The table is just a way to help organize your recs. Link it at the beginning of each rec post so that anyone interested in checking out your other recs can see it.
General question about links to the stories themselves (in our reviews):
If we are working with a story on an archive site with ratings disclaimers, how do you want us to handle that? Linking directly to the story usually bypasses the disclaimer pop-up/screen, which the archive site clearly wants used (or else it wouldn't be there). Many authors, on their personal sites, ask for links only to the splash screen with disclaimer.
When I rec on my LJ, I tend to err on the side of linking to the author page or requested splash page, esp since many of my recs are going to be NC17/M, but that's not a direct link to the story. Thoughts? Policy?
Good question, and one I hadn't really thought of until you brought it up. Whenever possible, I'll ask that you link directly to the author's story. If there's a request not to on the author's personal site (and I understand in HP especially that there's a lot of sensitivity about this issue), then link to the disclaimer/splash page, but explain that's where a person's going and give any necessary navigational directions in parentheses.
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Date: 2005-10-18 09:35 pm (UTC)If we are working with a story on an archive site with ratings disclaimers, how do you want us to handle that? Linking directly to the story usually bypasses the disclaimer pop-up/screen, which the archive site clearly wants used (or else it wouldn't be there). Many authors, on their personal sites, ask for links only to the splash screen with disclaimer.
When I rec on my LJ, I tend to err on the side of linking to the author page or requested splash page, esp since many of my recs are going to be NC17/M, but that's not a direct link to the story. Thoughts? Policy?
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Date: 2005-10-18 11:38 pm (UTC)