Post by margaret1234 on Sept 22, 2009 9:58:10 GMT -10
At the beginning of August, in an attempt to tidy up the fan fiction section area to make life easier for the reader in identifying ongoing or finished stories, and particularly for new people coming on the board, Krystal at our request split the fan fiction into two sections...ie. finished or unfinished. This was fabulous as this made the finding of current stories so much easier. As I understand it once stories have been completed for 6 months.....they will be moved to the finished section. Any unfinished story that is not being updated will be moved in 4 months.
At the same time it was requested that authors of stories in progress or completed should modify their threads to clarify which of these categories there story fell within.
As of now, the only two authors to have done what was requested is Lucy & Jessica. Lovely and clear.....Work in Progress or work completed.
So, at the moment if I was a new person coming on board I wouldn't know a finished story from a continuing story. The fact that I am a regular in here means I do know, but that is not the point.
I do not want to come across as a wet blanket, but this section will just get out of hand again, if completed stories are not moved after 6 months, because the author did not identify her story as complete.......there will just be an ever growing build up of stories with no clarification alongside them, and by not doing as requested we are defeating the intention to tidy things up and make life easier for everyone.
Sorry for griping a bit, but what is the point of making changes if they are not adhered to?
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So, can I tactfully ask those that have not modified their stories to show work in Progress or completed to take a few minutes of their time to do this.
This is after all your area of art, and I am sure you would wish this area to be kept in proper order.
Hope I have not offended anyone, this was not my intention.
Margaret
@ Krystal....hope you don't mind me stepping in here
At the same time it was requested that authors of stories in progress or completed should modify their threads to clarify which of these categories there story fell within.
As of now, the only two authors to have done what was requested is Lucy & Jessica. Lovely and clear.....Work in Progress or work completed.
So, at the moment if I was a new person coming on board I wouldn't know a finished story from a continuing story. The fact that I am a regular in here means I do know, but that is not the point.
I do not want to come across as a wet blanket, but this section will just get out of hand again, if completed stories are not moved after 6 months, because the author did not identify her story as complete.......there will just be an ever growing build up of stories with no clarification alongside them, and by not doing as requested we are defeating the intention to tidy things up and make life easier for everyone.
Sorry for griping a bit, but what is the point of making changes if they are not adhered to?
?So, can I tactfully ask those that have not modified their stories to show work in Progress or completed to take a few minutes of their time to do this.
This is after all your area of art, and I am sure you would wish this area to be kept in proper order.
Hope I have not offended anyone, this was not my intention.
Margaret
@ Krystal....hope you don't mind me stepping in here
