Editing Process - Revision history

Janrinok: /* The Story */

2025-05-15T09:33:28Z

The Story

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	If, by the end of the Intro Copy editing process there is nothing more to be said, then the document is complete and ready for publication. Quickly check the stories page to make sure that no one else has published a story while you have been editing (if so - change your timings, leave the published story untouched). If you are finished then press the 'save' button and it should present you with a modified story list. Remember that this is the 'modified' story list and has special properties which make it rather dangerous. If you renew this page, say, by pressing the F5 key in your browser, a second copy of your story at the exact same time of release will be inserted into the list. One of the copies will then have to be disabled. I recommend that you simply check that the timings for you story are as you expected and then close this window. You can then move to the Story Window that you have had open throughout the editing process, click 'stories' at the top of the page to update it, and your story will be displayed.		If, by the end of the Intro Copy editing process there is nothing more to be said, then the document is complete and ready for publication. Quickly check the stories page to make sure that no one else has published a story while you have been editing (if so - change your timings, leave the published story untouched). If you are finished then press the 'save' button and it should present you with a modified story list. Remember that this is the 'modified' story list and has special properties which make it rather dangerous. If you renew this page, say, by pressing the F5 key in your browser, a second copy of your story at the exact same time of release will be inserted into the list. One of the copies will then have to be disabled. I recommend that you simply check that the timings for you story are as you expected and then close this window. You can then move to the Story Window that you have had open throughout the editing process, click 'stories' at the top of the page to update it, and your story will be displayed.

	However, if you have more detail that you think some people will want to read but that might not be of interest to everybody, or simply information that you could not reasonably insert into the Intro Copy, then you use Extended Copy field just below. There is no additional headers or selections, it is simply a way of extending the story except that the contents of the Extended Copy window are not displayed immediately on the main website page but are accessed by the reader selecting 'Read More' from the bottom line of the story display. This conveniently solves the problem of keeping the main page full of short, concise stories but enables longer and more detailed stories to be seen by those who wish to read them. Editing the Extended Copy text is identical to editing the Intro Copy and the use of the 'preview' and 'save' buttons remain the same. If there is text in the Extended Copy field, the system will add '[Continues...]' to the end of the Intro Copy field to show that there is more to the summary when it displays on the main page. You should not add '[Continues...]' manually because there will be two instances.		However, if you have more detail that you think some people will want to read but that might not be of interest to everybody, or simply information that you could not reasonably insert into the Intro Copy, then you use Extended Copy field just below. There are no additional headers or selections, it is simply a way of extending the story except that the contents of the Extended Copy window are not displayed immediately on the main website page but are accessed by the reader selecting 'Read More' from the bottom line of the story display. This conveniently solves the problem of keeping the main page full of short, concise stories but enables longer and more detailed stories to be seen by those who wish to read them. Editing the Extended Copy text is identical to editing the Intro Copy and the use of the 'preview' and 'save' buttons remain the same. If there is text in the Extended Copy field, the system will add '[Continues...]' to the end of the Intro Copy field to show that there is more to the summary when it displays on the main page. You should not add '[Continues...]' manually because there will be two instances.

	It is possible to include text from a file into a summary or to attach media links - neither of these are used at present by the site and, for now, their usage can be ignored.		It is possible to include text from a file into a summary or to attach media links - neither of these are used at present by the site and, for now, their usage can be ignored.

Martyb: Minor rephrasing

2020-02-02T20:41:59Z

Minor rephrasing

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	'''Don't:'''		'''Don't:'''
	* Post stories that you submitted		* Post stories that you submitted
	* Add an "editor's note" with your opinion (put that in the comments)		* Add an "editor's note" with your ''opinion'' (put ''that'' in the comments)
	* Edit quoted material. [Unless doing so to provide clarity, ~~using~~ square brackets]		* Edit quoted material. [Unless doing so to provide clarity, making sure to surround any changed text with square brackets.]

	== Accurate, Balanced and Impartial Reporting ==		== Accurate, Balanced and Impartial Reporting ==

Martyb: Fixed a couple of typos.

2020-02-02T20:36:15Z

Fixed a couple of typos.

