delete requests

[FannieSpanker]

I have several stories (parts of a series) that I initially uploaded as multichapter chunks, which I need to reupload as individual chapters. (Also, the book has since had multiple edits, such that it would be more straightforward for everyone for me to simply reupload the whole book rather than submit individual edits.)

I submitted my first request on the 16th, then additional requests every few days in case the first request was hidden by the publish submission glitch. None of them have prompted any response. I would think a simple delete request should not require any substantial review necessitating such a delay, and am surprised (and frustrated) that my request has not yet been granted.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

Delete requests, like edit requests, are very low priority and often take over a month, or so people here in the forum have said. I've done a couple of edits, but no deletes so far.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Delete requests, like edit requests, are very low priority and often take over a month, or so people here in the forum have said. I've done a couple of edits, but no deletes so far.

This. Deletions take a long while. I had some poetry removed ten years ago, that took a month or so.

 

[Britva415]

additional requests every few days

Edits are different.

For publishing, you don't want to re-submit because it puts you at the back of the line again. You only want to re-submit if it has been so long that it is clear you aren't even in the line at all, and rejoining it at the back is going to be better than staying stuck.

For edits, which is what the delete request really is, there isn't any evidence that there is a glitch like there is with publishing. That queue just takes a really long time.

You might be waiting more than a month, but don't reset your request.

 

[RejectReality]

Deletes are part of the edit queue, so a month is what you should expect, at best. That being said...

If you didn't, make sure delete requests are submitted with *DELETE* or something similar appended to the title instead of *EDIT*. That marks them as easier to process than edits, which will likely get them moved to the head of the queue whenever time is available.

It's unclear from your post, but you can use a single submission to bulk delete when that's required as well. If that's not what you did, then for future reference, treat it like a normal delete request, but use the notes section and the story text section to detail all of the works you want deleted. If it's an entire series, that's an easy explanation.

Who knows when it will go live, but once point-n-click editing makes it out of the development cycle, deletes should be a zero moderation operation that take effect immediately. ( or as immediately as the cache will allow ) It's pretty much the only operation concerning submissions that can be entirely left up to the author.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

Who knows when it will go live, but once point-n-click editing makes it out of the development cycle, deletes should be a zero moderation operation that take effect immediately. ( or as immediately as the cache will allow ) It's pretty much the only operation concerning submissions that can be entirely left up to the author.

I recently noticed that adding a story to a series (using the beta manual series feature) is instantaneous, probably for the same reason you were thinking of: there's no way to make a story violate Literotica policy by adding it to a series.