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Catlady has been consistently ignoring that part of my posts and insinuating again and again and again that uploaders here will just upload any old text without trying to safeguard the quality. It is not misrepresenting her position to see this as an insult. ETA: How about you? Are you going to join the proofreaders' squad? Last edited by doubleshuffle; 07-20-2014 at 10:47 PM. |
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I would like to point out that since AlexBell admitted to changing "gay" to "light-hearted" in his upload and was roundly criticized for doing so, he has not changed the text back to the original wording. It's still sitting in the MR library. Nor has he changed the accompanying post, in which he tells what his source material was; he says only that he fixed spelling and updated punctuation.
A volunteer proofreader doesn't do any good if the uploader deliberately made a change to text. Doubleshuffle, I marvel at your ability to distort and misrepresent. Have you considered a career in politics? |
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Why do you think it has to be all or nothing? What's so wrong about there being some rules that people are asked to follow when they upload, even if they can't ensure complete accuracy? We have rules about posting in the forums, don't we? Why not some general rules for uploads? |
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ETA: Seeing that there's still a mobi version in the library, I retract my statement that Catlady hasn't checked her facts. Last edited by doubleshuffle; 07-21-2014 at 05:39 AM. |
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I've just asked for clarification in Alex's post - something others who care for the integrity of the text could also have done.
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When I proof-read against a particular paper edition, I always say what that edition is. |
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I don't think that you can buy one single paper book by Goethe where the text is exactly as it was printed 200 years ago (I mean spelling, not wording). We still live. |
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It is a little disappointing that none of the people who are complaining the loudest seem willing to actually put in a bit of work to help proof-read the books in our library.
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Clearly this is not something he considered an error, and he has not changed it despite vehement objections that followed when he told the forum what he'd done. |
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