[TAG] (admin) Proofreading and HTML check

Jimmy O'Regan jimregan at o2.ie
Tue Aug 31 23:09:44 MSD 2004


Mike Orr wrote:
> OK, I need to organize proofreaders and HTML checkers.  Is Rick Moen
> around?  He's the proofreading coordinator.  We don't have an HTML
> coordinator yet so I'll have to do it.  Here's the jobs in Ben's
> words (http://linuxgazette.net/tag/proofreaders-faq.html) and mine:
> 
> PROOFREADING:
>  - There has been much controversy over what constitutes "enough"
>    proofreading vs "too much", so I'd prefer people who have been
>    around long enough to understand what we're looking for.
>  - Fix spelling and grammar.  At least get the major errors that
>    are jarring to native English speakers.
>  - Reword for clarity, but do not change the author's intent or 
>    intentional style.
>  - Simplify long or complex sentances so the article is readable
                               ^^^^^^^^^
sentences?
> 
> Normally these tasks are done separately, but if somebody wants to
> take on doing both proofreading/HTML simultaneously, that's also
> possible.
I'll do that.




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