h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

actually read what people say?!

I don't see why I should clog up PR just writing, 'No, I didn't say that, do you want to actually READ my post and then understand it?' because that would be rude.

And why to some people persist in having to be right about everything? Even the smallest little thing? I'm so tired of seeing 'Actually, blah di blah'.

Ah, that's better. happy face now.

Are you talking about this?
"so you may not get many comments for abouts a week, because some Peer Reviewers like to wait and ensure the Entry is going to stay for the long haul"

Not guilty,sir I always read - it's the understanding bit that's sometimes difficult

I think I'll take another approach, and just respond with things I know I don't understand, then perhpas it'll all make sense

I might have been kelli, but then I might not have been...just venting, as that's what this 'ere place is all about

"I don't see why I should clog up PR just writing, 'No, I didn't say that, do you want to actually READ my post and then understand it?' because that would be rude"

It's not just PR mate, it's most of h2g2, especially the bits where anything of a serious nature is being discussed

Personally, I don't consider asking for clarification or correcting a misrepresentation to be 'clogging up' a forum, even PR - it's often necessary if you want to get a result. If it lasts more than a few posts, and/or gets off the topic of the entry in question, then it should be discussed elsewhere because the Sub-editor has to read the entire PR thread when they work on the entry, and off-topic discussions can waste their time.

Nor do I think it rude - it's far more inexcusable to skim someone's words and then base your argument on assumptions made by reading only part of what they said. It's best to find out first if they misread or misconstrued what you said. Of course, if there was any doubt on their part, they ought to be asking *you* for clarification before commenting, but as we all know (and, I believe, has been shown in research), it's very easy to misread what's said in an online forum, as compared to talking to someone.

The the forums need to TALK to us hmm, if hootoo had a voice, who would it be?

"Personally, I don't consider asking for clarification or correcting a misrepresentation to be 'clogging up' a forum, even PR - it's often necessary if you want to get a result. If it lasts more than a few posts, and/or gets off the topic of the entry in question, then it should be discussed elsewhere because the Sub-editor has to read the entire PR thread when they work on the entry, and off-topic discussions can waste their time."

That's precisely why I made this 'ere little page