News - 2014 to the future FEEDBACK

[lawrawrrr]

Yeh and hype the guest up in the first paragraph if they are big or really an expert in something !

Yeah should deffo introduce them somehow, especially if they've got a particular speciality / experience!

[Chippiewill]

..or appreciate that articles should be about articles and not people and leave the explaining for the end.

[despect]

From what I've seen from this thread is people complaining about the amount of mistakes in articles that are being published on the main site, so my question is.. Why hasn't the proofreader been picking up on these and changing the mistakes before they are published?

Another question too.. Do you have to post your article like somewhere in the Articles forum where the proofreader or Manager can read over it and make the necessary changes before its published?

[Chippiewill]

Another question too.. Do you have to post your article like somewhere in the Articles forum where the proofreader or Manager can read over it and make the necessary changes before its published?

No, despite the fact that Articles are less time sensitive than news was anyone in the department can publish something to the front page of a highly trafficked website despite very severe security risks.

[despect]

No, despite the fact that Articles are less time sensitive than news was anyone in the department can publish something to the front page of a highly trafficked website despite very severe security risks.

I guess that's understandable but the articles still need to of a good quality to be published on the site surely? Judging by the feedback some are not up to standard .

[Chippiewill]

Judging by the feedback some are not up to standard .

Most are not up to standards of formatting, quality of writing or spag. The only standard which is in force is a tacky banner with a generic repetitive style above every article which isn't even an appropriate width for the box it's contained in.

[CrazyLemurs]

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!

[Chippiewill]

Absolutely correct, it isn't your job, it's the manager's job.

[lawrawrrr]

I think that we could maybe look at changing the proofing system so most articles are pre-approved. Only *some* Habbo stories are the time sensitive ones really!

[despect]

I think that we could maybe look at changing the proofing system so most articles are pre-approved. Only *some* Habbo stories are the time sensitive ones really!

Yeah I think most of the articles should be pre-approved so yeah that'd be good!