Why do editors change blog posts?
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Hi I submitted my blog as a technical blog and a few posts on it came through to this site. They all were edited, some more than others. For the most part I don't have a problem with it except when it's a negative edit. In this case the editor messed up the syntax highlighting of the post. I'd just like to know the reasons for the edit, since the syntax highlighting in the original was correct and I'm inclined to roll it back. I'm not sure if anyone can see the original version but it's at tthis link: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ListVersions.aspx?aid=142578[^]
You should really be asking this in the Bugs & Sugs Forum[^], although I've no doubt your question will be spotted by one of the hamsters.
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Hi I submitted my blog as a technical blog and a few posts on it came through to this site. They all were edited, some more than others. For the most part I don't have a problem with it except when it's a negative edit. In this case the editor messed up the syntax highlighting of the post. I'd just like to know the reasons for the edit, since the syntax highlighting in the original was correct and I'm inclined to roll it back. I'm not sure if anyone can see the original version but it's at tthis link: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ListVersions.aspx?aid=142578[^]
Sean Ewington edited it. Ask him about it in the bugs/sufggestions forum.
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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Hi I submitted my blog as a technical blog and a few posts on it came through to this site. They all were edited, some more than others. For the most part I don't have a problem with it except when it's a negative edit. In this case the editor messed up the syntax highlighting of the post. I'd just like to know the reasons for the edit, since the syntax highlighting in the original was correct and I'm inclined to roll it back. I'm not sure if anyone can see the original version but it's at tthis link: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ListVersions.aspx?aid=142578[^]
I often think people edit posts for no other reason than to get rep points: very often the edit is wrong or makes things worse.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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I often think people edit posts for no other reason than to get rep points: very often the edit is wrong or makes things worse.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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Yes, but you are almost literate with a vague understanding of wot has been writ. :) Many editors are not and change no more than a full stop or a space or whatever to elicit the man points rather than to improve the question (many of which are unintelligible anyway).
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
modified on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 8:06 AM
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I often think people edit posts for no other reason than to get rep points: very often the edit is wrong or makes things worse.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
Especially where articles are concerned, because to earn the two measly points, you have to edit 10% of the article. That's REALLY hard to do when you're simply adding pre tags or something else that enhances readability instead of conducting a wholesale content change.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
Especially where articles are concerned, because to earn the two measly points, you have to edit 10% of the article. That's REALLY hard to do when you're simply adding pre tags or something else that enhances readability instead of conducting a wholesale content change.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997Ah, fair point: didn't know that: ta.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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Hi I submitted my blog as a technical blog and a few posts on it came through to this site. They all were edited, some more than others. For the most part I don't have a problem with it except when it's a negative edit. In this case the editor messed up the syntax highlighting of the post. I'd just like to know the reasons for the edit, since the syntax highlighting in the original was correct and I'm inclined to roll it back. I'm not sure if anyone can see the original version but it's at tthis link: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ListVersions.aspx?aid=142578[^]
I've looked at the revisions on this article; in a lot of cases, they were edited to remove the dodgy html in them, e.g. in one place there's an <hr / tag. Sean has removed this. In other areas, the formatting has been altered to bring it more into line with the look and feel of CP.
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Yes, but you are almost literate with a vague understanding of wot has been writ. :) Many editors are not and change no more than a full stop or a space or whatever to elicit the man points rather than to improve the question (many of which are unintelligible anyway).
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
modified on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 8:06 AM
digital man wrote:
Many editors are not and change no more than a full stop or a space or whatever to elicit the man points rather than to improve the question (many of which are unintelligible anyway).
I very much agree. The worst part is they don't even mark it as a 'Minor Edit'. X|
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Yes, but you are almost literate with a vague understanding of wot has been writ. :) Many editors are not and change no more than a full stop or a space or whatever to elicit the man points rather than to improve the question (many of which are unintelligible anyway).
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
modified on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 8:06 AM
