I've already seen a few cases where it looked like the editor was voted low because of the content of the review and not the grammar or such like that, which was odd to me, because on a few of those reviews the same person voted the review itself extremely useful but voted the editor as poor. Oh well I guess.

I think that if the voting does stay, it shouldn't affect the overall rating of the review like it appears that it has been. I don't know if there's much that can be done about that tho. less

I actually did this the other day. It was an offsite, good review but it had a glaring error in the small amount of text on the review page.

Part of the reasons for votes are so we can determine who is doing a good job. No matter how carefully we screen, some people are going to perform poorly and there has to be a way, without causing double work for everyone, to know that.

I personally disagree with the voting, too. Buttttttt... other than having staff *still* go over every review, which is what we're trying to avoid in the first place, there's just not another good way to keep tabs. less

I actually did this the other day. It was an offsite, good review but it had a glaring error in the small amount of text on the review page.

Part of the reasons for votes are so we can determine who is doing a good job. No matter how carefully we screen, some people are going to perform poorly and there has to be a way, without causing double work for everyone, to know that.

I personally disagree with the voting, too. Buttttttt... other than having staff *still* go over every review, which is what we're trying to avoid in the first place, there's just not another good way to keep tabs. less

I actually did this the other day. It was an offsite, good review but it had a glaring error in the small amount of text on the review page.

Part of the reasons for votes are so we can determine who is doing a good job. No matter how carefully we screen, some people are going to perform poorly and there has to be a way, without causing double work for everyone, to know that.

I personally disagree with the voting, too. Buttttttt... other than having staff *still* go over every review, which is what we're trying to avoid in the first place, there's just not another good way to keep tabs. less

Do you think/know if it is a type of probationary period? I think that would be useful; once an editor starts editing they are rated for a certain amount of time. Then after so long if they haven't proven themselves then they get taken out.

But if they do prove themselves, then the voting can go buh- bye!

I'm still waiting for my approval -_-. Anxiously! As usual, with my super big patience

It's funny because since this new feature my keyboard has decided to let random keys start sticking on me, occasionally leaving me without an X or apostrophe. HAH that will help me be an editor... less

"I'm still waiting for my approval -_-. Anxiously! As usual, with my super big patience"

I think you and I might be cut from the same cloth. I'm not a very patient person either but I try to be so as not to annoy everyone in the world with it. But I must check my email 115 times a day to see if my application is accepted... or if my reviews have posted.... or if there's another assignment being offered.

Me and patience, yeah... not BFFs. less

Q: What is Eden Tasks?

A: Eden Tasks is a new ‘Market Place’ that allows contributors to earn points through performing various tasks posted by EF.

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Q: What is the ‘Review Proofreading’ task?

A: The ‘Review Proofreading’ task is the first of hopefully many exciting Eden Tasks. ‘Review Proofreading’ will allow contributors to edit and publish the reviews that until now, only the Review Team have been able to edit and publish.

The ‘Review Proofreading’ task is a privilege that will be available to the more experienced reviewers (for obvious reasons). We will start out with a small test group initially to see how the program works. We will then add people as needed to balance out the flow or reviews.

An exciting side effect of the ‘Review Proofreading’ task is now mentors will have more control over the reviews of their students. (to highlight, correct, or make notes)

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Here is some additional info:
- requests will generally be approved within 48 hours, M-F
- not all requests will be approved, some will be declined. Every request is approved or declined by a real person on The Review Team.
- factors for approval include rank, writing ability, community participation, and so on. Editors must be well-rounded
- any editor found to be overzealous in their corrections will be removed from the program

I hope this answers all of your initial questions, and I hope you all enjoy Eden Tasks (we have worked very hard on this for a while now). We look forward to working more closely with the community, as well as giving the community more control over the content and rewards for their activity. less

Perhaps instead of having each review rated for the editing, have an anonymous flag system; people who think the editor didn't perform well could just flag the review and those could be looked at by staff. It could be kind of like the forum flags, but instead could be something like, "I think this review is unedited, I think this editor did a poor job, I think this editor changed the tone of my review."

That would reduce the number of things staff has to look at, because all the well-reviewed ones would be unflagged, plus people wouldn't get publicly voted down/have their rank effected/whatnot for something that wasn't their fault.


Just a suggestion less

Perhaps instead of having each review rated for the editing, have an anonymous flag system; people who think the editor didn't perform well could just flag the review and those could be looked at by staff. It could be kind of like the forum flags, but instead could be something like, "I think this review is unedited, I think this editor did a poor job, I think this editor changed the tone of my review."

That would reduce the number of things staff has to look at, because all the well-reviewed ones would be unflagged, plus people wouldn't get publicly voted down/have their rank effected/whatnot for something that wasn't their fault.


Just a suggestion less

Do you think/know if it is a type of probationary period? I think that would be useful; once an editor starts editing they are rated for a certain amount of time. Then after so long if they haven't proven themselves then they get taken out.

But if they do prove themselves, then the voting can go buh- bye!

I'm still waiting for my approval -_-. Anxiously! As usual, with my super big patience

It's funny because since this new feature my keyboard has decided to let random keys start sticking on me, occasionally leaving me without an X or apostrophe. HAH that will help me be an editor... less

Perhaps instead of having each review rated for the editing, have an anonymous flag system; people who think the editor didn't perform well could just flag the review and those could be looked at by staff. It could be kind of like the forum flags, but instead could be something like, "I think this review is unedited, I think this editor did a poor job, I think this editor changed the tone of my review."

That would reduce the number of things staff has to look at, because all the well-reviewed ones would be unflagged, plus people wouldn't get publicly voted down/have their rank effected/whatnot for something that wasn't their fault.


Just a suggestion less

Perhaps instead of having each review rated for the editing, have an anonymous flag system; people who think the editor didn't perform well could just flag the review and those could be looked at by staff. It could be kind of like the forum flags, but instead could be something like, "I think this review is unedited, I think this editor did a poor job, I think this editor changed the tone of my review."

That would reduce the number of things staff has to look at, because all the well-reviewed ones would be unflagged, plus people wouldn't get publicly voted down/have their rank effected/whatnot for something that wasn't their fault.


Just a suggestion less

Update:

As I mentioned before, fixes are in the works. They might even go live by the end of the week... I said might! (Cross your fingers).

Right now, there is no need to submit tickets for any of these 'Proofreading' issues. WE KNOW things are not working properly at the moment. So just be patient a little longer, and hopefully the update will go live very soon.

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