Withdraw Submissions

Dear Contributors,

Mathieu has introduced a "Withdraw" feature for Submissions:

which will lead to:

You can use this feature in cases where you realize you there is a critical mistake that makes your submission invalid: The song is not a cover, or it's duplicate submission, or....

This will remove your submission from the cover versions listings ánd from the editors' processing flow.

NB: Withdrawn submissions will NOT affect your total "rejected" submissions.

This idea was suggested by sebcat, and supported by JeffC , camembert electrique and artsinspired .

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Last edit: 2023-08-30 09:20:54 UTC by Bastien

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I have also brought this up on several occasions, but that's not material.

What I personally wouldn't like to see happen are withdrawals after editor involvement. A "withdrawal" should be for a self-discovered problem (or perhaps by another contributor) that justifies a withdrawal in order to not waste the editors' time.

In a "perfect world", that button should no longer be available once a submission is assigned. I know I'm likely in the minority here, but I can anticipate some editors suggesting a withdrawal to avoid a rejection while others will just reject leading to differing contributor experiences depending on the situation and editor.

Another possible risk are legit submissions that a contributor just withdraws if asked for more info, etc., resulting in a lost lead.

Just a long held concern and an additional immediate thought.

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what's the difference with " reject " ?

Correct.

I have done a test and better than before but for me it is a "dangerous" button:

If by "error" you press it (it's next to NEW COMMENT), there is no going back.

It has happened to me more than once

In my opinion:

1- This button should have a simple confirmation message like... "Are you sure you want to delete this entry...." --> YES / CANCEL.

2- It should be possible to recover the entry in case of involuntary error of oneself, simply by pressing the button again, with another confirmation message to recover it.

I rejected two of my submissions after finding I made an error, it would had been nice to be able to withdraw it, so I like this.

Good idea.

Brilliant! Consider this read.

Clee J

Junior Editor

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Quote from spsr

This button should have a simple confirmation message like... "Are you sure you want to delete this entry...." --> YES / CANCEL.

Seems like the "Reject" button needs a confirmation as well?

Thanks...

Quote from VirileVagabond

What I personally wouldn't like to see happen are withdrawals after editor involvement. A "withdrawal" should be for a self-discovered problem...

In a "perfect world", that button should no longer be available once a submission is assigned

Another possible risk are legit submissions that a contributor just withdraws if asked for more info, etc., resulting in a lost lead.

I don't think it should really matter why someone withdraws a submission. Very likely, no contributor would do so without insight or a substantial reason.

Not making that button available if editors have assigned submissions IMO seems agreeable.

Withdrawing a submission because of being asked for evidence would mean confessing that it hadn't been researched sufficiently. Probably, that would only go for a neglectable minority, so we could take that risk.

I like the idea of a confirmation message like... "Are you sure you want to delete this entry...." --> YES / CANCEL as suggested by spsr (but would replace delete by withdraw)

Quote from camembert electrique

Quote from VirileVagabond

What I personally wouldn't like to see happen are withdrawals after editor involvement. A "withdrawal" should be for a self-discovered problem...

In a "perfect world", that button should no longer be available once a submission is assigned

Another possible risk are legit submissions that a contributor just withdraws if asked for more info, etc., resulting in a lost lead.

I don't think it should really matter why someone withdraws a submission. Very likely, no contributor would do so without insight or a substantial reason.

To clarify, the reason doesn't matter. Whether the withdrawal is self motivated does matter.

Withdrawing a submission because of being asked for evidence would mean confessing that it hadn't been researched sufficiently. Probably, that would only go for a neglectable minority, so we could take that risk.

I have seen editors just delete a performance upon my filing a report, even when I considered the entry salvageable or otherwise legit, just flawed to some degree. Sometimes resulting in my later submitting the same performance. Removing the "Withdraw" (and "Reject") button(s) upon assignment mostly solves the problem anyway.

It would also be nice to be able to do this for Web Cover submissions

Quote from DROSSELBOY

what's the difference with " reject " ?

Good question.

The difference is that rejecting DOES affect your total "rejected" submissions.