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I wanted to edit my PT v IT and got this:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysqli_escape_real_string() in /home/content/i/h/e/iheartgibbs/html/hinky/edit_my_noms.php on line 13

wanted to change link to:

viewtopic.php?f=165&t=6210

I think it should be working now. Please test again.

oops now seems to have disappeared completely............and now it's back.

There's now a link under My Eligible that goes to My Eligiblity List (You must be logged into the hinky site for the link to work...).

On that page, it will list only your own stories that are on the site's eligibility list (makes it much easier to find yours!)

There are little pencil icons next to each nomination that you can use to edit the link information and/or change the "Other" information. In addition, there's an "X" icon that you can use to remove a story from the list.

This brings me to the admission that I screwed up and didn't notice until this morning that the "Other" information wasn't updating in the database. Which means, if you added your story to one of those categories, you'll need to update it with the "Other" info. (sorry 'bout that!)

I accidentally added Breathing to the Gibbs/Jenny friendship group. Could someone please be so kind as to take it out for me?

Done

Does this mean that for any story with an "other" blank, such as "other NCIS character" or "other male/female", one has to edit the info?

Yes, Pam. I just went in and did that. And when you edit the Other info, it will have to be approved by the staff again.

How do I know that my editing went through? It looks like the entry disappeared altogether...and I don't remember what one of the two stories I just edited was, so that info is now totally lost.

By "editing", do you mean clicking on the pencil thingie? I don't see any other way to edit it.

Yes, the pencil is the edit button.

When you do edit things, it will temporarily disappear from the Eligibility List until it's "approved" by a staff member. Your stories should be visible again. (Thanks for updating 'em)

Thanks, Zak!

Clicked on the wrong story when I was editing for the names of orig. villians. Shattered Innocence should have Roger Harris as the villian, William McGee belongs in My Father's Keeper.

All taken care of.

Other than this thread, where is the link to the Hinky nomination page? It might be nice to have a link at the top up with the story board, birthdays and random generator links. Maybe it's there and I'm blind.

We used to have a link up there when the Hinky site was running before. We're waiting for someone with more experience in doing that sort of thing to put the link up, lol. I can make a post with a link to the site in the Hinky area, though, or add to a post.

Regarding the Other categories: Can we add more than one other character for each story (i.e. if you feature both Fornell and Sacks in a story, have separate Other NCIS Character eligibilities listed) or should we lump all of them together into one?

I keep trying to add Let's Give Them Something to Talk About (Tim/Ruby) to M/F friendship and Man's Best Friend (Tim/Jethro the Dog) to M/M friendship but it won't let me. It'll say they've been added, but they don't appear on the list.

Hmm, that's a good question, Colleen, one I hadn't thought of. When I was putting in my stories, I put One Mind, Three Bodies in Other M/M friendship just once, even though I was putting it in as both Tony/Jimmy and McGee/Jimmy. I would think it would be okay to list it more than once, given that people will know that they're nominating it for more than one thing. That make sense?

You should have mod powers over there, Colleen, since you're a Hinky Staffer, but otherwise I can attempt to look and see if I can figure it out (I'm still not sure exactly what I'm doing over there admin-wise ).

Can some kind soul please remove If I Die Before I Wake... from the Gibbs/Ziva F7-F15 friendship category? Thank you!

Done!

Thanks!

It gives me the power to change things (the structure of things) but not to approve eligibilities

Hmm, let me ask about that. I still have some questions myself.

Sorry I have to get around to the header link to the Hinkys we've been sick here for the last few days. I'll try to get it up on the weekend if no one else has.

I have a question. I added some stories to Outstanding Ficlet, but reading the rules I realized it’s only for stories less than 1000 words. So before deleting them (and I hope I’ll manage to do that) I wonder where do stories (one chapter) 1000 - 5000 words go? And from what I saw, other writers made the same mistake too!

There isn't a separate category for one chapter stories longer than 1,000 words. These stories are eligible in the main categories only. We only separate out really short or really long stories.

OK thank you! As I try to delete them with the x symbol it takes me to a white screen and stories are not deleted! Why is that? And I'm really, REALLY sorry for the inconvinience!

