News - 2014 to the future FEEDBACK

[FlyingJesus]

If only there was a simple solution that required minimal writing ability while gleaning maximum benefits and bringing visiting readers into the community

[Kardan]

Kardan's proofreading:

Phone Verification article.

What do you have to do to? (Doesn't make sense with this word).

So in order for you to do this new Verification (No capital letter needed).

and you must enter that code in the dialogue on screen. (Wrong word used? You don't enter the code into dialogue...)

Guest Article - The Life of Plastic Furniture.

you'll receive a nice little Forum Bade (Badge.)

The article is a really well composed in my eyes (Doesn't make sense, remove a.)

Intersocial has outdone themselves in creating a well-written and interest capturing Article! (Doesn't make sense, replace with interesting.)

They're just the errors on the front page, I'm sure there's more - and I didn't even read Intersocial's article to check there. This took me literally 5 minutes to do, so why isn't it being done? It's so simple.

[Chippiewill]

and interest capturing Article! (Doesn't make sense, replace with interesting.)

Actually, I think that one was an attempt to make the whole thing sound fancier.

[Kardan]

Actually, I think that one was an attempt to make the whole thing sound fancier.

Does it make sense? It doesn't sound right at all to me.

[Chippiewill]

Does it make sense? It doesn't sound right at all to me.

It makes sense, but it's still sloppy writing.

[Samantha]

Does it make sense? It doesn't sound right at all to me.

Yeah it's says that you capture the reader's interest, although I had to read it a few times.

[Kardan]

Yeah it's says that you capture the reader's interest, although I had to read it a few times.

Ah okay, wasn't reading it that way at all, would be better to say 'in creating a well-written article that really captures your interest' I think.

[CrazyLemurs]

I apologise if I'm not working fast enough for you, Kardan. I actually made some changes to the verification article earlier, so those you picked out should be gone. I'll make my way through the other ones when I have the time, as I am entitled to my own free time.

The reason you see errors on the front page is because articles are not checked by me in their writing until they are published. This is something that can be changed, but I feel could lead to a backlog of articles due to the communication channels needed being relatively slow.

I also understand the errors in the Plasto article are actually something I wasn't given. Guest articles are submitted for my overview before publishing (as they aren't straight from writer to site) and that introduction was written by Rhyss and I wasn't involved!

And some of the problems you've had with 'poor quality' writing is an aspect that I said earlier is something I'm not prepared to look at. If you're suggesting journalistic training for the writers, then out with it!

[FlyingJesus]

Isn't the whole point of a proofreader that these things get checked before publishing :S otherwise it's (as it has been) too late and things look sloppy

Has anyone involved in running this ever actually managed anything before

[Grig]

Whilst it is my job to read every article and make the appropriate changes, it ISN'T part of my job to change their style of writing to be more effective, journalistically. That takes their character and ownership of the article away, and I personally don't think that's fair to do.

However, formatting is something I am unsure on as there are no standards in place of using bold, underlined or italic (and combinations of those) in articles, so it hasn't been communicated to me. If something like that can be determined as department-wide, I'll be happy to look at it more in my proofreading and that should improve quality!

Has formatting gone down hill- it all used to be written in a great handbook. Yes, whilst it may not be your job to change style, it is your job to proof read, and clearly from what we have all discussed today, have not been. Now that's the issue. Another point is, how can one even tackle this if the manager themselves is the one making the errors. I'd love to be an optimist, but for the casual observer, it's just bringing the professionalism of Habbox down.