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skyrimkinkmeme ([personal profile] skyrimkinkmeme) wrote2011-10-24 05:27 pm

FAQ And 'Help-Me'

If you want to contact a mod without the loss of anonymity that comes via PM, post your question/request here. Don't be shy!

Want a post deleted? Because of anonymity, we rarely delete fills but will consider deleting prompts if they violate the rules.

Have a question, suggestion or complaint?  This is the place to let us know, unless you'd like to contact us privately. You can also de-anon here, if you care to.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Q: How do I post anonymously?
A: Below the body of your message are two buttons: 'post comment' and 'more options...' Select the 'more options' button and you will be redirected to another page with the ability to preview as well as an option to open a drop down menu from your login name. From there you will have many options, but on the bottom is 'Anonymous'. Select this and it will mark you as anonymous even though you are still logged in. Remember, if you forget, just go back and delete you comment and re-post under anonymous.


Q: My prompt/fill/comment isn't showing up! What's going on?
A: Don't panic! Your post is not gone, just hidden. Sometimes LiveJournal
hides anonymous comments when the commenter is not logged in. Try
logging in or waiting a few hours. Sometimes it even takes a day. Please do not repost your comments without checking with a mod.


Q: When do we have Fill-a-Thon? How long do they last?
A: We have Fill-a-Thon at the start of every month, from the 1st until the 7th: one week. At that time all prompts posted will be deleted and saved to be reposted on the 8th, but this is a stress on the archivers and mods so please remember to save  them for the 8th. We want to encourage
people to fill, instead of just prompt as well as give our archivers a
break!


Q: Can I fill a prompt that's already been filled?
A: Yes, the more the merrier, plus that makes for an even more pleased OP.

Q: Can I fill a prompt that's already been claimed?
A: Yes, that's also just fine. Claiming is more for the OP's benefit.

Q: Can I post multiple prompts?
A: Go for it - but try to fill as well as prompt.

Q: When does the meme make a new thread for prompts and fills?
A: When the thread hits 20 pages a new one will be made for that particular category.

Q: I'm posting a big fill. How do I avoid the shrinking format problem?
A: Normally this becomes a problem around post 13-15. To solve the skinny paragraphs, just reply consecutively to the original prompt rather than replying to your previous posts one after the other.

Q: It looks like there's a lot of this pairing. Can I post/request more?
A: Of course! If there's already plenty of a certain character/pairing it's because anons want it.

Q: I have this weird pairing/kink/character fetish. Is it too weird for the meme?
A: Only if it's sexually involving someone under 15. Otherwise, go to town.

Q: What I wrote is kind of out-of-character. Is that OK?
A: Yup. All fills are welcomed here, including OOC ones. If the OP
specified in-character though, they might be disappointed. Do your best
and talk with the OP if you're concerned.


Q. Somebody posted something on my fill that hurts my feelings. Is it dumb to ask for it to be taken down?
A. Not at all. PM the mod 
and we'll get right to it.


Q: Can I give feedback to the writers/artists?
A: If it's positive, yes. To avoid hurt feelings (and to encourage writers
of all skill levels) we don't post the hard stuff.


Q: My fill (or one I found) is labeled wrong/is missing in the archives. What do I do?
A: Link it here and we'll fix it ASAP.

Q: My prompt never got filled :( When can I repost it?
A: About a month later is fine.

Q: This prompt is months old. Should/Can I fill it?
A: YES! Even if the OP isn't around, other anons will LOVE to read it. You
can also repost the prompt and your fill if you'd like.


Q: Somebody requested a sequel. Where do I post it?
A: Just make a new thread in the main meme and post from there. Don't worry about keeping it with the original prompt.

Q: How do I upload fanart?
A: You can use sites like Comprehensive List of Adult Friendly Image Hosts, Adult Image Host, or File Fap.


Volunteer to be a Delicious Archive Linker!
1. At the beginning of every month the moderator will change the passwords
and requests new anon linkers in this thread. I will request anon
linkers who are fans of different characters.


2. Anyone can link for multiple months, they simply have to request the passwords again at the beginning of the next month.

3. Anyone can link anything they want.

4. ES Meme tracks all of the messages sent to the ES Kink Meme.  The
Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim posts go into one email.  


