Topic: Cost of editing

Sol, I understand your rationale for charging points to edit - to prevent gaming of the system - but I think it should be more reasonable. As it stands, and I think Don Chambers voiced this same concern, an author might tend to not edit if it will cost them points. Then the site manuscript would be unchanged, and more reviews would point out the same issues over and over again - not helpful to the author. How about a safe haven, like, say up to a hundred words of addition without accruing additional cost?

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Re: Cost of editing

jack the knife wrote:

Sol, I understand your rationale for charging points to edit - to prevent gaming of the system - but I think it should be more reasonable. As it stands, and I think Don Chambers voiced this same concern, an author might tend to not edit if it will cost them points. Then the site manuscript would be unchanged, and more reviews would point out the same issues over and over again - not helpful to the author. How about a safe haven, like, say up to a hundred words of addition without accruing additional cost?

I agree!!!!!

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Re: Cost of editing

Sol, I understand your rationale for charging points to edit - to prevent gaming of the system - but I think it should be more reasonable. As it stands, and I think Don Chambers voiced this same concern, an author might tend to not edit if it will cost them points. Then the site manuscript would be unchanged, and more reviews would point out the same issues over and over again - not helpful to the author. How about a safe haven, like, say up to a hundred words of addition without accruing additional cost?

I've discussed this in another thread. We'll be removing any adjustment so that it goes back to the way it was before.

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Thanks!

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Re: Cost of editing

jack the knife wrote:

Thanks!

Ditto!

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