ignore revealed fanwork; avoiding the AO3 reveals bug

[verushka70]

Hi all, (one of) your friendly neighborhood dSSS mod(s), here.

As you put your fanworks on AO3 over the next few weeks, we just wanted to let you know --

There is a revealed work in the 2018 dSSS collection. Don't worry -- we are already aware of it. The known AO3 reveals bug caused that.

You don't need to email us about the revealed gift -- we know it's there.
:D

HOWEVER, to avoid this happening to you/your fanwork/your recipient, it's important that you use the work-around technique (below).

(I'm so sorry, if we could do something about it on our end, we totally would... but the workaround must be done by each individual participant.
:{ )

Steps to avoid the "reveals bug"
1. Login to AO3, select My Assignments from the pull-down menu at the top of the page, choose "fulfill assignment," and create a draft of your fanwork. Make sure you select collection dSSS 2018!

2. Don't Post yet! Instead, select "Preview" at the bottom of the page.

3. After checking the Preview of your work, select "Save Without Posting" at the bottom of the screen -- instead of "Post Work."

4. 3 messages should appear at the top of your newly Saved Without Posting work

A. You must see the 3rd and last message, which says:

"This work is part of an ongoing collection and will be revealed soon! You can find details here..."

If you see that 3rd message, you can "Post Work" as in the next step (#5).

B. If you do NOT see the "This work is part of an ongoing collection" message, AO3's "reveals bug" got you.

Please do not do "Post Work" -- leave your fanwork as a draft, and email dsss.admin(at)gmail.com to let us know. We'll take a look at it.

5. Those who got the 3rd message ("This work is part of an ongoing...") in Step 4.A. can now Post Work. (Edit your fanwork one more time, and instead of choosing "Save Without Posting," this time choose "Post Without Previewing.")

A gentle reminder: please make sure all fanworks are beta-ed before posting them.

If you would like detailed instructions with pictures for avoiding the AO3 reveal bug, they are at Once Upon a Fic Exchange.

Any questions/problems/concerns, please email dsss.admin(at)gmail.com.

TYK!

\dSSS/

Comments

[desireearmfeldt]

I made a draft and got the bug, deleted and tried again, and the second time it seems to be bug-free. So the moral equivalent of "have you tried turning it of and on again?" may at least sometimes work as a solution. :)

[ride_4ever]

Yep, I've heard from fen in other fanworks exchanges that this "on and off and on again" worked for them, so \o/ for that (but /o\ for the bug and its increasing occurrence).

[verushka70]

Yep, I guess that's the AO3 posting version of "rebooting"! Glad it worked the second time around.

[mekare]

Thank you for the warning and the detailed posting instructions. I‘ll keep that in mind.

[verushka70]

np. We are experiencing some technical difficulties, lol!