discuss: reviewing all the howtos
Subject:
Re: reviewing all the howtos
From:
Tabatha Marshall ####@####.####
Date:
13 Nov 2003 10:08:54 -0000
Message-Id: <1068718106.19226.192.camel@mysticchild>
On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 00:37, jdd wrote:
> some seemingly minor modification can lead in a major change in meaning
> in an other part of the document. no change should be done before
> carefull re-reading of a document and the author is best fitted to do this.
>
> even orthographic changes can be a problem - if automatic correctors are
> so dumb it's just because the meaning is not always evident.
>
> an error can always be corrected in more than one way. co-authoring is
> an art :-)
And you also bring up another good point; during the review process, we
always ask the author to go over our "proposed" revisions, and be in
agreement on the changes. I've always stated reasons for any proposed
changes, but everything is subject to discussion. If an author has a
specific motive for doing something, and can show me the logic behind
it, I don't mind leaving it their way.
This habit has made for wonderful working relationships.
Tab
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Tabatha Marshall
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Linux Documentation Project Review Coordinator (http://www.tldp.org)
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