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Post 1

Gnomon - time to move on

I know I'm not allowed to point out bugs in the system, but could I please ask for a small change as an Editorial Change. This bugs me every time I use the site.

I'm talking about the fact that on both the Search screen and the Unsubscribe screen, one the right hand side, the site is described as:

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (Earth Edition)

The absence of the apostrophe in that title makes this site look like one run by people who don't know how to write English. That's not the impression we want to create on a site that has some very good English writers indeed.

smiley - grovel


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Post 2

Icy North

I agree. It's important that the last thing someone sees as they unsubscribe is our commitment to best practice in punctuation smiley - winkeye


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Post 3

Gnomon - time to move on

If it's not possible, you could just say so. If it is possible, but you don't want to change it, I'd like an explanation, please.


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Post 4

Pastey

Those blocks on the right are currently being removed, they're now no longer needed because we have the full name in the top banner of the site.

As I'm sure I've said before, the code for the site is a bit of a tangle, and it looks like I missed those when sorting the newer front end out smiley - smiley I'll get them shifted now smiley - ok

(Didn't see this before because I don't tend to hang out around Editorial Feedback smiley - winkeye


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Post 5

Pastey

As an aside, watching the BBC show last night and they didn't have the apostrophe in the show's title, so it seems it's not a hard and fast rule, but we should be using it smiley - winkeye


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Post 6

Gnomon - time to move on

Yes, they had it as Hitch Hikers Guide with a space.


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Post 7

Gnomon - time to move on

Thanks, Pastey, by the way. I asked the Editors because I thought they had official control of text on the site. Your help is appreciated, as always.


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Post 8

Pastey

Yeah, it should be one of those things that's updatable by the Eds, but it's hard coded I'm afraid, switching everything over is a long process, especially the database itself, which is why things seem to have ground to a halt at the moment, it's all happening behind the scenes smiley - erm


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