Which stories? I can go in and delete them if you're not able to.

All five in Outstanding Ficlet.

And from what I saw there are others who made the same mistake!

Thank you Teri and I'm terribly, awfully sorry!

Done! No worries. It's not hard to do.

I would be one of them. I completely forgot about the < 1000 words rule. Can you please remove "Family" and "Sharks Feed at Night" for me? When I click the X I just get the white screen of doom. Thanks.

Also, can we get clarification on what qualifies as "angst?" Is anything dramatic considered angst? I'm not sure how to quantify "mental anguish."

Finally, can we get a link to the Hinky Site at the top of the page? That would rock.

Done...and we're working on a Hinky link.

I usually think of angst as being more character-driven than plot-driven, because it's more about the emotion than the action, if that makes sense. It doesn't necessarily have to be heavy angst, but I guess, just look at some of the types of stories that have been nominated in the past and see if your story has a similar tone. Like, if you're referring to where your own stories would go, Keys, I'd say Sharks Feed At Night would definitely be eligible for angst, because it's primarily about McGee's self-doubts and emotions, if that makes sense. But it's really up to you. People will nominate how they see fit, even if your story isn't listed in that category.

Thank you, Teri, so much!!

I'm guilty on the ficlet count too. Could someone get rid of Lead Me, Guide Me and Shattered Notions?

While you're at it, could you get rid of Lead Me, Guide Me under the Outstanding Stories by Characterization - Timothy "Tim" McGee category? It doesn't really belong there.

Thanks! Sorry to cause problems!

Done!

I forgot that rule! [ self!]

Can someone please take Always for You and If I Die Before I Wake... out of Outstanding ficlets? Thank you!

And, does anyone know why when non-staff tries to remove their stories, all we get is the "white screen of doom" as Keys put it?

I think it's probably because you guys don't have permissions to do that sort of thing . . . otherwise I would imagine you would be able to delete just anyone's eligible stories, and while I don't really think anyone would do such a thing, we don't need that happening.

Makes sense.

Okay, I goofed. Could someone please move my story Character of the Dark from the "Other M/M" category to the "Ducky/Jimmy" friendship category?

And in the M/F het category for Good Intentions, that should be Gibbs/Hollis.

Thanks!

All the removal requests have been fulfilled. Man, I still have to finish my own eligibility list (and adjust some of the things I already put up). And I'm not sure that we can "move" things, Pam. I just deleted it from that category, so I guess you'll have to put it in that category yourself. Sorry!

Character of the Dark isn't listed in the M/M category, Pam.

That's okay!

I just deleted it, Teri, that's why it's not there.

From the looks of it, all that happens when we click on the edit button is the ability to change a story title/link, pretty much - not move it to a new category. Or so I think. *shrug*

Well, if it's just about editing from one other to another other ( ), we can edit that, but so far as I can tell, we just delete a totally incorrect category and then let them fix it.

I haven't got the official header link to the Hinky site up yet but I put one in the announcement box on the index page (the front page) to make it easier to find. We might need an extension if the nominations start on the 20th and the site only started allowing people log in on the 15th. I haven't had a chance to do any lists with work and some flu bug that went through the family.

Thank you, Sherry!

All right, I made my list and everything was going swimmingly, except that every time I tried to submit Big Girls Don't Cry, I get the following warning for each category:

Warning: mysqli_num_rows() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli_result, boolean given in /home/content/i/h/e/iheartgibbs/html/hinky/include/my_eligible.php on line 22

It's only for the one story, all the others went through without a problem. What did I do?

Hmm, I'm not sure . . . I went and looked on the Story Board to make sure it said it was completed and you hadn't posted after the eligibility period end date, but that wasn't the problem. Were you using the pull-down list from the Story Board, or did you try putting in a link from here/ff.net/somewhere else? Either way, it should have worked. I would say to try using the other method and see if that works, and if it doesn't, we'll have to see if Zak knows what's up.

She already tried the pull down menu. She linked to here after that didn't work, but since we're supposed to use the Story Board links, I had her post here that there was a problem.