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Re: Someone editing the description text with Wiki links after its been submitted.
texas360dave 2012-Jan-06 17:35:00
Ah ha ! I do think your editing is a good thing and here then is an opportunity. By way of an example the WWP form layout already does something like this for current "Event Copyright" usage.
In the blank event form just below the copyright usage selection please add 2 new required option check boxes:
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Please select one:
[ ? ] I permit WWP Admins to edit my 'Description Text'
[ ? ] Please do not edit my entry contents.
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This would reduce the needed work flow time to only those entries requesting help.
Hope this helps
--- In #removed#, Pat Swovelin <panoramas@...> wrote:
>
> On 1/6/2012 8:11 AM, texas360dave wrote:
> > I think the "Description narrative" rests only with the photographer.
> > The panorama description inhances the image story telling to the
> > person viewing the image. It is how the photographer expresses the
> > image intention.
> >
> > For a third party to attempt to edit the photographers description
> > with their own expressions.. is mearly second guessing the
> > photographers intentions.
> >
> > What IF the third party provides different informational links that
> > causes the photographers description to be misunderstood ?
>
> What IF the third party causes the information to be understandable when
> it made no sense at all because it was written by someone that doesn't
> speak English?
>
> > At this point in the process the photographer is not provided an
> > opportunity to make corrections.
>
> What gives you that idea? Have you never heard of Late Editing? Have
> you never heard of communication your wants with the WWP admins? Has
> anyone ever been denied Late Editing or having the WWP Admins change
> things for them after Late Editing closed, sometimes years later?
>
> > The photographer supplying the image and description should be the one
> > who should be making the changes if needed.
>
> And if the photographer doesn't know those things will increase the
> value of his/her description or even think about them, then what?
>
> What author has ever written anything for publication and NOT had an
> editor change it? Ever.
>
> > The description and the panorama image are being supplied by the
> > photographer who is responsible for provide accurate information.
>
> Besides native English-speaking people you're talking about
> non-English-as-a-first-language people from all over the planet who
> constantly thank the WWP Admins for their help with their descriptions.
> This was written yesterday, in response to this tempest in a teapot, by
> a native English-speaker:
>
> "From one user.
> THANK-YOU for sharpening my submissions
> THANK-YOU for post processing broken links
> THANK-YOU THANK-YOU THANK-YOU"
>
> > Just a thought on this issue.
>
> If this were truly a problem wouldn't people have been complaining about
> it for years and years?
>
> Would you like to be added to the do-not-touch list to be assured that
> any mistakes you make will be passed straight on through for the world
> to see? Forever.
>
> > --- In #removed# <mailto:wwp%40yahoogroups.com>, Pat
> > Swovelin <panoramas@> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 1/5/2012 11:08 AM, centreofengland wrote:
> > > > Hi Pat,
> > >
> > > Howdy.
> > >
> > > > I did not realise wiki links had been happening for a while.
> > > > I'm OK with it being editing in this manner, in fact from now on I
> > > > will add suitable links myself to help you out.
> > >
> > > *Thanks*. I always add Wikipedia links because I feel they're more
> > > permanent than links to sites themselves because they quite often
> > change.
> > >
> > > > Best wishes
> > > > Andy
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Pat Swovelin
> > > World Wide Panorama Event Coordinator
> > >
> > > Get out there and shoot some panoramas!
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
> >
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>
> Pat Swovelin
> World Wide Panorama Event Coordinator
>
> Get out there and shoot some panoramas!
>
>
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