News - 2014 to the future FEEDBACK

[-:Undertaker:-]

I think people are sticking the knife in a bit too much here, sure there's always criticisms to be charged and improvements to be made from them but at the same time most of the people I see really sticking the knife in are those who are 20 and above and who are doing degrees in university.

This is a Habbo Hotel fansite remember. I'm sure the 15, 16 or 17 year old me could easily be savaged by the 21 year old me.

[Chippiewill]

I think people are sticking the knife in a bit too much here, sure there's always criticisms to be charged and improvements to be made from them but at the same time most of the people I see really sticking the knife in are those who are 20 and above and who are doing degrees in university.

If a department doesn't get feedback then how does it improve?

[Kyle]

sorry why aren't articles proofread before being published, nobody is going to go back 10 articles to read the ones that have just been around to being altered.

more proofreaders needed i think

[CrazyLemurs]

They are not proofread because our current system does not encourage it. I'm able to keep up with THIS level of work, but if we plan to have more writers I would prefer someone else to help me!

[CrazyLemurs]

And (sorry for double post) I've tried to keep up with the backlog I had after going on holiday, which I have now managed to do. All of the articles on the front page (and the last 5 or so before that) have all definitely been done!

[lawrawrrr]

Generally articles aren't proofread first because they can be time sensitive, and a proofreader is more likely to do a bull at once, so instead of having steady publications, we could have like 4 at the same time. But as I've already said at least once in this thread, we're discussing changing this policy.


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[Kardan]

I think people are sticking the knife in a bit too much here, sure there's always criticisms to be charged and improvements to be made from them but at the same time most of the people I see really sticking the knife in are those who are 20 and above and who are doing degrees in university.

This is a Habbo Hotel fansite remember. I'm sure the 15, 16 or 17 year old me could easily be savaged by the 21 year old me.

I think something like 80%+ of members are 18+ so it's likely that most of the department aren't 15/16/17.

[Mr-Trainor]

I don't think there should be a need for the proof reader to proof read articles before they're going published, because surely there shouldn't be many mistakes if the staff proof read their own articles before/just after publishing them? I'd assume that they'd do that anyway.

[lawrawrrr]

I don't think there should be a need for the proof reader to proof read articles before they're going published, because surely there shouldn't be many mistakes if the staff proof read their own articles before/just after publishing them? I'd assume that they'd do that anyway.

Not all writers have a perfect grasp of spelling and grammar, neither can we expect it to be up to standard. Hell, I work for a newspaper and even those professional reporters aren't as good as you'd expect, that's why they go through subbing & proofing first. I don't see why we should be any different - in my personal opinion articles should be proofed before, with the exception of breaking news / time sensitive. And all other articles should be proofed within 24 hours!


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[Mr-Trainor]

Not all writers have a perfect grasp of spelling and grammar, neither can we expect it to be up to standard. Hell, I work for a newspaper and even those professional reporters aren't as good as you'd expect, that's why they go through subbing & proofing first. I don't see why we should be any different - in my personal opinion articles should be proofed before, with the exception of breaking news / time sensitive. And all other articles should be proofed within 24 hours!


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Yeah that's fair enough - I think it's fine having them published before being proof read anyway. Is there only one proof reader at the moment?