Posting a story revision

[Bebop3]

Hi,

I've forgotten how to do this. If anyone could help out, it would be appreciated.

I've cleaned up a story and would like to post it and replace what is there. I seem to remember that you do everything like normal, except that you put <EDIT> before the title.

Is that accurate?

Thanks!

 

[GinnyPPC]

Hi,

I've forgotten how to do this. If anyone could help out, it would be appreciated.

I've cleaned up a story and would like to post it and replace what is there. I seem to remember that you do everything like normal, except that you put <EDIT> before the title.

Is that accurate?

Thanks!

Go as if you were uploading a new story, but give it the same name as the one you are replacing. Then in the notes say EDITED VERSION

It might be a good idea to list out the edits made or types of edits.

 

[RejectReality]

I'll drop my copy-pasta for editing in case others may wander by with a similar question it might cover.

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/chapter, 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 have a lower priority than new stories, and may take longer to process.

Edits will not appear on the public side immediately. Wait at least 24 hours after the "edited" submission vanishes from your private author list or from the "pending" folder 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.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Go as if you were uploading a new story, but give it the same name as the one you are replacing. Then in the notes say EDITED VERSION

It might be a good idea to list out the edits made or types of edits.

Need to put EDIT in the story title. There's no need to list the edits though - the site just uploads the entire new content. But a quick summary note is courteous to Laurel, so she knows what's going on.

I had a recent edit go through in 48 hours, so I must have got it in at just the right time.

 

[Bebop3]

Thank you!

I appreciate the help.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

You also might include the link to the story in the Admin Note, so Laurel doesn't have to do a search and destroy.