@Lazeez Jiddan (Webmaster)
I'm not about to add a 'revised' field to the moreinfo page. This is not something that benefits the average Joe.
This was not about a 'revised' tag. For multi-chapter stories there's a date when that chapter is updated. For single file stories I have seen (Reposted Story) when checking the moreinfo page but that didn't appear for the single file stories REP reposted, which seemed like a bug to me. Why for each chapter and not for a single file story?
A 'revised' date anywhere in a story's info only benefits collectors. Collectors tend to put a lot of pressure on the site already as they tend to be a selfish bunch.
I have to disagree. I'm a sort of collector in that I keep everything I download on my local machine. I do not download anything I don't intend to read. Actually I think I generate less traffic the way I do it because I frequently re-read stories from my converted local copies thus avoiding the otherwise required traffic. I also generally wait until a story is completed and download the zip which obviously uses less data traffic than reading the story directly on the site.
I'm sure if I provide this info, somebody will devise a script to automatically scan those moreinfo pages seeking update date to keep up-to-date some collection somewhere. Such a script would put undue strain on the servers.
If I wanted I can do that with the current information available so any additional info would only make it easier and probably use less data traffic than it would with only the current info. To make it very clear: I do not run a script to do this. I thought about it because there is no other way without a revision list but I decided not to do it specifically because of the strain it could possibly put on the site. I'm not sure you could block it for the someone who is determined to do this.
Getting back to a 'revised' tag. The reason for such a tag in my case was that it allows you to offer a list with revision dates. That too would decrease traffic because readers don't have to check multiple stories using multiple clicks to every moreinfo page, they can see in the list when stories are revised and can pick just those they are interested in.
If you're interested in the way automatically checking for updates is possible I can explain that in a private message. The way I devised doesn't even put an excessive strain on the site :)
