Talk:Rule Change Proposal and Site Suggestions/@comment-5025667-20140822184328

I think what SHOULD be done with the Needs Work cat is something like this: If the author proves that he/she will be willing to actually work on making his story better as opposed to leaving it to rot, they should be given more time for it.

We've had that happen a few times.

If the author abandons his story completely, then yeah, one week sounds reasonable.