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	Every story is capable of being divided into 2 separate portions. The Intro Copy which is essential for every story, and the Extended Copy, which is only used for longer stories. There is no practical physical limit on the size of the Intro Copy but, for presentational purposes and to enable a reader to grasp the essential points that are being made, it is usually kept as concise as possible while maintaining readability and comprehensively covering the essential points. It should be possible to read the Intro Copy as a stand-alone document, understand the basic thrust and outcome of the story, and move on if no further detail is wanted.		Every story is capable of being divided into 2 separate portions. The Intro Copy which is essential for every story, and the Extended Copy, which is only used for longer stories. There is no practical physical limit on the size of the Intro Copy but, for presentational purposes and to enable a reader to grasp the essential points that are being made, it is usually kept as concise as possible while maintaining readability and comprehensively covering the essential points. It should be possible to read the Intro Copy as a stand-alone document, understand the basic thrust and outcome of the story, and move on if no further detail is wanted.

	Immediately below the Intro Copy editing window are 2 buttons marked initially 'save' and 'preview'. Pressing the 'preview' button will redraw the entire web page that you are working in and show you what your editing so far would look like if released as a story. Use the 'preview' button frequently, especially for checking layout, that the links point to the web pages that you expect them to, and that you are meeting the requirements of the Intro Copy with regards to content. When you have inspected your work so far, return down the page to the Intro Copy window again and place your cursor inside the window. Check that all the red underlined words are corrected for spelling or are correct abbreviations that the dictionary has simply not recognised. Do '''not''' correct source material. If the source web page or document says something - that is how it will be published. As an editor you can decide whether it is a simple spelling mistake (in which case put '[sic]' immediately after the error). Do not correct English dialect differences. As long as the summary is ~~consistenly~~ written in US-English or UK-English, it is correct. Do not change the spelling of source material to suit your own particular dictionary. If, for example, the material is published in UK English, changing words to US English (or vice versa) can significantly change the meaning of what is being said. You edit the summary - not the source material. For other errors an Editor's Note is probably more appropriate.		Immediately below the Intro Copy editing window are 2 buttons marked initially 'save' and 'preview'. Pressing the 'preview' button will redraw the entire web page that you are working in and show you what your editing so far would look like if released as a story. Use the 'preview' button frequently, especially for checking layout, that the links point to the web pages that you expect them to, and that you are meeting the requirements of the Intro Copy with regards to content. When you have inspected your work so far, return down the page to the Intro Copy window again and place your cursor inside the window. Check that all the red underlined words are corrected for spelling or are correct abbreviations that the dictionary has simply not recognised. Do '''not''' correct source material. If the source web page or document says something - that is how it will be published. As an editor you can decide whether it is a simple spelling mistake (in which case put '[sic]' immediately after the error). Do not correct English dialect differences. As long as the summary is consistently written in US-English or UK-English, it is correct. Do not change the spelling of source material to suit your own particular dictionary. If, for example, the material is published in UK English, changing words to US English (or vice versa) can significantly change the meaning of what is being said. You edit the summary - not the source material. For other errors an Editor's Note is probably more appropriate.