5. We are currently caught up on the bookmarking. YAY! If your prompt/fill
hasn't been linked within a week, please PM the mod or reply on the FAQ
topic and request to be linked.


General Discussion:

 

You can chat about the Elder Scrolls in general here. Just remember to keep things civil and all will be well!

Old Prompt

(Anonymous) 2015-03-22 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi, I've been working on an older prompt. I've noticed the fill hasn't been added to the Delicious 'filled prompt' list. Figured it had just been lost in the shuffle so I tried posting on the update/filled prompt thread but they kept being marked as spam no matter how many spaces or [dots] I put in. :D

I'd try posting the link here but I assume it'll just get tagged as spam again. Any suggestions?

how long to wait for a response from OP about A!A question

(Anonymous) 2015-03-23 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
I've written a fill for a prompt that I'm worried might be pushing the okay'ed kinks in a direction the OP might not approve, so I left a comment describing this for the OP in the hope that I'd get a YEA or NAY. (I'm not about to post to the prompt without the OP's go-ahead since I think there might be a conflict.)

It's been under a month, and I know we all have lives, but how long should I keep checking/wait around for the OP to respond to that comment? I'm more concerned that my comment might turn off other A!As, so I'm wondering if it'd be best if I asked for my comment/s to be deleted?

Dunno. Help?

Delicious

(Anonymous) 2015-03-26 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Is anyone else finding it impossible to access Delicious for links? I never needed an account before.

Series Tag Needed

(Anonymous) 2015-04-11 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
By Anon request, I need a series tag for my Hadvar/Legate Fasendil fics: "Guardian", "Body of Proof", "Together" and "Here Comes the Sun".

Tag series:hadvar/fasendil.

Reposts

[identity profile] wolfspirit07.livejournal.com 2015-04-14 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Q: My prompt never got filled :( When can I repost it?
A: About a month later is fine.

So I looked up the rule yesterday and I did just that. They're actually 2 or 3 months old. Yet they got deleted. Why?

Art fill heads-up

(Anonymous) 2015-04-17 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
Just wanted to let the mods know that two days ago I posted an art fill, including links, for the prompt "Skyrim Modern AU - Casual" on page 14 of part 7, since it likely ended up in the spam folder!

Cross Posting and De-Anon

(Anonymous) 2015-04-21 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
I know and always try to abide by the no de-anon rule, but as I'm currently working on cross posting my fills to Tumblr, it's come up that I need to ask you this; Are we allowed to de-anon elsewhere. For instance, in my blog description, it says "I'm pretty active on the Elder Scrolls Kink Meme. I write under the series:________ tag and the series:________ tag."

Is this alright, or should I omit it?

Posting Fills

(Anonymous) 2015-04-29 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Umm... Sorry if this has been already answered or if i m not supposed to ask here but when filling a prompt do you use the comments, like post your story in the comments or is there a *real* way of doing it?
-P.S. I'm new so I may ask a few questions.

Search Function?

(Anonymous) 2015-05-09 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
Hello! I'm still fairly new to the kink meme stage. Is there a way to look for anything specific?

(Anonymous) 2015-05-09 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
Hi all!
I've posted an update to my fill some weeks back and have noticed the Delicious page hasn't been updated yet, at least not on my end. So I was just wondering if new fills still show up there or if we are now using something else maybe? Besides my update,I have not been on in like a year. I did offer a few years ago to help archive if there was ever a need, and if there is please let me know and I can log into my account and reply to those messages. Not trying to rush or pester anyone, just making sure I'm checking the right place and seeing if anyone needs help. :)

tags and meanings

(Anonymous) 2015-06-09 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi,

Totally new here, and rather a noob when it comes to the "tags" and their meanings.
I've worked many out (like het and slash, hurt/comfort and angst) but the "Master list of Kinks" resource link doesn't really relate to any of the tags used here.

The one most perplexing me is "fluff".

While I'd appreciate someone letting me know what it means, I'm also surprised there isn't a thread where each of the tags are properly defined and explained.

http://skyrimkinkmeme.livejournal.com/3288.html?thread=1869016#t1869016 not accepting replies?

(Anonymous) 2015-06-10 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi!

So, I found this ANCIENT unfilled prompt from page 2 that really tickled my fancy.
I spent this morning typing a fill, but it has some differences from the mini-fill of that prompt (especially the conclusion), and I tried to post a reply checking if that was OK / was anyone still interested.

