with placeholders, as they don't matter.

The one section that does matter is the "notes" section, where you should say what story you're deleting.

Preview, then submit.

Alternately, if it's an emergency ( someone figured out who you are and threatening to expose you to family, etc. ) contact Laurel via PM and explain the situation. Her profile can be found as the thread starter on many of the sticky threads at the top of the AH.

 

[Queen_Vicki]

Start a new submission, use the same title as the original ( or as much as will fit ) plus something such as *DELETE*

Fill in the same category as the original title, then fill in the other things with placeholders, as they don't matter.

The one section that does matter is the "notes" section, where you should say what story you're deleting.

Preview, then submit.

Alternately, if it's an emergency ( someone figured out who you are and threatening to expose you to family, etc. ) contact Laurel via PM and explain the situation. Her profile can be found as the thread starter on many of the sticky threads at the top of the AH.

NAW!! It's not a dire situation. I just needed help, and you gave it to me. THANKS!!!

 

[FragileUnbroken]

Alternately, if it's an emergency ( someone figured out who you are and threatening to expose you to family, etc. ) contact Laurel via PM and explain the situation. Her profile can be found as the thread starter on many of the sticky threads at the top of the AH.

It's off topic, but I think it's really nice that someone who runs this site might care enough about the site users to step up if they need protection.

 

[Cruel2BKind]

It's off topic, but I think it's really nice that someone who runs this site might care enough about the site users to step up if they need protection.

Laurel's our kitty-mama. We love her, she protects us, and we get to write-and-read smut until the cows come home.

She reads and edits every one of the stories we submit by herself, to avoid Lit falling into child-porn, Beast-porn, or excessive brutality.

Our mother, who art in Forum, hallowed be her site.

Her kingdom (makes me) come, her will be done, on earth as it is in cyberspace.

Give us this day our daily smut, and forgive us for asstr, as we try to forgive scouries and the like.

For she is the kitty-mama, and the editor, and the glory,

Amen.

 

[nicecthulhu]

Thank you Queen_Vicki for asking this question. I was just about to post the same query, as I'd forgotten how I deleted a story, or two, months and months ago (a year ago?)! And my most recent attempt to do so was lacking...

Cruel2BKind: I wish I had your poetic creativity!

 

[RejectReality]

May as well put this here, as someone looking for answers to related questions might stumble across the thread.

Here's the editing method for Lit.

• Take note of the url of your story/chapter. That's the address appearing in the address bar of your browser when you view the first page of your story. You really only need the last part after the /s/ that represents your title.
• Start a new submission.
• Use the same title as the original ( or as much as will fit ) plus something such as *EDIT*
• Fill in the same category, then fill description and keywords with placeholders, as they don't matter. ( Unless one of these things are what you're editing )
• If editing the story text, paste/upload the new text in the "story text" section. You need to upload the whole story, not just the edited sections. If editing anything else, copy the "notes" section detailed below in order to fill this section.
• In the "notes" section, say what you are editing. If story text, then put that. If title, then put the requested NEW title here. You can fill in edited descriptions/keywords/category above, but you'll still want to list any such changes here. It's a good idea to list the url that I mentioned in step 1. This is unique to every story/chapter, and can help eliminate the potential for human error. As mentioned above, if you are editing something other than the story text, copy what you put in the notes section to the "story text" as well. This is simply because there must be something in that section for you to submit.
• Click "Review", then "Submit"

Edits are subject to the same wait time as a new story. Laurel has said that edit requests have low priority, but I have also seen edits go up in bulk in far less time than a story usually requires to post, though. So, it could be shorter, or it could be longer than the normal wait for a story to post.

Edits will not appear on the public side immediately. Wait at least 24 hours after the "edited" submission vanishes from your private author list before worrying that your changes haven't been applied. Changes may not all appear at the same time, either. Page 1 may change, while page 2 will remain the same until an hour or so later. Be patient as the system catches up.

If you edit the story in this manner ( as opposed to deleting and re-submitting ) you'll retain your votes, views, comments, etc. The only thing that will be changed is what you say that you want changed. It will not appear on the New List again.

If you wish to delete a story, use much the same method, except put something such as *DELETE* in the title, and say that you want to delete the story in question in the "notes" section.

If you wish to delete all of your stories, an entire series, etc., then use the normal delete process, but explain in the "notes" section that you want to do a mass delete, and what type.

Convoluted, but it does work. It gets a little easier as you get used to it.

 

[Cruel2BKind]

Thank you Queen_Vicki for asking this question. I was just about to post the same query, as I'd forgotten how I deleted a story, or two, months and months ago (a year ago?)! And my most recent attempt to do so was lacking...

Cruel2BKind: I wish I had your poetic creativity!

Thanks.

 

[Queen_Vicki]

Will it take a few days before it get deleted? Or will it get deleted right away?

 

[loquere]

Start a new submission, use the same title as the original ( or as much as will fit ) plus something such as *DELETE*

Fill in the same category as the original title, then fill in the other things with placeholders, as they don't matter.

The one section that does matter is the "notes" section, where you should say what story you're deleting.

Preview, then submit.

Alternately, if it's an emergency ( someone figured out who you are and threatening to expose you to family, etc. ) contact Laurel via PM and explain the situation. Her profile can be found as the thread starter on many of the sticky threads at the top of the AH.

Blackmailing happens here?
Sounds like a Litt storyline.

 

[loquere]

Will it take a few days before it get deleted? Or will it get deleted right away?

Are you edditing a part of shifting hearts chapter 7?

 

[RejectReality]

Will it take a few days before it get deleted? Or will it get deleted right away?

It will take however long the current queue for new stories is, more or less. Last time I looked at the sticky thread, it was 2-3 days.

 

[Cruel2BKind]

The last time I posted a story it took almost seven days.

Now my story only took one night to become approved, and it takes 3 days to delete a story.

It's like bizzaro world.

 

[Queen_Vicki]

Are you edditing a part of shifting hearts chapter 7?

NO!! I am trying to delete the whole thing. Actually I am trying to delete all seven chapters of it, restart it,and make it better, just in case I am going to publish it. I can't have any type of fucks up's

 

[TxRad]

NO!! I am trying to delete the whole thing. Actually I am trying to delete all seven chapters of it, restart it,and make it better, just in case I am going to publish it. I can't have any type of fucks up's

You can leave the chapters up, do your edits and then upload the edited version. Just put edit where you would have put delete. You keep your views, votes, and comments that way.