	If, by the end of the Intro Copy editing process there is nothing more to be said, then the document is complete and ready for publication. Quickly check the stories page to make sure that no one else has published a story while you have been editing (if so - change your timings, leave the published story untouched). If you are finished then press the 'save' button and it should present you with a modified story list. Remember that this is the 'modified' story list and has special properties which make it rather dangerous. If you renew this page, say, by pressing the F5 key in your browser, a second copy of your story at the exact same time of release will be inserted into the list. One of the copies will then have to be disabled. I recommend that you simply check that the timings for you story are as you expected and then close this window. You can then move to the Story Window that you have had open throughout the editing process, click 'stories' at the top of the page to update it, and your story will be displayed.		If, by the end of the Intro Copy editing process there is nothing more to be said, then the document is complete and ready for publication. Quickly check the stories page to make sure that no one else has published a story while you have been editing (if so - change your timings, leave the published story untouched). If you are finished then press the 'save' button and it should present you with a modified story list. Remember that this is the 'modified' story list and has special properties which make it rather dangerous. If you renew this page, say, by pressing the F5 key in your browser, a second copy of your story at the exact same time of release will be inserted into the list. One of the copies will then have to be disabled. I recommend that you simply check that the timings for you story are as you expected and then close this window. You can then move to the Story Window that you have had open throughout the editing process, click 'stories' at the top of the page to update it, and your story will be displayed.
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	However, if you have more detail that you think some people will want to read but that might not be of interest to everybody, or simply information that you could not reasonably insert into the Intro Copy, then you use Extended Copy field just below. There is no additional headers or selections, it is simply a way of extending the story except that the contents of the Extended Copy window are not displayed immediately on the main website page but are accessed by the reader selecting 'Read More' from the bottom line of the story display. This conveniently solves the problem of keeping the main page full of short, concise stories but enables longer and more detailed stories to be seen by those who wish to read them. Editing the Extended Copy text is identical to editing the Intro Copy and the use of the 'preview' and 'save' buttons remain the same. If there is text in the Extended Copy field, the system will add '[Continues...]' to the end of the Intro Copy field to show that there is more to the summary when it displays on the main page. You should not add '[Continues...]' manually because there will be two instances.		However, if you have more detail that you think some people will want to read but that might not be of interest to everybody, or simply information that you could not reasonably insert into the Intro Copy, then you use Extended Copy field just below. There is no additional headers or selections, it is simply a way of extending the story except that the contents of the Extended Copy window are not displayed immediately on the main website page but are accessed by the reader selecting 'Read More' from the bottom line of the story display. This conveniently solves the problem of keeping the main page full of short, concise stories but enables longer and more detailed stories to be seen by those who wish to read them. Editing the Extended Copy text is identical to editing the Intro Copy and the use of the 'preview' and 'save' buttons remain the same. If there is text in the Extended Copy field, the system will add '[Continues...]' to the end of the Intro Copy field to show that there is more to the summary when it displays on the main page. You should not add '[Continues...]' manually because there will be two instances.

	It is possible to include text from file into a summary or to attach media links - neither of these are used at present by the site and, for now, their usage can be ignored.		It is possible to include text from a file into a summary or to attach media links - neither of these are used at present by the site and, for now, their usage can be ignored.

Charon: /* The Story */

2017-03-16T05:48:32Z

The Story

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	If, by the end of the Intro Copy editing process there is nothing more to be said, then the document is complete and ready for publication. Quickly check the stories page to make sure that no one else has published a story while you have been editing (if so - change your timings, leave the published story untouched). If you are finished then press the 'save' button and it should present you with a modified story list. Remember that this is the 'modified' story list and has special properties which make it rather dangerous. If you renew this page, say, by pressing the F5 key in your browser, a second copy of your story at the exact same time of release will be inserted into the list. One of the copies will then have to be disabled. I recommend that you simply check that the timings for you story are as you expected and then close this window. You can then move to the Story Window that you have had open throughout the editing process, click 'stories' at the top of the page to update it, and your story will be displayed.		If, by the end of the Intro Copy editing process there is nothing more to be said, then the document is complete and ready for publication. Quickly check the stories page to make sure that no one else has published a story while you have been editing (if so - change your timings, leave the published story untouched). If you are finished then press the 'save' button and it should present you with a modified story list. Remember that this is the 'modified' story list and has special properties which make it rather dangerous. If you renew this page, say, by pressing the F5 key in your browser, a second copy of your story at the exact same time of release will be inserted into the list. One of the copies will then have to be disabled. I recommend that you simply check that the timings for you story are as you expected and then close this window. You can then move to the Story Window that you have had open throughout the editing process, click 'stories' at the top of the page to update it, and your story will be displayed.

	However, if you have more detail that you think some people will want to read but that might not be of interest to everybody, or simply information that you could not reasonably insert into the Intro Copy, then you ~~must select the~~ Extended Copy ~~button. This will open a second editing window which will continue as though it was joined to the Intro Copy~~. There is no additional headers or selections, it is simply a way of extending the story except that the contents of the Extended Copy window are not displayed immediately on the main website page but are accessed by the reader selecting 'Read More' from the bottom line of the story display. This conveniently solves the problem of keeping the main page full of short, concise stories but enables longer and more detailed stories to be seen by those who wish to read them. Editing the Extended Copy text is identical to editing the Intro Copy and the use of the 'preview' and 'save' buttons remain the same.		However, if you have more detail that you think some people will want to read but that might not be of interest to everybody, or simply information that you could not reasonably insert into the Intro Copy, then you use Extended Copy field just below. There is no additional headers or selections, it is simply a way of extending the story except that the contents of the Extended Copy window are not displayed immediately on the main website page but are accessed by the reader selecting 'Read More' from the bottom line of the story display. This conveniently solves the problem of keeping the main page full of short, concise stories but enables longer and more detailed stories to be seen by those who wish to read them. Editing the Extended Copy text is identical to editing the Intro Copy and the use of the 'preview' and 'save' buttons remain the same. If there is text in the Extended Copy field, the system will add '[Continues...]' to the end of the Intro Copy field to show that there is more to the summary when it displays on the main page. You should not add '[Continues...]' manually because there will be two instances.