I get a Captcha test everytime I try to reply to that thread. At first it seemed like the system was freezing, but eventually I discovered it did accept and update, and eventually I thought I had managed to post a proper Anon response.

I was logged in at the time (second sticky FAQ averted) but nothing shows some ten hours later. I'm worried my repeated attempts might have been deleted as spam, including the final "good" one.

I realise that it's probably better to repeat the prompt in the current page than bother filling that one on page 2 (last written to in 2012! Eeek).
But it feels like something wasn't working properly. I don't get captcha checks on any of the other prompts I have replied to, and all of my other replies have appeared just fine (pages 6 and 7).

I'd like to know if my reply was completely lost, or just "delayed" for spam moderation.

My prompt was deleted. Why?

(Anonymous) 2015-06-16 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I posted two prompts after the 2015 June fill-a-thon and they were deleted. Why? Should I just ask for them again or can you restore them somehow? I can give you the links they were at if you need them. HELP PLZ!!!

Faction tags?

(Anonymous) 2015-06-22 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Is there a reason we don't tag factions? I know there's a couple non-specific prompts about 'any NPC from this faction' on Delicious that are really hard to find. Not to mention those prompts that specifically ask for generic NPCs like bandits, Forsworn, Stormcloaks, etc. And when there's no named NPCs mentioned it just gets tagged with the kinks.

Series tag: the Nightshade List

(Anonymous) 2015-06-25 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
This fill should *not* be tagged with it: skyrimkinkmeme [.] livejournal [.] com [/] 4580.html [?] thread=10092772

This fill does belong and should be tagged with it (I missed it the first time around): skyrimkinkmeme [.] livejournal [.] com [/] 4941.html [?] thread=10323533

Thanks!

Quick question about Series Tags

(Anonymous) 2015-07-17 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Say a fic happens in the universe of a specific Dovahkin that I already have a series tag for, but he doesn't really show up in the fic. Maybe he's mentioned once or twice, or they see him in passing, but the fic isn't centered on him. Do I put the fic under his series tag or leave it out?

Accidently posted twice

(Anonymous) 2015-07-25 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
I accidently posted a fill twice. Its called Who He Is.

Link: http (:)//skyrimkinkmemeskyrimkinkmeme (.) livejournal (.) com/5232 (.) html (?) thread=11945584#t11945584

[identity profile] seren-bach.livejournal.com 2015-08-09 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
My fill on this thread http : // skyrimkinkmeme .livejournal. com / 4941 . html ? thread = 11893837 # t11893837 got marked as spam sorry.

(Anonymous) 2015-09-25 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
someone has spent the last day and a half continually reposting the same prompt on the last two comment pages of the meme. it's spamming up inboxes for people that track the page, and they show no sign of stopping. could you please do something about this? thank you.

(Anonymous) 2015-10-14 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
Stop hack the program!!!

Delicious no longer being updated?

(Anonymous) 2015-10-17 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Have I gone to the looney bin? Have we moved onto pinboard? For me its been 3 months since an update.

Delicious not showing anything?

(Anonymous) 2016-01-15 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
Delicious isn't showing anything at all for me. Not entries, no links, nothing whatsoever. It's like they deleted the entire account.

Art fill alert

(Anonymous) 2016-02-22 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
Hey there, just wanted to give a heads up that I posted an art fill titled "ART FILL: HONK", and it landed in the spam folder! (not providing a link to the prompt in question, since that would make this post land in the spam folder as well, but if it helps, I can post it as a separate comment!)

Art Fills

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, hello! Love the meme, but am not much of a writer. I am, however, a pretty decent artist and was wondering about the rules around posting art based on someone's fill?

I really love some of the fills on here and have drawn scenes from them but was wondering if I should tag it as if it were an original fill or if there's specific rules regarding fanart.

Fill not Archived Correctly

(Anonymous) 2016-05-09 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Fill on Delicious not Archived with Sondas in the tags. I'm not sure if there's a way to send a link to the bookmark itself but I'm putting below the title of the bookmark and the original link:


F!Dragonborn/Sondas "Beneath Dreaming Trees" 6/6

http: //skyrimkinkmeme (.) livejournal (.) com/1639 (.) html?thread=573799#t573799

i hope this doesn't come off as rude I'm just trying to sound efficient

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