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Hi Peregrine,

I was chosen for polishing your Mole of Woe entry. Well done, I múst say!

Bear with me as this is the first time that I polish a UG entry for real. ... Which might have to do with the fact that yours is amongst the first to make it into the edited UG.
Anyway, I will be on the road for most of the weekend so that gives me some time to thoroughly read your piece.
Have you got any special suggestions or last minute changes you would like to have observed?


Tube
UG Gem Polisher

Hi Tube - interesting name

Well, you'll be pleased to know that I can save you the bother of polishing this entry. It's now being serialized in The Post, so I don't think it's appropriate to put it in the UG. I've explained this to Jodan. Thanks for your kind words on it !

I had a quick look at your page - very nice. In fact, you use one of my favourite phrases - damnant quod non intelligunt. Another good one is - scripta non temere edenda. And of course - alterutra clarescere fama - sive bonum, sive malum, fama est.

Enjoy your weekend, and good luck with the polishing.

P.

Hi!
Well, Tube is in fact my RL nickname and I just happen to use it on-site as well.

I've just received an e-mail from Jorda telling me that there is now and aggangement for the Post series to come to a conclusion before this entry is officially included in the UG. He indicated that you agreed on this. So I will start polishing soon. I have in fact fully read the entry on the train this weekend and I must say that I liked it extremely well.
With input like this the UG can't fail!

Oh, "scripta non temere edenda" certainly fits the current occasion. A little Latin never goes astray.
I'm gald you liked the page.

All the Best
Tube

Tube

Well, that sounds mighty fine, mighty fine.

If you think anything in the entry needs dusting, polishing, etc. just let me know



P.

No, it does not really need anything major doe to it. I shall post a polished version soonish.

Righty-o. Take a look at A1126838 and tell me how you like it.

Changelog:
* removed spaces ["Inspector Digglesworth ?" -> "Inspector Digglesworth?"]
* changed "....." to "..." if used in running text
* corrected two or three typos
* added UG blob

Things I considered but did not change
Multiple ? and ! to single ? and !
remove "" at the end of the entry

I hope you find the changes acceptable. Any futher changes you would like to see, or anything you'd like to see un-done?


Tube

*butts in*

Perry- do you need the Grim Reaper picture? It looks awkward aside the UG Blob It's quite fine if you like it, just a matter of style preferences

That's all.

PS: Oh, and I changed a number of "it's" to "its".

Evenin' Tube & Jodan !



Tube - nice job ! A happy Duke. Just as a matter of interest though, why do you shorten stuff like "Inspector Digglesworth ?" to "Inspector Digglesworth?" ? Just curious.

Jodan - hope your toe is better. Yup, get rid of the Grim Reaper thing.

guys !

Thanks!

Ummm, well, because for all I know it is the official/proper way of placing exclamation/question marks. It was a trade off between your artistic freedom and having all UG entries conform to the same way of spelling. In the end I removed the spaces and left the multiple ?/!.

Ok, I'll take care of the reaper.

I think it just looks nicer without the space although it took me a while to figure out exactly what you guys were talking about (Thought it was a spelling issue)

So, the entry is polished to everyone's satisfaction, I take it? Can I hand it over to the UG-Towers?

Tube

When you do make sure to credit Perry

I'm ready for it when you are