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The Underrated Story Index - Featured story, index updated + Important announcement (first page)
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Myriad_Daydreams
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Jun '07
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Date Posted:
5/10 11:48am
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RE: The Underrated Story Index - Open for business!
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I'm intrigued as to how this will turn out 
I have a question or two if you don't mind... Is there any limit on the number of fics one can submit? For example if writer A is feeling down about his/her fics could they send in all their fics at once and hope they get picked? Also, can you submit other authors' fics? I know I'd rather help another writer out with their underrated fics than pimp my own.
I'll be looking in here often, seems like a great idea! 
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ardavenport
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Dec '04
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Date Posted:
5/10 1:55pm
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RE: The Underrated Story Index - Open for business!
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Is there a limit to how old a fic can be? There may be an old fic on the boards that never got much attention and is now done and locked. Would that be a good candidate? I assume that an older fic like that would have to be complete to be included in the index? Unfinished fics are a bit of a downer to me.
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Underrated_Index
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May '08
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Date Posted:
5/10 2:46pm
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RE: The Underrated Story Index - Open for business!
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Firstly, thanks for the positive feedback. I'm glad that many think that this is a good idea and I hope that you all will contribute to making this a great index! 
Now, concerning some questions
Myriad_Daydreams posted:
I'm intrigued as to how this will turn out
I have a question or two if you don't mind... Is there any limit on the number of fics one can submit? For example if writer A is feeling down about his/her fics could they send in all their fics at once and hope they get picked? Also, can you submit other authors' fics? I know I'd rather help another writer out with their underrated fics than pimp my own.
I'll be looking in here often, seems like a great idea!
You may submit as many fics as you like, just as long as you don't submit the same fic several times. However, whilst it is no rule, I would recommend the one PM = one fic approach. I will try my best to stay on top of things but there is a risk I can swamped and lose track of my PM's. It would be a shame if several fics got lost just because they were just in one PM.
And yes, you may submit the work of other author's if you feel they are underrated. I would recommend though that you spoke with the author in question first though because they might be happy with their readership and not feel underrated at all.
Hope that clears up any questions
ardavenport posted:
Is there a limit to how old a fic can be? There may be an old fic on the boards that never got much attention and is now done and locked. Would that be a good candidate? I assume that an older fic like that would have to be complete to be included in the index? Unfinished fics are a bit of a downer to me.
Yes, old and locked fics that never got much attention are still eligible. However, I don't think I would accept unfinished arcs. Old and locked fics would have to completed to be eligible to be featured.
Hope that answers your question
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Alexis_Wingstar
Title: PT Rewrite Contest Winner
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Sep '06
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Date Posted:
5/10 3:01pm
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RE: The Underrated Story Index - Announcement
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ACK! I already put several fics in one PM! 
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mrjop2
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Jun '07
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Date Posted:
5/10 3:18pm
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So did I! oops!
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lazykbys_left
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Date Posted:
5/10 3:36pm
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RE: The Underrated Story Index - Announcement [Can a fic be un-indexed?]
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One nitpicking question, if you don't mind:
If an underrated fic becomes - er, non-underrated after being indexed, does it get taken off the list?
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DarthIshtar
Title: Former CR
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Date Posted:
5/10 7:50pm
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DarthBreezy
Title: Retired Mos Everett Cantina Founder & JMPR
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Date Posted:
5/10 8:16pm
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Just adding my support of a wonderful idea. Whether you're just starting out or have been away for a long time, if you don't get replies you wonder if you are a good writer, or in the case of 'coming back' you wonder if you ever had 'it'. Most of the time, it's just a case of too many stories, and too few eyes.
It's nice to see a place to showcase the undiscovered jems!
Bravo!!
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Alexis_Wingstar
Title: PT Rewrite Contest Winner
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Date Posted:
5/10 8:49pm
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RE: The Underrated Story Index - Announcement
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Are one-shots/vigs eligible for this index?
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Alley_Skywalker
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Date Posted:
5/10 11:32pm
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Wow! Talk about a great idea
Oh, and I second Alexis_Wingstar's question.
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Space_Wolf
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Mar '07
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Date Posted:
5/11 1:24am
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RE: The Underrated Story Index - Announcement
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I think they should stay on the list - it'd be like disqualifying a story when the awards come around just because one more person reads it after it's been nominated.
I have a locked story from last year, but I wasn't going to send it because with it being locked, I wouldn't know if it gained more readers anyway, as it won't accept any new replies. What are others thoughts on this?
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Underrated_Index
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Date Posted:
5/11 2:55am
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RE: The Underrated Story Index - Announcement
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Alexis_Wingstar posted:
ACK! I already put several fics in one PM!
mrjop2 posted:
So did I! oops!
Not to worry, I'm keeping an extra eye on these PM's. I haven't received too many PM's yet so it's not a problem right now but it could become one in the future, so just keep that in mind.
lazykbys_left posted:
One nitpicking question, if you don't mind:
If an underrated fic becomes - er, non-underrated after being indexed, does it get taken off the list?
- lazy
Good question!
The answer is no. Fics that garner a wider readership after being featured will stay in the index. I see no reason to take them off. It will only be a lot of hassle.
Alexis_Wingstar posted:
Are one-shots/vigs eligible for this index?
Yes, all types of stories are eligible. Vigs and one-shots however will be harder to determine than longer stories that are constantly updated but nonetheless, they are still eligible.
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Earthknight
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Date Posted:
5/13 2:34pm
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This thread is a 100 in awesomeness. I'm glad somebody created it.
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Jedi Trace
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Date Posted:
5/13 3:41pm
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Space_Wolf posted:
I have a locked story from last year, but I wasn't going to send it because with it being locked, I wouldn't know if it gained more readers anyway, as it won't accept any new replies. What are others thoughts on this?
Stories can be unlocked by their authors at any time. To do this, go to the very first post and click "edit." There will be a box to the left that says "options." Click the line marked "locked" to remove the check mark and then click "edit" again.
This will unlock the thread.
At that time, you will need to post in the story just saying that it's unlocked or something like that, otherwise it will auto-lock again the next day.
Threads auto-lock after six months, so just one post will keep it open for the next six months unless the author decides to lock it manually.
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Earthknight
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Date Posted:
5/13 3:43pm
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Oh...so that's how you unlock a story thread. Cool .
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