Out of curiosity
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hiddenself
Really Really Experienced
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First things first
I think it's a good idea but a little premature. The first priority is to make sure that the list is pruned appropriately. There have been too many comments about non-responsive members of that VE list. Cleaning up the list should be done before anything more ambitious is tried.
I think it's a good idea but a little premature. The first priority is to make sure that the list is pruned appropriately. There have been too many comments about non-responsive members of that VE list. Cleaning up the list should be done before anything more ambitious is tried.
dr_mabeuse
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The last time I looked, the Volunteer Editor search function was totally useless. Whenever anyone asks me how to find an editor, I just advise them to post over here asking for one.
---dr.M.
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flawed_ethics
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Here's a random thought. Those kind people serious about being editors would be able to visit their profile and click on a 'Volunteer Refresh' button. Doing so refreshes their status on the Editor's list. Their name would go to the top of the list. As time passes on, their name would trail down the list, off to the next page, and so on, unless they 'refreshed' their profile to signal that their services were still available. This would allow for their name to naturally fade away if they became too busy editing or caught up in other projects, while leaving the door open for them to announce that they're ready again when time permits.
It's kind of a bummer to read through a person's editing profile and be impressed, only to see that they 'joined', say, 1/13/02 and last updated themselves 1/15/02. You just know they won't be able to get back to you.
I would like the VE list to continue, but it needs some weeding.
And for the sake of all things good and pure - It's as important to describe what gets your motor running as it is to say you have N-many degrees and have published X-number of books. Especially if you say you're open to editing anything. I'm open to gay stories, trans-sexual stories, NC, whatever, but it's not exactly my cup of tea. I'd be more involved with a story that registers more to my tastes, and as someone looking for an editor, knowing their editor's genre-fondnesses goes a long way!
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It's kind of a bummer to read through a person's editing profile and be impressed, only to see that they 'joined', say, 1/13/02 and last updated themselves 1/15/02. You just know they won't be able to get back to you.
I would like the VE list to continue, but it needs some weeding.
And for the sake of all things good and pure - It's as important to describe what gets your motor running as it is to say you have N-many degrees and have published X-number of books. Especially if you say you're open to editing anything. I'm open to gay stories, trans-sexual stories, NC, whatever, but it's not exactly my cup of tea. I'd be more involved with a story that registers more to my tastes, and as someone looking for an editor, knowing their editor's genre-fondnesses goes a long way!
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It depends what you want from an editor. I want my editor to pick up on silly typos and on continuity errors (like name changes, impossible sequences, unexplained knowledge, etc.) and none of these are genre-related. In some ways it might seem better if my editor was not turned-on by the genre in which I write, because I don't want an editor to be distracted from editing by actually becoming engrossed in the story.flawed_ethics said:
