Editing Tags

[susurrus]

Don't know if this is where to put this, but...

I was just re-reading one of my older stories, in preparation for adding a chapter to the series, when I came upon the "Tags" attached to it.

I did not generate these tags, as this story was posted long before such a thing was available, so they were created by the site, and aren't a lot of help. Is there a way to edit those, so that they more accurately describe the action in the story? I'm in my author dashboard right now, and don't see an option to modify tags.

A lot of my older stories have these site-generated tags, and it would be nice to be able to go back and change them. I mean: "pant legs?"

 

[Lori_the_Hoosier]

Don't know if this is where to put this, but...

I was just re-reading one of my older stories, in preparation for adding a chapter to the series, when I came upon the "Tags" attached to it.

I did not generate these tags, as this story was posted long before such a thing was available, so they were created by the site, and aren't a lot of help. Is there a way to edit those, so that they more accurately describe the action in the story? I'm in my author dashboard right now, and don't see an option to modify tags.

A lot of my older stories have these site-generated tags, and it would be nice to be able to go back and change them. I mean: "pant legs?"

I would guess one way might be to re-submit the story as an *EDIT* and re-tag it with your own tags in the 'add tags' box in your author story submittal dashboard

 

[Bramblethorn]

Don't know if this is where to put this, but...

I was just re-reading one of my older stories, in preparation for adding a chapter to the series, when I came upon the "Tags" attached to it.

I did not generate these tags, as this story was posted long before such a thing was available, so they were created by the site, and aren't a lot of help. Is there a way to edit those, so that they more accurately describe the action in the story? I'm in my author dashboard right now, and don't see an option to modify tags.

A lot of my older stories have these site-generated tags, and it would be nice to be able to go back and change them. I mean: "pant legs?"

What Lori said, use the edit function.

From what I can see, when the site first added the tag feature, they used an automated process to back-tag pre-existing stories. It seems to have searched through for recurring word combinations, and I'm guessing your story mentioned "pant legs" at least twice.

 

[HappySpouse]

The submissions FAQ for the site says to do exactly what the others have suggested, submit it as an edit.

 

[susurrus]

Great, thanks everybody.

 

[KeithD]

Or just let it pass. How significant is a questionable tag on a twenty-year-old story here?

 

[susurrus]

That's a point, too.

I mainly wanted to know if there was an easy way. Since it sounds like going through re-submission, I don't know if I'll take the time, but it's good information to know, in case I get ambitious