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Prevent accidental challenge entries

User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Articles & templates · Created by Michael Chandra
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What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

In the past year, invalid challenge entries have gone up significantly. We're talking wrong article template and even titleless articles. Only in a few cases were these actually intended to be challenge entries with the wrong template.   For whatever reason, it seems a lot of folks accidentally submit articles (or accidentally leave them unavailable). With the Tavern Challenge, we had nearly a hundred. With Adventure April, over a hundred non-plot articles were submitted already. This makes it real hard for people to find actual entries to read.  

How does this feature request address the current situation?

I would suggest that to submit an article to a Challenge, it must both have a title (preventing titleless non-working submissions) and be of the right article template (preventing completely incorrect submissions and loss of a badge for someone who accidentally uses the wrong template).   (That would still leave unavailable (private/draft) articles as obnoxious, but often people submit those while still WIP so they don't forget later, so I'm not making a suggestion aggainst those.)  

What are other uses for this feature request?

This would also make it easier for Forge Judges to go through the entries.
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75/300 Votes · +16030 points

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  • +300

    by LisaGrimm
    on 2022-05-07 21:01

  • +10

    by weewoo
    on 2022-05-07 20:51

  • +10

    by Nightflyer0ne
    on 2022-05-07 12:40

  • +200

    by OldGuy33
    on 2022-05-07 11:43

  • +300

    by Shadowfell
    on 2022-05-07 07:38

  • +300

    by Ilmaine
    on 2022-05-06 17:54

  • +50

    by WyrdBard
    on 2022-05-06 15:17

  • +10

    by ZeConster
    on 2022-05-06 12:17

  • +50

    by DiggerTheDwarf
    on 2022-05-04 02:26

  • +300

    by Torquask
    on 2022-05-03 23:55

  • +300

    by Stormbril
    on 2022-05-03 21:01

  • +50

    by MandoMc
    on 2022-05-03 20:59

  • +300

    by Cpl.Soletrain
    on 2022-05-02 14:15

  • +300

    by amelianite
    on 2022-05-02 08:10

  • +200

    by Laurabones
    on 2022-05-01 23:46

  • +300

    by Serukis
    on 2022-05-01 21:25

  • +300

    by Ononomad
    on 2022-04-30 12:53

  • +300

    by Chrispy_0
    on 2022-04-29 23:52
    In my opinion, the ability to properly locate articles on the challenge page is already an accurate depiction of your ability to discover articles in Literally any other location on this website ( janky, has issues, sometimes appears broken, but still working as intended, right? ). Also, I'm pretty sure a similar idea about the challenge page was shot down before....   The only reason why I am supporting this idea is because it is still a good idea. As much as I appreciate the pinned discord post that lists all the legitimate entries, the WA website itself should be in a state where such a thing is unnecessary, where all the relevant challenge entries are listed, and all the irrelevant ones are hidden or are never allowed to be entered to begin with.

  • +300

    by A Cute Dimensional Horror
    on 2022-04-29 21:12

  • +50

    by TimeBender
    on 2022-04-29 18:46
    I don't have a ton of coins to support this, but I totally agree that this needs to be done!

  • +300

    by scholarmage
    on 2022-04-29 15:23
    I went through the Adventure April list earlier today, and less than a quarter of the linked articles were even adventures - the rest were either drafts, untitled, or completely unrelated to the challenge. It was a huge waste of time.

  • -100

    by Eule
    on 2022-04-29 13:11

  • +50

    by Anthraxus
    on 2022-04-29 12:50
    I agree with other commentators here that having a flag or block on private/WIP articles would be useful in addition to the main suggestion.

  • +300

    by A Sneaky Hobbit
    on 2022-04-29 11:51

  • +300

    by Wordigirl
    on 2022-04-29 10:55
    I thought this was suggested before and turned down for whatever reason. Nevertheless, I believe it should be better regulated. Thanks for bringing this up again. God bless.

  • +300

    by Mohrbid Daark
    on 2022-04-29 10:40

  • +50

    by Lyraine Alei
    on 2022-04-29 02:27

  • +300

    by Aarcka
    on 2022-04-29 01:02

  • +300

    by George Sanders
    on 2022-04-26 14:42
    With Michael's reading effort in the last few challenges I think he has a good perspective on this. Also with the judging changes on future challenges I think this will be important for the Forge Judges.   In addition, for the private articles, a note or tag beside their entry on the challenge page list could save a judge's and reader's time.

