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Site & Forum FAQs <-- Read this first!- Most Common Questions
- How do I get my fics on here?
- What rating system do you use?
- I just posted my story, why won't it show up?
- Can we reply back to the accept / decline e-mails?
- How long does it take you to read over stories before they're approved?
- I didn't get my password! What happened?
- HELP!!!!11!11 its not working 4 me! *dies*
- Why can't I read [Adult+] stories even though I agreed to the age waiver?
- Do you have a mailing list?
- Who are the Admin on this site?
- Do you accept YAOI and Slash fan fiction?
- Do you accept Reader Insert fan fiction?
- Do you accept collections or books of one shots? -- NEW!
- Do you accept CYOA fan fiction?
- Are Insert you blanks okay here?
- Do you accept Original Stories? -- Updated!
- Do you accept stories that aren't anime, manga, or gaming fan fiction?
- How do I submit something for the newsletter?
- How do I get my news or announcement posted on the front page?
General Questions- Do I have to register to use this site?
- Why is this site moderated?
- Do you accept CYOA fan fiction?
- Do you accept stories in other languages?
- Do you accept Reader Insert / Insert You fan fiction?
- Are Reader Insert blanks okay here?
- How should we format our Reader Insert Blanks?
- Do you accept Original Stories? -- Updated!
- Do you accept stories that aren't anime, manga, or gaming fan fiction?
- Do you accept collections or books of one shots? -- NEW!
- Can I post my idea for a collection or book of one shots? -- NEW!
- Do you accept stories with sex in them?
- What pairings do you accept?
- How do you feel about specific pairings?
- Do you accept YAOI and Slash fan fiction?
- Do you accept Yuri and Femslash fan fiction?
- Do you accept Real Person fan fiction?
- Do you accept stories with swearing in them?
- Are stories censored here?
- Are there any categories with special rules on these?
- Are stories with Original Characters allowed here?
- Will having an OC count against me?
- Do you allow single chapter author notes?
- What HTML tags do you allow?
- Do you allow the Image tag?
- Do you allow pictures in stories or summaries?
- Do you accept donations?
- Do you use Cookies?
- Why do you need my e-mail address?
- What do you do to protect my Contact Info?
- Are you going to spam me if I sign up?
- When do we get e-mail from you guys?
- Do you have a mailing list?
Administrative Questions- Who are the the Admin of this site?
- Can we reply back to the accept / decline e-mails?
- Do you actually read e-mail we send you?
- How do I report plagiarism?
- You have some stories with lots of problems, did you know that?
- How do I report a bug or error?
- What are you looking for in a bug report?
- HELP!!!!11!11 its not working 4 me! *dies*
- Why do you delete unused accounts?
- What's wrong with shorthand?!
- Why don't you allow pictures in the summary or story?
- Why do you have such strict rules? Couldn't we do without them?
- Why did you create this site?
- Do you accept affiliates?
- Can I link to your site?
Account Questions- How do I join this site?
- Why don't you want people under 13 joining?
- I didn't get my password! What happened?
- How do I contact an author?
- How do I change my user name?
- What is a "Beta Reader"?
- What does the "Short URL" in my stats mean?
- How come some people get a picture (avatar) in their bio?
- Why do you only allow validated authors to have an avatar?
- How do I edit my bio?
- How do I put pictures or a link in my bio?
- Editing your contact info
- Do I have to fill everything in?
- What do those little icons in my profile mean?
- What do you mean by Validation?
- Why do you do validate some authors?
- How does validation work?
- How do I get validated?
- Why haven't I been validated?
- When do you delete an account?
- Why do you delete accounts?
- I haven't posted a new story in a long time, is my account going to be deleted?
- When do you ban people?
Archiving your Stories- How do I post a new story?
- How do I know if I'm in the right category?
- How do I put my story into a category?
- I don't see my category here, can I just skip putting my story in one?
- How do I mark my story complete?
- What is a Round Robin?
- How do I edit my story?
- Can I delete my stories?
- How do I add or edit a chapter?
- Can I delete a chapter?
- How do I change the order of my chapters?
- I just posted a story and weird things showed up, what happened?
- I just posted my story, why won't it show up?
- Why do you moderate stories?
- What exactly are the moderators looking for?
- What's the difference between validating stories versus validating accounts?
- How long does it take for my story to be validated?
- What happens if my story is declined?
- Why was my story declined?
- Can I resubmit my story after it's been declined?
- What are series?
- How do I create a new series?
- What is the difference between Open and Closed Series?
- How do I add a story to my series?
- How do I edit my series?
- Can I delete my series?
- Do you require series to be validated?
- What are challenges?
- How do I create my own challenge?
- How do I respond to a challenge?
- How do I attach my story to a challenge?
- Why do some stories have trophies on them?
- How do I get a trophy?
- When do you hold site-wide challenge?
- Categories and Characters
- How do I request a new Category?
- When do you split an anime into two different categories?
- When do you split categories up into different sections?
- What if there are differences between the Japanese and North American versions of an anime, manga, or game?
- What do you do if a book, game, or comic book has been made into a Movie or something else?
- What if a game has an anime or manga version?
- When do you consider something a cartoon or an anime?
- How do I know if my story is in the right category?
- How do I put my story into a category?
- I don't see my category here, can I just skip putting my story in one?
- How do I request new Characters?
- What do you do if a character's name has alternative spellings?
- What do you do if a character has a different name in the Japanese or English dub?
- What if the same character is known by two separate names?
- What do you mean by "Main characters?"
Monthly Features & Announcements- How do I submit something for the newsletter?
- How do I get my news or announcement posted on the front page?
- How do you choose a feature of the month?
- How do I suggest or nominate a feature of the month?
- Can I nominate myself?
- What happens if no one nominates anything?
- Can my story or I be featured again?
- What are you looking for in an Anime or Manga feature?
- Can I suggest a poll?
- Your current poll sucks! Can I make one?
- One of my stories is the story of the month, but it's no longer featured, how do I get it back?
- Other stories are being featured, does that mean they're also story of the month? -- Updated
The Story Listings- Why do you have so many genres/ratings/types/warnings?
- What do those little icons next to the stories mean?
- What is a Round Robin?
- Why is my word count off?
- I don't like a certain type or genre of story, how do I exclude them from the listing?
- What is a series?
- What is a genre?
- What rating system do you use?
- Who rates the stories?
- How do I know if I've chosen the right rating?
- My story is between ratings, what do I do?
- What's the difference between [Adult] and [Adult +]?
- Why can't I read [Adult+] stories even though I agreed to the age waiver? -- NEW!
- Can I disable the the warning pop-ups?
- What ratings do the pop-ups appear on?
- How does the Age Waiver figure in to ratings?
- What is a story type?
- What is a warning?
Reviews- What are flames?
- How do I remove a flame review?
- What do you consider spam?
- How do I remove spam reviews?
- How do I manage anonymous reviews?
- Why hasn't my story been reviewed yet!?
- How do I get people to review my story?
eFiction Mods and Skins- Can I get copies of your modifications?
- Can you help me with one of your skins or mods?
- Will you make a skin or mod for me or my site?
- Can I modify one of your eFiction skins?