Davros seems to have rolled out of the Fifth Doctor characters list - could he be added, please?

Thanks!

Although it's possible to search for beta readers on the archive, or put yourself down as a beta by ticking 'I would like to volunteer to be a beta-reader for others' in the Edit Profile page, it can be difficult for people to find someone to read for a specific pairing or area of canon: so, in hopes that it'll help narrow it down, this post is for people to sign up as betas with some information about themselves.

Name:
Email:
Other contact: eg if you'd prefer to be contacted by MSN or AIM
Canon familiarity: which bits of Doctor Who do you know about - just new series, certain Doctors, the novels, the audios? What about Torchwood and SJA?
Highest rating: the highest fic rating you're willing to beta, and any content - non-con, BDSM, etc - you don't want to work with
Beta preferences: do you have a particular preference for betaing in one genre, era, or pairing?
Beta areas: do you mostly read for spelling, punctuation and grammar, canon compliance, flow, plot, etc?
Likely turnaround time:
Anything else:

Copy and paste sign-up:
<b>Name:</b> <b>Email:</b> <b>Other contact:</b> <b>Canon familiarity:</b> <b>Highest rating:</b> <b>Beta preferences:</b> <b>Beta areas:</b> <b>Likely turnaround time:</b> <b>Anything else:</b>

If you're planning on getting in touch with one of the generous volunteers, email first to make sure they have time to help you - emailing your 60-chapter epic without any contact isn't the way to make for a happy beta - and let them know if your story has spoilers, especially if your fic's based around an episode that hasn't aired everywhere yet.

To everyone willing to sign up for this; huge thanks from the mod team in advance.

Might I suggest a slight change on how one searches for a beta reader on teaspoon.

Why not when one volunteers to be a beta reader, have a radio button where one can select the era (not the ship. That shouldn't be an issue at all) that one possesses a strong understanding of? 

And when someone searches for a beta reader again we can select what era we're needing a beta reader for and have those displayed instead of getting everyone who has volunteered to be a beta reader. 

I know this may not possible but I am seeking a beta reader for a rare pairing and I really don't have the time to wade through every author's bio to see what preference they have, and yes some do.

(Me grammar in this post is such because I have Captain Jack Sparrow on me brain.) 

Current Mood: crazy

 I just started posting my fics in Teaspoon and I don't know who to get some of the words in my fics to come up italizesed in the posts. Can someone tell me how to do this, please?

The bug from last night should now be fixed: I've tested the uploads both from files and from copy-pasting into the text box, and both seem to be working.

These stories were uploaded during the technical problem and will need to be resubmitted:

Forbidden...: Truth (TorchwoodDoctor)
Going to Hades: Chapter 1 (ninewood)
Heir of Krontep: Chapter 1 (finmagik)
In Remembrance: Chapter 1 (lostwolf)
Picturing: Owen (Lady Harkness)
Quadrophobia: Part Two (Howlcastle)
Tangled Web: The Sixth Doctor - Interlude 1 (DrVonWer)
The Eye of the Storm: Ghost Town (Timelord Kay)
The Impact of Silly Games: Charades (sonicthecat7)
The Other Side of Grace: No (Lady Harkness)

Thanks for your patience.

The Teaspoon is experiencing some technical problems. We're having issues with recently submitted fics appearing to have no text. We're working to fix this - until it's resolved, please hold off on submitting new stories or chapters as they'll probably have to be rejected and resubmitted. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Somehow I seem unable to respond to reviews anymore. What's going on there?

In the last couple of weeks, I have been getting a lot of spam emails stating--> "This message was sent to you from A Teaspoon And An Open Mind located at http://www.whofic.com"

Did we have another malicious attack?

Could the character of 'The TARDIS' be added to the Multi-Era category of the Teaspoon, please? She seems to have vanished away.

For Teaspoon account holders who have Hotmail or MSN mail accounts (this notice will also be posted at the Teaspoon site):

There is an ongoing, known issue with Hotmail account users in particular not being able to receive e-mails from the Teaspoon mail account--apparently the e-mails don't just get sent to spam folders, but Hotmail fails to deliver them at all. If you have a Hotmail/MSN account, and you are waiting to hear about a lost password, fic validation or other communication, it's quite possible that our replies to you have thus been "eaten" in transit (this has now happened to at least a dozen Hotmail users in the past few weeks alone).

We don't know the origins of this problem--it may be a bug in the eFiction site software itself--but we strongly advise anyone with a Hotmail or MSN mail account to switch their Teaspoon mail to another provider. Yahoo Mail and Gmail also provide free mail accounts and we haven't had any similar issues with them (or any other non-Hotmail providers that we know of). Apologies for the inconvenience.

Do you guys update the front page on a set schedule or anything?  The reason I ask is that it's been the same since at least 11 am, but in the 9 hours since then, I've definitely posted fic that's been moderator-approved.  It just hasn't seen the front page.

Thanks for your time!

Current Mood: curious

I just read the new rules, and it seems to say songfic aren't allowed.  Is this a change of the old rules (where fic that was less than 15% lyrics was allowed), or have I misunderstood?

If it's a blanket ban on songfic, I'd like to know so I can take down fic that doesn't fit the new rules as quickly as possible.

For those who didn't see the posting about this on Teaspoon's news page:

There was some confusion over the classifications gen, het, slash, femslash and mixed being included under "Warnings," so they have now been moved to "Genres" and are searchable under this category. All stories already on the archive have had their information updated. Several people have expressed concern about wanting to continue to be able to filter their searches to include only slash stories, gen stories, etc.--you can now do so using these genre categories, under the "Advanced Search" function.

Please use these genres when uploading fic as it makes it easier for people to find the kind of stories they want to read; if your story has no romance, then it falls under gen. "Series" and "standalone" story classifications have also been added to the genre list.

I've been trying to respond to reviews this morning but when I log in the 'respond' button disappears.  Can someone take a look please?

Taa muchly.