  • +50

    by A Glamorous Velociraptor
    on 2022-04-25 20:34

  • +300

    by AwsmChimera
    on 2022-04-25 12:06

  • +300

    by CrazyEddie
    on 2022-04-25 11:56

  • +300

    by Lenosallose
    on 2022-04-25 07:36

  • +100

    by Naelin
    on 2022-04-24 18:46
    I feel like this was just an oopsie or an oversight when putting together the last challenges, as the programming for a challenge submission button to only show in the correct template is definitely already there (As with summercamp), so I guess it should be really easy to fix.

  • +20

    by Arimel
    on 2022-04-24 16:46

  • +300

    by Mochimanoban
    on 2022-04-23 21:04

  • +10

    by melior64
    on 2022-04-23 13:10

  • +200

    by TheDoctor292
    on 2022-04-22 23:02

  • +20

    by SpecterN7
    on 2022-04-21 22:33

  • +300

    by Sh4d0wPh03n1x
    on 2022-04-20 06:53
    +1 on Rahjar's and ddaniel's suggestions as well. I think that locking that submission button only for the intended article template combined with a well intended warning would help a lot in filtering out the first set of accidental submissions. :)

  • +300

    by Toblin
    on 2022-04-20 06:53
    Honestly, it would be rather trivial to have a check if an article is private or draft before displaying it in the submissions list.   So I don't see that as an additional issue.

  • +300

    by BCGR_Wurth
    on 2022-04-20 05:35

  • +200

    by ss2020
    on 2022-04-20 02:16

  • +100

    by PrincessESH
    on 2022-04-19 22:10

  • +100

    by pyrrha
    on 2022-04-19 19:00

  • +300

    by A Cute Velociraptor
    on 2022-04-19 18:50

  • +300

    by Rahjar
    on 2022-04-19 17:00
    I'd also point out it might be a good idea to lock the "submit an article" buttons ot the right templates. Right now they appear on all types of articles, even when a challenge demands a template

  • +100

    by ddaniel
    on 2022-04-19 14:50
    Is there a confirmation notification already? Maybe something that requires more hassle or BOLDER and BIGGER letters on an "are you sure?" before submitting. A well designed warning can maybe achieve this too

  • +20

    by nnie
    on 2022-04-19 14:42

  • +300

    by RiverFang
    on 2022-04-19 14:14

  • +200

    by shyredfox
    on 2022-04-19 13:17

  • +100

    by A Glamorous Devil
    on 2022-04-19 11:29

  • +300

    by eccbooks
    on 2022-04-19 10:50

  • +100

    by tim-in-a-box
    on 2022-04-19 10:05

  • +300

    by Jacob-W
    on 2022-04-19 06:18

  • +200

    by Shadow Malachi
    on 2022-04-19 02:35

  • +20

    by AuraGuard
    on 2022-04-19 01:05

  • +10

    by FalconX
    on 2022-04-19 00:12

  • +300

    by A Enfeebled Dwarf
    on 2022-04-18 23:32

  • +50

    by UnknownWriter88
    on 2022-04-18 23:30

  • +300

    by A Wild Unicorn
    on 2022-04-18 20:33

  • +300

    by Frogdrake
    on 2022-04-18 20:22

  • +300

    by MGatta
    on 2022-04-18 19:43
    Yes please :D

  • +300

    by Kefkejaco
    on 2022-04-18 19:29

  • +300

    by RandoScorpio
    on 2022-04-18 19:18

  • +300

    by PanthersEye
    on 2022-04-18 19:11

  • +300

    by hcraven
    on 2022-04-18 18:47

  • +300

    by Satrium
    on 2022-04-18 18:28

  • +300

    by Secere Laetes
    on 2022-04-18 17:47

  • +300

    by SoulLink
    on 2022-04-18 17:39

  • +300

    by AmélieIS
    on 2022-04-18 17:21

  • +300

    by Adcheryl
    on 2022-04-18 16:59

  • +300

    by KajetanWrites
    on 2022-04-18 16:58

  • +300

    by EmilyArmstrong
    on 2022-04-18 16:57

  • +300

    by mashd
    on 2022-04-18 16:56

  • +300

    by Michael Chandra
    on 2022-04-18 16:54

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