@brianpyne, Since you seem to like copying and pasting, here you go:
You got negative bids because the article had already been posted earlier by someone else. If you take it down the negative bids will go away. This article was already posted, as well, by the way. If you take this one down you will keep your upbids. But you should take it down since it is a duplicate article. You can remove articles by going to "your submissions" and clicking on the "remove this article" link underneath the article.
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Since you seem to like copying and pasting, here you go:
You got negative bids because the article had already been posted earlier by someone else. If you take it down the negative bids will go away. This article was already posted, as well, by the way. If you take this one down you will keep your upbids. But you should take it down since it is a duplicate article. You can remove articles by going to "your submissions" and clicking on the "remove this article" link underneath the article.