	It is possible to include text from file into a summary or to attach media links - neither of these are used at present by the site and, for now, their usage can be ignored.		It is possible to include text from file into a summary or to attach media links - neither of these are used at present by the site and, for now, their usage can be ignored.

Charon: /* Department (Dept) */

2017-03-16T05:40:42Z

Department (Dept)

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	==== Department (Dept) ====		==== Department (Dept) ====

	The Dept field is an opportunity for the editor to inject a witty or pithy comment appropriate to the Title and content of the submission. It is not always appropriate and there is no compulsion for it to be used at all. If nothing is entered into this field it simply does not display when the story is published. It should not be used to express the editor's personal point of view. The best way to gain a feel for how this field is used is to simply go through previous stories. The system will insert 'from the' before the contents of the Dept field and 'dept' after. ~~The contents of the field should be all lower case and words separated by '~~-~~' e~~.g 'this-is-an-example'~~. The example~~ would appear on publication~~, therefore,~~ as 'from the this-is-an-example dept'.		The Dept field is an opportunity for the editor to inject a witty or pithy comment appropriate to the Title and content of the submission. It is not always appropriate and there is no compulsion for it to be used at all. If nothing is entered into this field it simply does not display when the story is published. It should not be used to express the editor's personal point of view. The best way to gain a feel for how this field is used is to simply go through previous stories. The contents of the field should be all lower case. The system will insert 'from the' before the contents of the Dept field and 'dept' after. It will also automatically replace whitespace with a dash (-). E.g 'this is an example' would appear on publication as 'from the this-is-an-example dept'.

	==== Author ====		==== Author ====

Mrcoolbp: /* Story List */

2015-03-17T03:02:32Z

Story List

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	== Story List ==		== Story List ==

			[[File:StoriesList.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|The Stories List]]
	The Story List is in reverse chronological order and shows stories that have been published or are waiting to be published. The display is colour-coded. When a story is released by, say Editor A, it will appear in the list according to the date and time specified during the editing process. It will appear in a yellow colour to Editor A, but to all other editors it will appear in red. This indicates that the story has only been seen by the originating editor and that it has not been checked by a second editor. Wherever possible, stories are to be seen by at least 2 editors before they reach their release time. Once a second editor (Editor B) has viewed it and pressed the 'Update' button the story colour code will change to green for all editors. The action of editing or checking a story is known as a 'Sign Off'. A story opened from the Story List will show the 'Sign Off' information on the screen on the right hand side of the display. In our example, the first sign off will be Editor A and the second sign off will be Editor B. There is no limit to the number of editors who can view a story or make corrections to it and a history of who has made changes will be maintained (but not what has been changed) in the Sign Off information. Stories that have been placed in the list but have been stopped from release are coloured grey.		The Story List is in reverse chronological order and shows stories that have been published or are waiting to be published. The display is colour-coded. When a story is released by, say Editor A, it will appear in the list according to the date and time specified during the editing process. It will appear in a yellow colour to Editor A, but to all other editors it will appear in red. This indicates that the story has only been seen by the originating editor and that it has not been checked by a second editor. Wherever possible, stories are to be seen by at least 2 editors before they reach their release time. Once a second editor (Editor B) has viewed it and pressed the 'Update' button the story colour code will change to green for all editors. The action of editing or checking a story is known as a 'Sign Off'. A story opened from the Story List will show the 'Sign Off' information on the screen on the right hand side of the display. In our example, the first sign off will be Editor A and the second sign off will be Editor B. There is no limit to the number of editors who can view a story or make corrections to it and a history of who has made changes will be maintained (but not what has been changed) in the Sign Off information. Stories that have been placed in the list but have been stopped from release are coloured grey.

