Ahh, that's interesting. Thank you. I've just taken a look. The story is not sexually explicit, so might be a judgement call. Saying they had prostitutes isn't sexually explicit. Describing what the prostitutes did might be, but I don't do that. I think it's been overlooked because the nommer on the pub hasn't seen it, personally. Same on the others.

I'm thinking of offering you some of my best material. Your guidelines say: "once it is published, you are not allowed to remove it from the publication."

You say this is to do with boosting, but I'm thinking of years down the line, not a week later.

I may want to delete some material if Medium changes its terms, to allow sub-licencing like newsbreak and hubpages. There might be an enhanced risk of plagiarism/copyright infringement as happened with 'History of Yesterday' (now moved off platform), or I may want to republish, if it's died a complete death in a year or two.

I'm not talking about removing it a week later. But surely, if there's a good reason, a year or two down the line, it shouldn't affect your boost nomination efforts. Frankly, if something gets boosted, I'd be as keen to leave it alone as anyone.

I feel I own the copyright and want to feel free to exercise control over my work if there is a good reason to do so. Thoughts?