Topic: marking reviews as "completed"

Sol, one enhancement that I think would be very helpful for everyone is the ability to flag which reviews we've worked through and have incorporated into our manuscripts. I envision a checkbox that then allows the author to see at a glance on the review tabs which received reviews we've processed. I don't want to delete them entirely, since I or others may want to refer to them again later.

It can take me days, even weeks, to incorporate all of the received feedback from everyone into my manuscript. I don't want to keep the reviewers waiting, thinking I've ignored their feedback, so I reply right away, but then need some way to distinguish which reviews I'm done with.

Right now, for inline reviews, I've started going back to my replies and adding a note to myself at the bottom of each when I'm actually done processing the review. Since I don't always process reviews in the order they were received (e.g., I usually process all reviews by chapter, not date received), I often find myself having to open old reviews and scroll down to look for the note I left. That's very inefficient, especially if I haven't looked at a review in a while. I'll end up going in more than once to look for the same note.

Also, I don't have a workaround for regular reviews. Once I've replied, there is no way that I know of to update the reply with an extra note.

Thanks.
Dirk

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2 Reply by Karin Rita Gastreich (edited by Karin Rita Gastreich 2014-12-12 13:36:11)

Re: marking reviews as "completed"

Actually, this was exactly the concern I had when I asked about the delete function on the "My Reviews" page. It occurred to me that I could use that delete function as a way to remove from the list reviews with edits that I've already incorporated. But of course, what I do NOT want to do is delete the review entirely from the system. Hence my question:

If I delete a review from the My Reviews list, does it disappear altogether?

(I will go back & remove that other thread I started, because the two questions are linked & I think Sol can address them both at once here.)

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Re: marking reviews as "completed"

Sol, one enhancement that I think would be very helpful for everyone is the ability to flag which reviews we've worked through and have incorporated into our manuscripts. I envision a checkbox that then allows the author to see at a glance on the review tabs which received reviews we've processed. I don't want to delete them entirely, since I or others may want to refer to them again later.

Okay, request noted. Thanks.

If I delete a review from the My Reviews list, does it disappear altogether?

Yes, if you delete it, it is gone. There is no function right now to remove something from the list without deleting it.

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Re: marking reviews as "completed"

If I delete a review from the My Reviews list, does it disappear altogether?

Yes, if you delete it, it is gone. There is no function right now to remove something from the list without deleting it.

Thanks, Sol. That's good to know. I will keep my fingers off that button, then.

And in that case, I second Norm's request for a little check box somewhere. Thanks so much for following up on this.

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Re: marking reviews as "completed"

I found a better workaround while this request percolates up the queue. I put two comments at the top of my chapters in Word listing those reviews I'm completedly finished with, and those I need to refer back to at a later date (usually for changes I can't incorporate easily in my current draft). This approach works regardless of whether someone has left an inline review or regular review.

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Re: marking reviews as "completed"

Sol:

I know this idea might have quite a low priority because it's only a nice to have, and I'm sure that not all authors will take advantage of it. However, for the ones like Norm d'Plume, Karin Rita and yours truly, it'd be very helpful to have some way to mark those reviews which we've already gone through and incorporate/dump in our novel.

The old site had nothing of the sort, so it's not that I'm asking to  bring back to life something dead and buried.  It's one of the enhancement that make the current TNBW so XXI century and useful to its authors.

Would it be possible to add a little, inconspicuous check mark both to regular and in-line review?

You know I belong to the group who thinks that the current site is awesome and prefer it over the old one. Pleeease?

Kiss,

Gacela.

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Re: marking reviews as "completed"

I know this idea might have quite a low priority because it's only a nice to have, and I'm sure that not all authors will take advantage of it. However, for the ones like Norm d'Plume, Karin Rita and yours truly, it'd be very helpful to have some way to mark those reviews which we've already gone through and incorporate/dump in our novel.

Sure, we can do it. We have a big release going out tomorrow or Monday and then after that we might have some resources to take a look at this.

Thanks for keeping the topic fresh.

Sol

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