Resubmissions

[RainierWriterII]

Hello all. I've been poking around AH for a while, looking for a bit of clarification on story resubmission. First, are resubmitted stories simply replaced or are they shown as new? Second, do votes/comments carry over? The reason I ask is that if people take the time to do either, I think their thoughts should be captured going forward. I have more questions about this, but those are the most prominent on my mind at the moment.
RWII

 

[sr71plt]

Hello all. I've been poking around AH for a while, looking for a bit of clarification on story resubmission. First, are resubmitted stories simply replaced or are they shown as new? Second, do votes/comments carry over? The reason I ask is that if people take the time to do either, I think their thoughts should be captured going forward. I have more questions about this, but those are the most prominent on my mind at the moment.
RWII

If you resubmit as an edit, they do. I don't think they do if you do a delete and new submission.

 

[lovecraft68]

Everything carries over if you do an "edit" it also does not show up in new releases. So if there is a reason your doing it, put a note on your home page so your fans know its different.

If you delete then then put it back up. it will show as a new story and people might get pissed because they're reading it twice(never know with people)

 

[Darkniciad]

The original question has been covered, so I'm going to make a pre-emptive strike, or if it's unnecessary information to you, to answer questions others might be searching for when they see this 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. I have seen edits go up in bulk in far less time than a story usually requires to post, though.

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.

 

[RainierWriterII]

Thanks

Thanks for all the feedback...very helpful!
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