Mrcoolbp: /* Main Editing Page (MEP) */ ADDED: EditingPanel Graphic

2015-03-17T02:56:43Z

Main Editing Page (MEP): ADDED: EditingPanel Graphic

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	=== Main Editing Page (MEP) ===		=== Main Editing Page (MEP) ===

			[[File:EditorInterface.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Main Editing Panel 'ToolTips']]


	The MEP allows the editing of <u>all</u> data. I recommend that you use the MEP as much as possible.		The MEP allows the editing of <u>all</u> data. I recommend that you use the MEP as much as possible.

Mrcoolbp at 02:52, 17 March 2015

2015-03-17T02:52:57Z

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	== Submission Feedback ==		== Submission Feedback ==

	~~To be written.~~ (this may no-longer be necessary) [[User:Mrcoolbp\|mrcoolbp]] ([[User talk:Mrcoolbp\|talk]]) 16:11, 10 July 2014 (UTC)		(this may no-longer be necessary) [[User:Mrcoolbp\|mrcoolbp]] ([[User talk:Mrcoolbp\|talk]]) 16:11, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

	== When Things Go Wrong ==		== When Things Go Wrong ==

Mrcoolbp: /* Story List / (clarified author history section) also, the last edit removed "inform the submitter of rejection reason*

2015-03-13T23:18:18Z

Story List: (clarified author history section) *also, the last edit removed "inform the submitter of rejection reason*

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	== Story List ==		== Story List ==

	The Story List is in reverse chronological order and shows stories that have been published or are waiting to be published. The display is colour-coded. When a story is released by, say Editor A, it will appear in the list according to the date and time specified during the editing process. It will appear in a yellow colour to Editor A, but to all other editors it will appear in red. This indicates that the story has only been seen by the originating editor and that it has not been checked by a second editor. Wherever possible, stories are to be seen by at least 2 editors before they reach their release time. Once a second editor (Editor B) has viewed it and pressed the 'Update' button the story colour code will change to green for all editors. The action of editing or checking a story is known as a 'Sign Off'. A story opened from the Story List will show the 'Sign Off' information on the screen on the right hand side of the display. In our example, the first sign off will be Editor A and the second sign off will be Editor B. There is no limit to the number of editors who can view a story or make corrections to it and a history of changes will be maintained in the Sign Off information. Stories that have been placed in the list but have been stopped from release are coloured grey.		The Story List is in reverse chronological order and shows stories that have been published or are waiting to be published. The display is colour-coded. When a story is released by, say Editor A, it will appear in the list according to the date and time specified during the editing process. It will appear in a yellow colour to Editor A, but to all other editors it will appear in red. This indicates that the story has only been seen by the originating editor and that it has not been checked by a second editor. Wherever possible, stories are to be seen by at least 2 editors before they reach their release time. Once a second editor (Editor B) has viewed it and pressed the 'Update' button the story colour code will change to green for all editors. The action of editing or checking a story is known as a 'Sign Off'. A story opened from the Story List will show the 'Sign Off' information on the screen on the right hand side of the display. In our example, the first sign off will be Editor A and the second sign off will be Editor B. There is no limit to the number of editors who can view a story or make corrections to it and a history of who has made changes will be maintained (but not what has been changed) in the Sign Off information. Stories that have been placed in the list but have been stopped from release are coloured grey.

	The format of each line in the Story List is as follows:		The format of each line in the Story List is as follows:

Mrcoolbp: /* Basic Editing Page (BEP) */

2015-03-13T23:12:45Z

Basic Editing Page (BEP)

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	=== Basic Editing Page (BEP) ===		=== Basic Editing Page (BEP) ===

	The purpose of the BEP is to display enough information for the editor to assess whether the submission is worth processing into a full story. The links can be tested and their content checked, the summary can be reformatted and unprintable Unicode characters can be edited to something more suitable for the slashcode to manage. The submission can be discarded at this point~~, remembering to provide feedback to the submitter explaining why you feel that the submission is not suitable~~. However, assuming that you are happy with everything so far, press the 'Preview' button and it will change the display to the MEP.		The purpose of the BEP is to display enough information for the editor to assess whether the submission is worth processing into a full story. The links can be tested and their content checked, the summary can be reformatted and unprintable Unicode characters can be edited to something more suitable for the slashcode to manage. The submission can be discarded at this point. However, assuming that you are happy with everything so far, press the 'Preview' button and it will change the display to the MEP.

	=== Main Editing Page (MEP) ===		=== Main Editing Page (MEP) ===