The thing is, new editors were only just added to this rotation. In fact, I think that everyone who had volunteered to help out has been added. So, they're already trying that.

People are just writing more reviews than they used to, due to the significant increase in motivation (points). The backlog is going to continue until the number of reviews coming in changes.

How many reviews do we have in the task market right now, out of curiosity? Has anyone counted? less

How many reviews do we have in the task market right now, out of curiosity? Has anyone counted?

There's about 250 there right now including some problem ones. I think during the middle of last week the backlog was 220.

EDIT: Beaten to the punch! less

It's 'defiantly' the first thing I check for (sorry, I'm just seeing a lot of that in place of 'definitely' lately)

But as Ms N herself has said (and I totally agree) there is a certain type of reviewer who just wants the points and has no interest in improving their reviews. I've returned a few over the last couple of weeks that just get no reply and no attempt to improve/add to what was submitted in the first place.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I still don't think problems like that will change until reviewers get their 1000 points AFTER reviews have been edited and published. less

Now, there are situations were I have seen editors leave comments, stating that they did not publish the review because they found it to be too much work. Perhaps, for instance, the information on material was accidentally pasted into the section on design, or something like that. Do you all still avoid publishing those reviews? I saw one like this the other night, and I simply left it was I was not sure what to do -- but a part of me was very tempted to e-mail the author and ask them to either move the information into the proper spots, or to ask their permission to move the information for them. less

Excellent point - if it can be done there, then why not with product reviews? It doesn't even have to be across the board - maybe the instant points can be reserved for a 5.5 rank and above to tie in with self-editing.

It might not be perfect, but it would certainly help to keep a lower-ranking reviewer interested enough to keep fine-tuning their reviews. less

Re: Submit to Administrator: Just a reminder to editors old and new, since I'm seeing mentions of sending reviews on to admin - the "Submit to Administrator" feature is not working. If you try to use it, it locks the review in the Pit of Doom and it can't be accessed. Instead, send a message to Stormy with the appropriate information (which I think is the review #, the author, and all the specific information you have about the reason for sending it to her, including sources if it's a plagiarism), and put a "Do Not Publish" note in the review title.

I think all reviews should be worth the same number of points. Which template was chosen by the reviewer is not a good predictor of the time and effort needed to proofread a given review, in my experience. If a reviewer gets 1000 points, my vote would be that roughly 1/3 of that is a reasonable number for the editor to receive, 325 or 350 points.

I have been surprised that the backlog hasn't cleared up more quickly, even with editors being added. As was previously mentioned, I think the daily volume must continue to be strong. Well, fellow editors, let's clear them up, and - Have fun stormin' da castle! less

Absolutely, admin = PM Stormy. Thanks for the reminder.

Well, it seems the problem is that of the 21 people originally chosen by Sammi for this rotation, only 8 of us are working right now. I have seen 12 more whom Stormy has added, and that brings us back up to 20. 20 x 3 = 60. It would work, and we could finish the backlog in four days...if no one else posted any more reviews for the next four days. less

I understand how tempting it may be to grab the most recent reviews from the Task Market (particularly the 400 point ones), but please try to remember to edit in a "first come, first served" fashion as much as possible. The goal is for editors to have a contributor's review published within a week or two. If editors only choose the most recently published reviews, under the current circumstances, the earlier reviews are not going to be published on time. Please try to limit yourself to no more than one of the current day's reviews, and choose your other two from the earliest day possible. Thank you!

Current number of reviews waiting to be published
(as of 7:54 A.M. Eastern Time):
June 7th - 13
June 8th - 37
June 9th - 40
June 10th - 35
June 11th - 17
June 12th - 24
June 13th - 28
June 14th - 28
June 15th - 21
June 16th - 6 less

It's 'defiantly' the first thing I check for (sorry, I'm just seeing a lot of that in place of 'definitely' lately)

But as Ms N herself has said (and I totally agree) there is a certain type of reviewer who just wants the points and has no interest in improving their reviews. I've returned a few over the last couple of weeks that just get no reply and no attempt to improve/add to what was submitted in the first place.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I still don't think problems like that will change until reviewers get their 1000 points AFTER reviews have been edited and published. less

I was one of the added editors this time. I e-mailed Stormy and volunteered, as I had experience with editing before. I woke up the next day to say that I had been added. I figured the reason I was added without having to complete the test review that I did the first time was because I've been a review editor twice before, and am a current SexIs editor. It seems that everyone that volunteered was added, though. less