How do you delete a story?

[Bebeslut]

I want to trim down the number of stories I've submitted. How can I delete a story?

 

[Darkniciad]

• Go to the first page of the story you want to delete. Take note of the number at the end of the URL in your browser window. This is the unique Lit ID# of the story/chapter
  
• Start a new submission, exactly as you would if you were adding a new story to the site.
  
• For the title, use the same title ( or as much as will fit ) of the story you want to delete plus something such as *DELETE*
  
• Fill in category, description, keywords with placeholders. They don't matter. You might copy the "notes" section (below) as the story text. There has to be something in the story text section.
  
• In the "Notes" section, say that you want to delete the story. It's a good idea to reference the Lit ID# here, just to make sure that there's no question about what story/chapter you want to delete from the site.
  
• Preview and submit as normal.

Though this is technically subject to the same queue as story approvals, I've frequently seen deletes/edits go up in bulk in less time than the average story approval.

I know that you can use a single submission to delete all of your work this way by stating that you want to do so. You can always try referencing all of the stories ( and Lit ID#s ) that you want to delete with the one submission, if you're going to delete more than one, but not all of your work.

I'm not sure how the backend of the site works to know whether it's more work for Laurel to do it with a single *DELETE* submission for each story/chapter, or whether a bulk delete is just as easy/easier.

We really need streamlined edit/delete functionality, but the current system does work. It just takes some getting used to, and a little guidance

 

[Bebeslut]

Hey, that worked! Thanks!