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Gnomon - time to move on Started conversation Apr 22, 2014
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.
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Icy North Posted Apr 22, 2014
I agree. It's important that the last thing someone sees as they unsubscribe is our commitment to best practice in punctuation
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jun 4, 2014
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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Pastey Posted Jun 5, 2014
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 I'll get them shifted now
(Didn't see this before because I don't tend to hang out around Editorial Feedback
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Pastey Posted Jun 5, 2014
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
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jun 5, 2014
Yes, they had it as Hitch Hikers Guide with a space.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jun 5, 2014
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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Pastey Posted Jun 5, 2014
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
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