Easier way to tell when a story is on hiatus

code_sike

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Thread title. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the same way that stories have a red completed tag, there's no equivalent for ongoing or hiatus? Obviously ongoing is the default, but a way to clearly see hiatused series before clicking on them and seeing it in the corner, would be nice. Most people who abandon their stuff don't even bother to update the tag, but for those who take the 10-second care to put that in, it should be obvious. Like 'hey, i'm taking a break for now, but please don't gloss over this work. I'll come back I promise!' instead of just seeing "oh, this guy hasn't posted in 3 months so I wont even bookmark it'

Edit: To clarify, I know its already in the description. I just mean, when you're scrolling on the list and see a work that hasn't been uploaded in a certain amount of time: say, a month to half a year. That makes it questionable as to whether its actually dropped or just on break, at first glance. The same reason a completed tag is made obvious, so people know that it hasn't been touched in a while because its finished and ready to be read.
 
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Part of it has to do with authors not being allowed to put it into Hiatus until a certain amount of time passes without book updates. The best we can (and should) do as an author is to make a profile announcement about it beforehand.
 

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It's not a tag, but it's there, it's applied automatically (I think after three months since last update, but I could be wrong), and you can use it to filter novels in the series finder. Just select completed or ongoing instead of hiatus.
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You can also see the latest update date and chapters per week in the search results.
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That said, most of the few authors who do care, and know they will not be updating for some time, put up a notice as a chapter.
 

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Part of it has to do with authors not being allowed to put it into Hiatus until a certain amount of time passes without book updates. The best we can (and should) do as an author is to make a profile announcement about it beforehand.
This is incorrect.
The Author can set the status to Hiatus whenever they want, but:
* It will be forcibly applied after 3 months with no activity unless the story is marked complete
* It will be forcibly cleared if an update is posted.
 

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This is incorrect.
The Author can set the status to Hiatus whenever they want, but:
* It will be forcibly applied after 3 months with no activity unless the story is marked complete
* It will be forcibly cleared if an update is posted.
The very first rule was one I wasn't sure about. Good news, as I must have confused it with RR's Hiatus rule.
 
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