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[personal profile] 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!


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[personal profile] ride_4ever
When you post a work to an anonymous, unrevealed AO3 collection, such as the dSSS, your work is supposed to stay hidden until the collection is set to be revealed... and that is what happens unless that collection has been hit by the AO3 "reveals bug" that causes submitted fanworks to appear immediately as if you'd posted them outside the collection. We mods cannot predict or prevent the “reveals bug”. To prevent your work from being revealed ahead of time, you need to preview your work and save it as a draft, check its settings, and then either continue to post it (if the settings are correct) or delete it, wait a few minutes, and try again. Please make sure you don't leave it as a draft - that will not fulfill your assignment.

Here’s a “Reveals Bug” Tutorial, courtesy of the Once Upon a Fic comm.

(TYK to [personal profile] feroxargentea for providing this information.)

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