Over a Month

[usable001]

For edits, even small edits like a title change, I was told that over a month's wait was standard. Now that a month has passed, I'm revisiting the question: for edits, how much over a month should I expect to wait?

Edit: And what should I do, if anything, once we pass the two-month mark for my title change request?
Three months?

 

[Bazzle]

For edits, even small edits like a title change, I was told that over a month's wait was standard. Now that a month has passed, I'm revisiting the question: for edits, how much over a month should I expect to wait?

My latest edit took 7 weeks.

 

[DTales]

The few times I've had edits on works, it took a while. I think those are shunted down the list, sadly.

 

[usable001]

I think those are shunted down the list, sadly.

That's a given.

My latest edit took 7 weeks.

So closer to two months than one. Thanks.

I'll try to chill out more.

 

[Voboy]

I just discovered a glaring error in my piece that went up last night.

Glaring to me, anyway; I doubt most people will notice, and even if they do, I think it's not all that troubling.

So I'll be damned before I try to edit that shit, lol. I missed it, and that's on me. Now the piece belongs to the readers. I had my chance.

 

[usable001]

Glaring to me, anyway; I doubt most people will notice, and even if they do, I think it's not all that troubling.

In my case, I think most people notice the title of the work. That is the sum total of the change I requested.

As I mentioned, this request was made over a month ago, well before discovering the strongly held aversion some people have to the option to edit, at all. My question was about the timing of a specific feature of the site, not a desire to see people repeat a trip down that well-worn rabbit hole.

 

[EmilyMiller]

My question was about the timing of a specific feature of the site, not a desire to see people repeat a trip down that well-worn rabbit hole.

My last set of edits took about six weeks to disappear from pending and a further two weeks for the actual story text to update.

The second delay is new to me.

 

[BeechLeaf]

At 7 weeks I sent a message to Laurel, because I'd realized there might have been a particular problem delaying mine. The edit was promptly made live. I don't know if it was just taking pity on the 7 weeks' delay, or if I'd actually addressed a problem that had been delaying it.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I just discovered a glaring error in my piece that went up last night.

Glaring to me, anyway; I doubt most people will notice, and even if they do, I think it's not all that troubling.

So I'll be damned before I try to edit that shit, lol. I missed it, and that's on me. Now the piece belongs to the readers. I had my chance.

Agree. I've got a bunch of stories with html that didn't render correctly from about five years ago (when I thought I was being clever), plus the inevitable typos and doubled-up words. Not worth the bother to fix, and no-one has ever commented. We worry far too much about the .05% error rates in our stories. It's when the whole second page flips to italics, that you do something about it.

 

[ElectricBlue]

My last set of edits took about six weeks to disappear from pending and a further two weeks for the actual story text to update.

The second delay is new to me.

It's becoming more common, I think, to process/approve a story (edited or new), then bump the publication date down the line a few days. Two weeks is a long gap, though.

 

[EmilyMiller]

It's becoming more common, I think, to process/approve a story (edited or new), then bump the publication date down the line a few days. Two weeks is a long gap, though.

As these were edits, they didn’t get publication dates, just disappeared from pending. But ut took two more weeks after they disappeared from pending for the story text to be updated. I’ve never noticed that second delay before.

 

[NuclearFairy]

My edit took 6 weeks to process, and then another two weeks to two months to show. I stopped checking the story after two weeks, then checked it again after two months and it had finally shown up by that point. This was back at the end of last year, beginning of this year btw. Just didn't think it was worth the effort of reporting.

 

[ElectricBlue]

As these were edits, they didn’t get publication dates, just disappeared from pending. But it took two more weeks after they disappeared from pending for the story text to be updated. I’ve never noticed that second delay before.

I had a name cock-up in a second chapter published late last year, which I tried to fix, but the text inadvertently got mixed up with the first chapter, which got duplicated. Laurel fixed the dupe, but the name didn't get fixed (a single time, where I'd missed a find/replace in the draft). I read that chapter a couple of nights ago, and it's right now, but I have no idea when it was done. Laurel must have gone into the text and changed it for me, unannounced.

 

[usable001]

Today is Friday. Sunday will be two months that I have waited for my title change.

 

[Bazzle]

Today is Friday. Sunday will be two months that I have waited for my title change.

It took 6-8 weeks for my last edit.

Just sit... dont do anything, it will happen.

 

[usable001]

Assuming that this is a problem which has grown over time, for those who have already chimed in, how long ago was "my last edit"?

A six-week wait two years ago might not translate to a six-week wait (or eight, or ten, or twenty-six weeks) today.

 

[usable001]

At 7 weeks I sent a message to Laurel, because I'd realized there might have been a particular problem delaying mine. The edit was promptly made live. I don't know if it was just taking pity on the 7 weeks' delay, or if I'd actually addressed a problem that had been delaying it.

I hate the idea that this might be necessary. I don't want to harass people who are already overworked.

 

[BeechLeaf]

An edit in February took four weeks. One in May was the one I followed up after seven weeks. That's not enough to generalize on.

 

[OddLove]

If I ever win 'fuck you' levels of money from the lottery I never play, I'm going to buy a authentic 1700 pirate ship and send Literotica ten million dollars to grow their team.

 

[usable001]

If I ever win 'fuck you' levels of money from the lottery I never play, I'm going to buy a authentic 1700 pirate ship and send Literotica ten million dollars to grow their team.

I'd like to have enough money to not worry about my current financial responsibilities and go help people I wanted to help. My bet is that after a week helping out, I could come up with a more nuanced solution than "throw money at it." Money would probably be involved, but a lot less than 10 million.

I hate the idea that this might be necessary. I don't want to harass people who are already overworked.

That said, I thinking somebody may have poked her on my behalf. The long-awaited title change is complete.

 

[SimonDoom]

If I ever win 'fuck you' levels of money from the lottery I never play, I'm going to buy a authentic 1700 pirate ship and send Literotica ten million dollars to grow their team.

I like that. Maybe the Literotica operations could be relocated to your pirate ship. You could have a rotating cast of Lit authors as the seamen. Laurel as Boatswain and Manu as Boatswain's mate.

The authors would be an occasionally disagreeable bunch as sailors, but you could always keep them in line by threatening to throw them overboard.

 

[deathlynx]

This is the reason that I've never bothered to touch pieces once posted, no matter what I might spot after the fact. Hell, The Villain Ch. 3E is titled 3DE!

 

[Britva415]

If I ever win 'fuck you' levels of money from the lottery I never play, I'm going to buy an authentic 1700 pirate ship and send Literotica ten million dollars to grow their team.

They don't need a red cent. They just don't trust anyone to help. They could have 100 volunteers overnight if they wanted.