Rating system changes?

[dark_aegis]

I just noticed that all of my fics have been suddenly rated as "suitable for all ages", including fics that were set up as NC-17/R. Has the rating system been revamped? From what I've noticed now, the ratings are either "All Ages" or "Adult".

Comments

[calapine]

I'm in the middle of a couple of changes, was planning to finish them both before making a post. But the ratings system has been simplified to All Ages or Adult, so you may have to rerate some fic. Anything with graphic sex or violence should be rated Adult, anything can come under All Ages.

[wendymr]

That does make it a lot simpler - I think you'd got up to about seven or eight different ratings categories? - which is nice. Okay, off to rerate...

(Oh, and while I'm here, I like most of the changes. Some... well, I'm sorry to see a couple of things go, including the ability to comment on or ask questions about news posts. But nice work overall - congrats to the team)

[calapine]

Any questions/comments/suggestions, there's always the admin address, yes.

[dave7]

I have to admit, I'm not entirely comfortable with that - in fact, I'm not comfortable with that at all, actually. There are many stories that don't fall under the category of 'Adult' but still aren't suitable for children, and if we rate every PG-13/M story as 'Adult', then the rating of 'Adult' (which I took to mean R/NC-17) loses its meaning.

[dameruth]

Um. I have to admit, I've written a lot of stuff that I wouldn't rate as an NC-17, but which I'd be uncomfortable with youngsters or the un-forewarned just jumping into -- especially since I have written a lot of innocuous stuff. I wouldn't want everyone to think that it's all at an equivalent level.

Would it be OK to go back and put my *own* ratings comments in the summaries?

[dameruth]

Yeah, that's not a bad way to go -- and, FWIW as an author-and-reader-not-a-mod, I like it when authors give some idea of where a story is "going" in terms of content. I don't know that I write the more intense stuff in a way that it can be cut and still have the rest of it make sense (i.e. like the PWP chapter that goes in between a couple "real" chapters), so a warning in the summary is how I think I'll deal with it, next time I get logged on and have the editing time.