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Friday, September 14, 2007
Hidden Stories Revealed
While no one wants this to happen (including us staffers!), occasionally you may sign on to your account and find that one of your stories has been “hidden”. What this means is that you have violated one or more of the site rules. While some violations are cause for immediate deletion (NC17, for example), normally we will hide your story to allow you time to edit it to meet the site rules. Recently, we have had several people asking how to get their story “unhidden” so here’s the scoop:
1) Know why your story was hidden. If you already know what rule(s) you violated skip to the next step. If you do not know why it was hidden and have not received a message from a staffer, contact a validator. You may reach us through the trouble tickets (the fastest response time), through the forum (second fastest) and by sending us an email through the links available on the contacts page.
2) Edit your story. Just like you would edit any story, access the story/chapter from your account page and make the necessary edits. Again, if you know where you are in violation, jus go ahead and make the changes. If you aren’t sure or want to have a staffer help you make the story compliant, contact a staffer and we’ll get you some personalized help on getting the problems fixed.
3) Resubmit the chapter to the queue. It will be validated just like any other submission you’ve ever done, being checked for any violations. If you have more changes to make, continue to resubmit chapters as you get them edited.
4) Notify the staff. This is the step most people miss and get angry with us for. Once a story has been fixed and approved through the validation process, it is still HIDDEN. Hiding stories is a completely different process that validating one. Once you have all chapters fixed, contact a staffer and let them know a) your story was hidden; b) you have made the requested changes and c) you wish it to be made visible. A staffer will double check that all requested changes were made and viola! Your hidden story will be revealed for all to read again.
1) Know why your story was hidden. If you already know what rule(s) you violated skip to the next step. If you do not know why it was hidden and have not received a message from a staffer, contact a validator. You may reach us through the trouble tickets (the fastest response time), through the forum (second fastest) and by sending us an email through the links available on the contacts page.
2) Edit your story. Just like you would edit any story, access the story/chapter from your account page and make the necessary edits. Again, if you know where you are in violation, jus go ahead and make the changes. If you aren’t sure or want to have a staffer help you make the story compliant, contact a staffer and we’ll get you some personalized help on getting the problems fixed.
3) Resubmit the chapter to the queue. It will be validated just like any other submission you’ve ever done, being checked for any violations. If you have more changes to make, continue to resubmit chapters as you get them edited.
4) Notify the staff. This is the step most people miss and get angry with us for. Once a story has been fixed and approved through the validation process, it is still HIDDEN. Hiding stories is a completely different process that validating one. Once you have all chapters fixed, contact a staffer and let them know a) your story was hidden; b) you have made the requested changes and c) you wish it to be made visible. A staffer will double check that all requested changes were made and viola! Your hidden story will be revealed for all to read again.
