Not trying to lay any guilt (I have no hate for you Buruma, Mercedes!! Please don't feel bad!! (D:), but because I was recently put on trouble in the Songs category because my finished form wasn't received... I started wondering if it might have been my fault, too, like if I had accidentally submitted it to the series or toys/collectibles categories... (I don't know if you respond to those to correct people, so.)
Since you don't send out confirmation emails anymore, every time I send in a form I copy the confirm to LJ (handy little thing,
really) right afterwards as to keep a date/time record. Looking at the records, none of the confirms, in either applications or finished, and perhaps even other things, tell you which category you submitted your information to. In fact, for the finished forms at least, the confirmation for
Characters reads identical as it does for
Songs.
Finished, from Characters 0-M
Thank You, {Name}!
Your finished form for the {Series}: {Chara} fanlisting has been received. A staff member will process the form and you should hear back within 2-3 weeks (hopefully sooner!). :)
Finished, from Songs
Thank You, {Name}!
Your finished form for the {Series}: {Title} fanlisting has been received. A staff member will process the form and you should hear back within 2-3 weeks (hopefully sooner!). :)
Because I was busy and I thought the form would get to you, I didn't double-check here if my finished form for my song listing went through. But because, also, the confirmation is identical to that of finished form's confirmation for Characters, I also don't know if I even sent it to the right category.
I don't know how your contact form works specifically, but is it possible to get the Categories-to-which-you-submitted listed in the confirmations, like you do with the sender's name and what subject the submitted for? Kinda like this?:
Application
Thank You, {Name}
Your application for the {Category}: {Series}: {Subject} fanlisting has been received. A staff member will process the application and you should hear back within 2-3 weeks (hopefully sooner!). :)
Please note that we have turned auto-responders off due to load on the server. Consider this your auto-responder. DO NOT RESUBMIT your application. Thank you.
Finished
Thank You, {Name}!
Your finished form for the {Category}: {Series}: {Subject} fanlisting has been received. A staff member will process the form and you should hear back within 2-3 weeks (hopefully sooner!). :)
