Is there a policy around proper formatting?

[Deadman]

This is more of an issue for me on the reader side of things. There was a story I was curious about which I kinda wanted to read but the formatting of the first couple chapters is off.

I looked at some of the later chapters and they seem to fix it later but I’m a little put off by the first several chapters.

Would it be considered bad of me to point this out to the author? I feel it’s probably better to do one on one but I’m not sure how to go about doing that. Rather than get a moderator or admin involved in it directly. I could write a review but that feels too public and somewhat mean.

[GeorgeGlass]

If the author has a forum account as well as an archive account, you could PM them.

Otherwise, unless they've put an email address or something in their profile, a review might be your only recourse. If it were me, I'd be glad for someone to point out a problem like that, even in a review. Remember, the author can always delete the review if they take offense -- or after they have fixed the problem you pointed out.

[Deadman]

On 5/30/2025 at 9:49 PM, GeorgeGlass said:

If the author has a forum account as well as an archive account, you could PM them.

Otherwise, unless they've put an email address or something in their profile, a review might be your only recourse. If it were me, I'd be glad for someone to point out a problem like that, even in a review. Remember, the author can always delete the review if they take offense -- or after they have fixed the problem you pointed out.

I may just consider it. If it were consistent across chapters I feel like it would be a choice. The fact that they corrected it in future chapter makes me think it wasn’t.