Question to editors...and writers

Should we create a "black list" thread of bad editors?

  • Fuck yes....it's about time.

    Votes: 2 15.4%
  • NO, why...if the writers are not happy they just have to switch editors

    Votes: 3 23.1%
  • Hmm, I'm not sure what good it would do.

    Votes: 1 7.7%
  • I don't know. Who would decide who goes on that "black list" or not?

    Votes: 7 53.8%

  • Total voters
    13
  • Poll closed .
kbate said:
If a writer (or the second editor) is not happy with an editor, I do not see a need to denounce the editor in public, I see the volunteer editor list as a function of Lit management and writer complaints about the quality of editing should go to Lit, rather than to the open bulletin board.

I'm absolutely in favour of what you're saying here, don't get me wrong, but, unfortunately, as I've said countless time, the quality of editing given by the VE is last on Lit's Admin's list of priorities.

By that I mean that every time a writer comes to me complaining of an editor, for whatever reason it is, I told him to send their complaints to Lit as the admin are "supposed" to police the editor and make sure they're doing their job. Unfortunately, I don't know how many writers have written back to me saying they never got any response to their complaints. More often than not, the complaints I receive are pertaining to the same small group of "editors".

Complaining to Lit is always my first choice of what to do when there's something wrong...but...when you see that it isn't working you have to look for alternative avenues and I still think that the green list is a viable one.
 
kbate said:
Unfortunately I believe that by default, when the first is used in association with a list, the second becomes true or partly true.
Not really. Authors may have their own reasons for not wanting to be on the list, for example if they have enough regular authors, feel comfortable with what they have and don't want to take on any new ones. I think RL brought that up (I may be wrong about that though).
 
On a completely unrelated note:

My diff eq professor compared me to the microsoft paperclip in class today, because I keep pointing out his spelling errors on the blackboard. Know that I don't do it in a mean way, I'm very polite about it, and it amuses him. He also finds it a little embarrassing for the other students because I'm the only non-native speaker in the classroom.

I thought it was hilarious, but I was also incredibly offended, because -- death to the pesky paperclip.
 
fieryjen said:
Not really. Authors may have their own reasons for not wanting to be on the list, for example if they have enough regular authors, feel comfortable with what they have and don't want to take on any new ones. I think RL brought that up (I may be wrong about that though).

I probably did since I'm considering whether I should ask to be on the list. At this point, I'm working with someone who is serious about the Survivor Contest and there are times when I'm almost drowning in stories ... I don't know whether I can take on extra workload.
 
fieryjen said:
On a completely unrelated note:

My diff eq professor compared me to the microsoft paperclip in class today, because I keep pointing out his spelling errors on the blackboard. Know that I don't do it in a mean way, I'm very polite about it, and it amuses him. He also finds it a little embarrassing for the other students because I'm the only non-native speaker in the classroom.

I thought it was hilarious, but I was also incredibly offended, because -- death to the pesky paperclip.


You mean that's not a paperclip chain in your AV? :confused:
 
kbate said:
Let me ask this - if the problem is generally limited to a few editors, how widespread is it? The writers go to another editor and the story is posted; they do not return to the editor they did not like. (hmmm, I get very little in the way of repeat business...)

Unfortunately it doesn't work that way. Those "editors" keep editing and nobody does anything about it.

You don't agree with the idea, and I respect it. It won't keep me from trying to implement it anyway.
 
On an unrelated note ...

I'm back to work next week, so I won't be flooding the Forum with quite so many posts :cool:.

I suspect my work schedule is going to quite busy for the next few weeks, and I may not be around the boards in the evenings. If you need my assistance with this project or any other reason, and you can't find me by PM, send me an email (on my profile).

In the meantime, I've got my little "project" that's already been assigned to me and will get that completed.
 
RogueLurker said:
On an unrelated note ...

I'm back to work next week, so I won't be flooding the Forum with quite so many posts :cool:.

I suspect my work schedule is going to quite busy for the next few weeks, and I may not be around the boards in the evenings. If you need my assistance with this project or any other reason, and you can't find me by PM, send me an email (on my profile).

In the meantime, I've got my little "project" that's already been assigned to me and will get that completed.

Thanks Rogue...you're an angel. :rose:

PM will be on its way to you soon.
 
kbate said:
I would be in favour of such, if it involved L&M and the VE list on the main site page.

I've been repeating myself over and over again but I'll repeat myself again :rolleyes:

If Laurel and Manu were doing it I would be the first one to cheer up and let them do their job....BUT....but....BUT....they are NOT doing it. The editing quality of Lit's editors is bottom if not inexistant on their list of priorities so it seems.

It's plain to see we won't see eye to eye on this subject so lets agree to disagree and go on to something else....I'm tired of explaining myself.


Fuck I never thought it would be so hard to try and help people :(
 
kbate said:
so many posts, says the guy with all of 250 in half a year....

blushes looking at own post count.

I only had 60 posts up until Tuesday afternoon ... :eek:

Besides ... I think you hang out on the General Board where there's much more traffic.

And one more thing ... I'm not guy! <sheesh ... I'm changing my bloody name>
 
RogueLurker said:
I only had 60 posts up until Tuesday afternoon ... :eek:

Besides ... I think you hang out on the General Board where there's much more traffic.

And one more thing ... I'm not guy! <sheesh ... I'm changing my bloody name>
Just put this in your sig line:

I'm a female.
 
fieryjen said:
Just put this in your sig line:

I'm a female.


I don't like pink ... :cool:

I thought the Lesbian Pulp Fiction AV might give things away. Guess I'm gonna have to go with the ass shot afterall. ;)
 
RogueLurker said:
Besides ... I think you hang out on the General Board where there's much more traffic.

That might explain a whole lot of things. :rolleyes:
 
RogueLurker said:
I don't like pink ... :cool:

I thought the Lesbian Pulp Fiction AV might give things away. Guess I'm gonna have to go with the ass shot afterall. ;)
Sheesh, you're picky :rolleyes:

I went with an ass shot as AV for a while. It's fun :D
 
I refuse to post an ass shot as an av.

Any suggestion on what I should have, though?
 
FallingToFly said:
I refuse to post an ass shot as an av.

Any suggestion on what I should have, though?
Whatever you feel like :)

I always enjoy glimpses of the real person, be it their face or a random body part - can all be very tastefully done. If you don't want that,someting funny may be nice, it cheers people up...

That's all I got for you. :kiss:
 
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