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Sasha

There are two reasons why subbing is better. Some writers have a poor command of English but have an interesting story to tell. They are not capable of following the sort of corrections we post and introduce more errors than they fix. Without subs such writers can neber do an updaye.

Secondly a far greater number of writers are put off by having to sort out this level of detail.

Thirdly, putting cottectiond like this into peer review gives peer review a bad name. It shouldn't be for corrections but for content. It should be seen sd an obstacle to getting entries into yhe guide.

Sadly we seem to have lost all our writers.

The hazards of posting by phone...

It shouldn't be seen as an obstacle. ..

Page Turner:

Entry: UPDATE: Doctor Who Enemies: Cybermen - A87828141
Author: Bluebottle - U43530

A proposal to update: A13200058: Doctor Who Enemies: Cybermen

Authors:
Awix (U97008)
Hoovooloo (U114627)
Kerr_Avon - (U189636)
Paully (U705659)
Philious (U1291644)
Smij - Formerly Jimster (U292)
spook (U183955)
U168592 (U168592)
Wyatt (U1779623)

I've split that sentence in two – does it make sense now?

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Thanks Gnomon

For general Entries, yes subbing is better, as the text is new and needs a thorough check and proofread in accordance with House Style.

Updates are still different, though, as the Entries have mostly been subbed before, and I see on the How to Update page that it recommends inexperienced Researchers don't take on the task alone. I also see that the How to Update page hasn't been updated since 2011, though, so the new processes that were proposed weren't documented there.

Making it clear that a thorough readthrough in Peer Review is because the Entry is an Update I think is fine, and you do that It's similar with University Projects that Peer Review is where the final niggles are sorted out, but again it is made clear that thorough readthroughs are because the Project has already been subbed and a new version will not be created.

Anyway, anyway, this crop of Updates is progressing nicely in accordance with the old procedure, so we're OK for now

Perfect - thanks Bluebottle

Thanks for sorting out those last few niggles, BB

We have now updated the original article A13200058

Thanks to Bluebottle for the update and all the reviewers for their comments and corrections, it's much appreciated



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