Stories stuck in pending folder

[PimmelHeinz]

Hi everybody,
since a weekt three of my stories remain in pending status
What can I do?
Thx for your help

 

[Bamagan]

Look here.

 

[PimmelHeinz]

Thx. I will wait what will happen

 

[Bamagan]

Thx. I will wait what will happen

You want me to guess what will happen? From what other German authors have said, the odds suggest you will be getting a rejection for using AI. I don't think either of the two people running the site can speak or read German. If their software tells them it suspects AI use in a story written in a language they don't understand, they probably can't double-check the rejection easily, or at all. If you translated your story to English using Google or a similar program, most of which now use AI, that usually seems to trigger their detection system.
I hope, for your sake, that my guess is wrong. It's certainly possible the delay is just normal for non-English works. Also, there's a contest happening, which often results in a couple of extra days for non-contest story submissions. Good luck!

 

[PimmelHeinz]

I already added a statement that I never use AI.

 

[PimmelHeinz]

If it won't work I guess I will dedicate a little of my time to teanslate my stories into English and give it a try in English.

 

[PimmelHeinz]

Maybe my English sucks so much that everybody notices it's human written - as no AI would use such rotten grammar.

 

[PimmelHeinz]

It happened 5 minutes ago

 

[PimmelHeinz]

All three stories were send back

 

[PimmelHeinz]

The mod even deleted my public stories.

 

[PimmelHeinz]

I am so angry

 

[Hampshiregirl]

There does seem to be inconsistency at play. Yesterday, I submitted a story in the Mature category, and it took 24 hours to be published. Meanwhile, a submission eight days ago, in the BDSM category, is still in Pending.

I have never had a story rejected for AI, probably because I don't use it. Never have, never will.

Is it just a function of how busy one category is compared to another? Or moderator X versus moderator Y?
HG xx.

 

[PimmelHeinz]

I also never used AI nor grammar check. I studied German language. All I write is my own work.

 

[PimmelHeinz]

They even deleted the stories that were published 10 days ago

 

[PimmelHeinz]

Translating my stories wouldn't help either because my English ia far from perfect. And itprovides me more pleasure to write erotic stories in my native language.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Is it just a function of how busy one category is compared to another? Or moderator X versus moderator Y?

Category should make very little or no difference. I’ve published in close to all of them and the approval times have been comparable.

And - as far as anyone knows (and based on comments in convos with her a while back) - there is only one, rather over-worked, story reviewer here.

As mentioned above, there appears to be a major issue with German language submissions at present.

 

[StillStunned]

As mentioned above, there appears to be a major issue with German language submissions at present.

If I was a callous bastard, I might joke about German writers all sounding robotic and humourless.

But I'm not, so I won't.

 

[PimmelHeinz]

If I was a callous bastard, I might joke about German writers all sounding robotic and humourless.

But I'm not, so I won't.

You speak German? How can you judge?

 

[StillStunned]

You speak German? How can you judge?

It was a joke relying on stereotypes.

 

[EmilyMiller]

If I was a callous bastard, I might joke about German writers all sounding robotic and humourless.

But I'm not, so I won't.

I’m glad you didn’t go there…

E. Miller (one quarter German / Polish - the town has been in both countries)