Sirbosk01 (imported) wrote: Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:53 pm
Well, two months have gone by and still, no answer to if "new" will be a search category. Since it's still not answered, I assume the Archive has abandoned that concept for some reason and no new stories have or will be posted. Thanks for ignoring me and not answering the question.
Look. We have to go through well over 10,000 stories by hand to restore the archive. New script has to be written, that has never existed before to handle the new format. In a two week period we were able to get through a little over 1200 stories. We are working as fast as we freaking can.
We do want new stories on the archive, but the focus has been restoring the old ones, and writing software to handle everything else. If you are that impatient for their return, how about YOU do something to contribute????
I started this thread when the very idea of dumping the fiction archive came up. I was very vocal about their return. When it came time for the rubber to meet the road, most of the people who were demanding the stories to return, disappeared. I've been here editing stories like a cloistered monk. I decided if I wanted something badly enough, it was worth my putting something of myself into the process. I couldn't just demand something without being willing to contribute. What are you willing to put in???
Do you think anyone is getting paid to pander to your demands? Everyone here is volunteers. Look around this site. Do you see and advertisements? Do you think it is our job to lick your boots and do what you want?
People have other jobs to work. The EA and the Fiction Archive are labors of love for those of us working on it. Nobody is getting a paycheck. You are not a customer. You are a participant in a community, not a client.
If you are really upset that it is taking too long to get what you want, then you tell me... what can you contribute to the process? I'm already editing stories in almost all of my free time. Do you think I don't have a story to contribute? Do you think I don't want to share my story too. Well my little story has turned into a bloody novel, and it is still growing. When the submissions return I'll be first in line to contribute, but we have to work a lot of things out before that can happen.
Let me say this plainly for all who read this...
WE DO NOT KNOW WHEN STORY SUBMISSIONS WILL RETURN.
WE ARE WORKING ON IT.
YOU'LL KNOW WHEN WE KNOW.
Until that time, how about you consider contributing to the cause. How about you just donate to the forums so we can keep our hosting site paid and happy.
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I'll have to look for the paypal information.
here it is,
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