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Hi --
<p>Steve Vander Ark wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><tt>I could easily make the name of the editor into
an email link, so</tt>
<br><tt>anyone clicking on it would open up a blank email with that person's</tt>
<br><tt>address filled in. I think I'd like each editor to specifically
give</tt>
<br><tt>me the address they want that linked to and I won't link any that
I</tt>
<br><tt>don't hear from that it's okay.</tt></blockquote>
You can link to my email -- pennylin@swbell.net
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><tt>However, I would rather not have to upload entirely
new versions of</tt>
<br><tt>the FAQs if possible. It would honestly be a lot easier just to
type</tt>
<br><tt>in new passages or do edits in the existing document. So if you</tt>
<br><tt>decide that something needs to be changed, just send me the updated</tt>
<br><tt>paragraphs and let me know where to place them.</tt></blockquote>
What about the case of extensive revisions? Let's just take the Hermione
FAQ for example. Let's say that I needed to not only add in sentences
but basically reword things intermittently throughout the document to take
into account someone's new thoughts. Let's say I also needed to add
in new footnotes (and update existing footnotes) -- is it still the case
that you want me to just type those changes up & send them to you,
only to have you retype them yet again?
<p>I admit I know nothing about HTML, but it seems to me it would be easier
to have step-by-step instructions that even the uninitiated FAQ maintenance
crew members could follow. <g> Obviously, I want to do the
easiest thing possible for everyone. But, I'm afraid you might come
to hate me, Steve! When I'm revising a document, I tend to revise
a fair bit of phrasing as I'm going along -- or I see things that should
really be moved around a bit. I can try to curb this tendency ....
but is there no way to let us actually do the edits ourselves? I'm
a semi-professional writer, have been an editor in some form or fashion
for nearly 15 years and might ...cough ... have some control issues with
documents. :--)
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><tt>When they are live, do we send an ADMIN message
with an</tt>
<br><tt>announcement?</tt></blockquote>
Yes. Be sure to send a duplicate announcement to the Announcements
list. You might also make note in the message if updated FAQs are
also available (like when the changed version of Fanfiction is up).
<p>Penny
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