[admin] sample entry template and posting instructions

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

This is the general template of how you should post your remix.

Subject line: fic: Story Title (Remix Subtitle) (Fandom, Characters or paring, rating), e.g., Back from the Great Beyond (The Velvet Underground Overdub) (Supernatural; Sam/Dean)

Title: Back from the Great Beyond (The Velvet Underground Overdub)
Author: [this line should have your sockpuppet name listed, until the reveal]
Summary: Sam is waiting for a sign that won't come, a sign they probably don't even need, and nothing Dean says will change his mind.
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Sam Winchester/Dean Winchester [if your story does not have a pairing, you type: Character(s): Character 1, Character 2, as needed]
rating: R [please use MPAA ratings for consistency. use your judgement on how your story should be rated.]
Original story: Eurydice by wanttobeatree [please include a link to the original story, as well as the title and author]
Notes: [beta thanks etc. can be added in when you put your author name in after the reveal]

< Your LJ cut here > ***

Back from the Great Beyond (The Velvet Underground Overdub)

[STORY GOES HERE]

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You will tag your fic as follows:

fandom: [fandom the fic is in, no abbreviations], character: [full character name] (tag for each main character of your story), pairing: [character 1/character 2 - please use the full names of each person in the pairing] (if there is more than one pairing, you tag for each plot-relevant pairing), rating: [rating], original author: [name of person you've remixed], remix author: [lj sockpuppet name to be changed when author names are revealed]

If you've written a crossover, tag for each individual fandom, and also use crossover: [fandom 1/fandom 2, again, no abbreviations].

If your story does not contain a pairing, you do not need to use a pairing tag. Use only such tags as are applicable to your story.

We know this caused some confusion in the past, so to be clear, the prefixes, such as fandom or character, must be included in the tags. For example, this story would be tagged: character: dean winchester, character: sam winchester, fandom: supernatural, original author: wanttobeatree, pairing: sam winchester/dean winchester, rating: r, remix author: dr_darth [to be changed to remix author: musesfool when the reveal occurs]

The comm should automatically be set to post as flocked, so please do not touch the security settings when you post.

Please set comments on your story post to "Don't Email." You should use the "Track" feature (as yourself, not your sock) to track when your story gets comments, because all email for the sockpuppets comes to the Remix gmail account, and you don't see it anyway.

On that note, please remember that approval and rejection notifications for your post won't be emailed to your personal accounts, so please log back in and check that your post is there and looks exactly as you want it to. We aren't going to be fixing format errors for you.

We highly recommend using the HTML posting interface, rather than the rich text interface, which makes stories difficult to edit after posting.

Most importantly, please remember to preview. Almost every mistake we see can be picked up by you at that stage, and it makes our lives a lot easier when we don't have to reject entries or email you to tell you your LJ cuts didn't come out quite right. It also means we don't feel the need to brandish the scary poky stick, and that's always a good thing. Truly. (Believe me, you don't want to make luzdeestrellas mad.)

After the author names are revealed on July 26, you may post your story in your own LJ and wherever else you like.

If you have any questions about how to post your story, please comment to this post.

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Comments

[theladyscribe]

This may be a dumb question, but I haven't seen it mentioned, so I figured I better ask.

Let's say I finish my remix waaay before the deadline, and it's all ready to go. Do I go ahead and log in and post it? Or am I supposed to wait until the due date?

Thanks!

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

Yes, please post as soon as you are ready. The earlier, the better.

[theladyscribe]

Okay, I can do that! Thanks! :)

[lily-lovely.livejournal.com]

If we have an OC in our story, do we put "character: name of oc" or "character: oc"?

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

Original characters should be tagged "character: oc".

[busta-ryoma.livejournal.com]

Wondering if House gets tagged as House, House M.D., or House MD?

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

As long as it's consistent and everybody uses the same formation, I'm not really fussed. I just ask that everybody use the same thing.

[busta-ryoma.livejournal.com]

Okay. Just asking because I'm remixing a House fic. I'll check the comm when I'm done and see what others have used for tags.

[velvetmouse]

*sigh* I'm an idiot and forgot to tag my entry. Can someone let me know once the post is out of the moderation queue so I can log back in to the sock puppet and tag it then? *sheepish*

*/me fail*

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

Everything that was in the queue has been approved, so you should be all set.

[velvetmouse]

Thanks. All tagged now.

However - I think there is a character limit on individual tags. One of my pairing tags is cut off, making the name of the second listed character slightly odd. I tried tagging it a couple times and the same thing happened each time.

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it happens, because of the character limit. Don't worry abgout it.

Thanks.

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

You said we should track using our own journal - but I don't see a way to do that since I can't view the entry myself. Do you know how we could do that, or should I just check the entry?

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

You have to wait until the stories go public on July 19 to do it.

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

Okay, thanks!

[evil_plotbunny]

Ack, I accidentally posted my fic to the moderation queue before I had finished tagging so some of the required tags have not been added. I swear I'll add them once it's out of the queue.

[q-tip-continuum.livejournal.com]

FYI, my story is so long it needs two parts! Once it's out of moderation, I will edit it so that the end of Part 1 links to Part 2 and vice versa; right now I have just put in placeholder text. I hope that's ok.

[q-tip-continuum.livejournal.com]

Further FYI: I couldn't actually post part 2! Message was: Client error: Maximum queued posts for this community+poster combination reached. I will track this comment and upload the second part as soon as I hear from a mod.

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

There's nothing in the queue now, so whenever you're ready, you can post. And, er, about that other issue, in looking at the post (I can't edit it but I can look at what's there when I hit edit entry), there's nothing but a small bit of html and the tags.