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Phoenix5225 written on 08/19/07 18:57

Also remember that if you edit the story after you submit it, the date on the story is from the date of edit, not original submission.

ix3thehpseries written on 08/19/07 22:09

Thank you! That helped a lot!=D

hexgirl6193 written on 08/20/07 8:21

thanks. ix3thehpseries im glad i wasnt alone on that.

jediprankster written on 08/24/07 2:43

I submitted the first chapter of my first story, The Boy Who Lived...Again, and after about ten days it just disappeared. If it was rejected, I should have gotten an e-mail to that effect, and telling me why. I am able to recieve e-mails from MNFF as I do seem to get informed when my favorites are updated. This means the rejection was not filtered out.

That leaves a couple of options.
1) The story was dropped due to a server glitch of some kind.
2) The Mod who read it was sleepy and clicked the wrong button.
3) The Mod who rejected it was sleepy and clicked the wrong button.
4) The rejection was lost to some kind of glitch.
Who knows? Maybe it was something else entirely. Anyway, if a story vanishes without so much as an e-mail, is there a way to find out what happened, or should I just try again?

Madam Puddifoot written on 08/24/07 6:48

Jediprankster - usually, when a story just vanishes like that, without a notification email, it's because it doesn't entirely follow the 'Submission Rules'. Check out the submission rules list and make sure your fic complies with EVERYTHING. Other than that, your 'sleepy Mod' theory could be correct. They're humans, after all. :D Hope that helped. x

Marauder by Midnight written on 08/24/07 7:21

jediprankster - Actually, your sleepy mod theory isn't correct. It is most likely a glitch that has to do with your email. For some, especially with a hotmail account, the letter is forwarded immediately to the SPAM folder. Check that first. If it's not there, there's a "I didn't get a rejection letter" thread in the beta forums we use to keep track of which users don't get their letters and which users we have to email or PM manually.

Whether we press the wrong button or not, though, a letter is always sent out.

Vindictus Viridian written on 08/24/07 11:10

It's true -- Hotmail and MNFF do not play nicely together. The glitch theory is good on another front, too -- if the site is too busy, it doesn't send out quite all the emails it says it does. For instance, if a much-favorited story is updated by one mod's validation at the same time another story is rejected by a second mod, the site gets the hiccups and sends the update notices, sometimes twice, without sending the rejection letter the second mod wrote. Or it AKs us all, as you may have seen. Computers are also imperfect. The long and the short of it: join the forums, where you can post in the missing-stories thread when something goes wrong. This will also give you the power to message your mod without having to trust the dodgy email connections of the archive here. There are all sorts of fun things going on in there anyway. Why miss out?

moony101 written on 08/24/07 20:19

Lets see site hiccups, programs that don't play nicely together, missing or missplaced stories hum... am i dectecting a pattern?
And who exactly is in charge of the tech portion of this site I would love to have a word with them.

Magical Maeve written on 08/25/07 15:32

moony101, perhaps you would care to find another fanfiction site, one that meets your requirements. Our software and procedures are clearly not working for you and are causing you, and therefore us, some grief. The comments section is not a place to continually complain and, frankly, it is becoming tiresome. We have three administrators who would, I am quite sure, be happy to answer your concerns and their contact details can be found with just a little effort on your part. Indeed, considerably less effort than it takes to post barbed comments on the news page.

Vindictus Viridian written on 08/25/07 16:41

Misspelled stories are hardly the fault of the site, but that of the person submitting to it.

Aria Gray written on 09/09/07 18:57

I submitted a chapter of my story ten days ago and it has neither been approved nor rejected. I've searched for who I'm supposed to contact in this situation but I'm not exactly sure who it would be. I'm sorry for posting this here since it doesn't really seem to be the best place, but I wasn't sure what else to do.

Thanks!

MF Luder written on 09/13/07 10:56

Maybe it would help if there was more information about categories vs subcategories. A specific character romance is a subcategory of romance, but the submission instructions don't address that. To a newbie doing his or her best to follow directions it is off-putting to use the software correctly, then be told it was incorrect.

daphnes_green_grass written on 09/13/07 16:50

Sorry for posting here, but I'm not sure who I'm supposed to contact for help and the FAQ's don't answer this question that I have. If this is the wrong place I'm sorry!

I submitted a story about 6(?) days ago. It says in my Manage Stories under validated- no. So I was wondering how I do I know if my story has been rejected? Does the no under validated mean it was rejected? Or will I get an email?

Okay if you could answer my question that'd be great! Or maybe I could get a point in the right direction! Thanks!

Marauder by Midnight written on 09/14/07 0:19

MF Luder - That type of page is in the works. We're just having trouble right now.

daphnes_green_grass - You will get a letter in your email inbox stating whether or not it was rejected. If you don't get a letter, you can still see the status of your story under "Manage Stories." If your story has disappeared and you didn't get a rejection letter, contact a moderator.

yanagi_yuna written on 09/14/07 3:50

I have a question. I am currently writing a post-DH fic that shows how George moves on with Fred's death. In which catergory should I put it in? Please answer it. i a almost done.

Gmariam written on 09/16/07 19:06

Yanagi - If your story is set after DH, you could submit to Post-Hogwarts or General. If there are dark/angsty elements, you could submit to D/A. It depends on the focus of your story.

yanagi_yuna written on 09/17/07 7:56

Thanks a lot! I submitted it on General. Thank you!

Luna_Lovegood11 written on 10/15/07 10:33

Hi my story actually got through, and it wasn't multiple categories, but it got mysteriously deleted. It was really weird. This was over the summer, I just thought to ask a question through comments. -Jordy

jlgg written on 04/22/17 11:03

jlgg written on 04/22/17 11:03

Automatic Rejections