Marshalus Veteran Posted February 11, 2009 Veteran Share Posted February 11, 2009 (edited) Despite having one of the best writing teams, and having the most outstanding editors :whistle: ... from time to time here on Neowin we make mistakes in our news articles. Typos, broken links, grammatical errors, images that won't load, etc... because our members are so helpful and observant they sometimes read these errors and attempt to alert us to it within the news comments. Unfortunately this isn't exactly the best place to do so, because it can either go unseen by an editorial staff member or can sometimes derail a discussion about the topic into a discussion about how we goofed up. To help combat these types of situations, we've added a new "Report a problem" feature to the news viewing area. You'll find it located right next to the rating starts inside a news post. When you click the link, you'll be taken to a page that will display the article again and then at the bottom will ask you to quote the section that is incorrect and then make a suggestion to fix the error. We then have a special section within the News Operations control panel that allows us to quickly see the errors and take action. Not only is this faster for us, it also keeps the comments about the topic of the story and not about how we as writers/editors are human beings who make mistakes. We are making constant strides in our news process and have come a long way in a short period in terms of content and frequency of updates in the main page. We hope that you'll make use of this new feature and help us to improve the quality of our news postings. Thanks! Michael Stanclift (Marshalus) Managing Editor Edited February 11, 2009 by Marshalus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spd21 Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Will be very useful :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Veteran Posted February 11, 2009 Veteran Share Posted February 11, 2009 We can't forget how fantastic the developers are, either >.> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshalus Veteran Posted February 11, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted February 11, 2009 We can't forget how fantastic the developers are, either >.> Ah yes, I apologize. Thanks to Simon for coding this for us, all within a few hours. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Limb Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I hate to call something like this a very useful addition because I fairly rarely see an editing error of any kind, but; This is a very useful addition :D And a good job to Simon, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted February 11, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted February 11, 2009 Unfortunately this isn't exactly the best place to do so, because it can either go unseen my an editorial staff member or can sometimes derail a discussion about the topic into a discussion about how we goofed up. Just like that ;) Great example putting a mistake in the thread about mistakes, I never would of thought of that ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Pitman Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 It should be added that we didn't implement this tool for people to submit "This isn't news" or "why is this on the front page" remarks in regards to the subject matter being presented. It's safe to say that if it's there, we want it to be there. Those who abuse this tool will be dealt with in the same manner as those who abuse the thread reporting tools in the forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Symons Veteran Posted February 11, 2009 Veteran Share Posted February 11, 2009 It's safe to say that if it's there, we want it to be there. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted February 11, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted February 11, 2009 It should be added that we didn't implement this tool for people to submit "This isn't news" or "why is this on the front page" remarks in regards to the subject matter being presented. It's safe to say that if it's there, we want it to be there. Thanks shane :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaks Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 It should be added that we didn't implement this tool for people to submit "This isn't news" or "why is this on the front page" remarks in regards to the subject matter being presented. It's safe to say that if it's there, we want it to be there. Those who abuse this tool will be dealt with in the same manner as those who abuse the thread reporting tools in the forums. Great! Thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Guy Veteran Posted February 11, 2009 Veteran Share Posted February 11, 2009 This will be great, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted February 11, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted February 11, 2009 Good move. This can and probably will further improve the quality of the news items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Veteran Posted February 11, 2009 Veteran Share Posted February 11, 2009 Agreed. This will be very useful as we are all human, anyone can make a mistake. I just hope people don't abuse this feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted February 11, 2009 Veteran Share Posted February 11, 2009 Great feature (Y) I know I suffered from people commenting about my grammar and it drove me crazy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshalus Veteran Posted February 11, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted February 11, 2009 Just like that ;)Great example putting a mistake in the thread about mistakes, I never would of thought of that ;) I know, I'm a genius :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelli Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Good idea, news comments were really getting out of hand with people complaining about the smallest of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazysah Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Nice idea and nice feature. Good addition and I am sure lots of people will use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshalus Veteran Posted February 11, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted February 11, 2009 Actually, in a perfect world we'd not make these mistakes and hopefully not see any reports ;) It's one feature we encourage people to use but hope they don't have to. Sort of like reported posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-Gonzales Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Great feature (Y)I know I suffered from people commenting about my grammar and it drove me crazy! I think such comments should be deleted, as they are no where related to the topic it self. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViZioN Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Cool feature. Hopefully it won't be needed much! I think such comments should be deleted, as they are no where related to the topic it self. I can see it from both sides. The poster obviously wants people to comment on the news article and its quality but if I'm reading an article I also want it to make sense and use correct grammar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted February 12, 2009 Veteran Share Posted February 12, 2009 Cool feature. Hopefully it won't be needed much!I can see it from both sides. The poster obviously wants people to comment on the news article and its quality but if I'm reading an article I also want it to make sense and use correct grammar. I can see it from your view but the people who used to comment on mine used to scrutinise on one word being spelt wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViZioN Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I can see it from your view but the people who used to comment on mine used to scrutinise on one word being spelt wrong. Well that's a bit over the top! Proof read + spell checker should eliminate that though :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted February 13, 2009 Veteran Share Posted February 13, 2009 Well that's a bit over the top! Proof read + spell checker should eliminate that though :) Yeah but even spell checkers can be wrong sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagosilva29 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 It would also be interesting to have a pong on our own submissions: when they were accepted and if they were not accepted, the reason why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshalus Veteran Posted February 18, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted February 18, 2009 The biggest reasons submissions are not accepted is: - Formatting is so far out of our style that we can't spend time to fixing it. - Story is going to be covered or is already covered by our team. I can have the devs look into adding something in a future update to our code though. It is something that I'd like to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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