Subject: I can beta.
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Posted on: 2010-08-30 11:01:00 UTC
Might not be exceptionally good at it, but I can still try.
Email: lauraannehaynes@hotmail.co.uk
Fandoms:
* Doctor Who
* Torchwood
* Wicked
* Les Miserables
* Cats
* Harry Potter
* Most things Disney
* Star Wars (but only numbers four, five and six)
* CHERUB
* Maybe a couple of others, but I can't think of any more off the top of my head.
I should have asked in the main post, but something was bound to slip my mind. Can those of you who haven't already provided an email adress either do so (edit it into the wiki page if you like, or post it here), or indicate another way in which you'd like to be contacted - through your wiki talk page or just on the Board.
I'm working in the sandbox right now to update the wiki page now with all the updates given here, and to make it tidier and more accessible. Feel free to make more changes at need (as soon as I'm done!)
First, I wanted to know if the wiki page is up to date.
Second, I'd like to make myself available as a beta reader. I'll put the details (fandoms, contact and others) on my wiki userpage.
I spent half the morning on it. At the moment, your sub-section is practically empty. I'd appreciate it if you would go and transfer the details from your userpage to the wiki page yourself instead of waiting for me to do it - I'm currently up to my ears in work (PPC and otherwise). Don't worry, the format's already there.
I wasn't waiting for you to do it. It was the best way of adding that info to the wiki without drastically altring its format. You are far more ambitious than me, really.
Tell me if you need any help, you definitely need to chill out a bit.
Sorry if you got the wrong impression; there are some people who are overly hesitant to make changes or, alternately, too quick to do so and snarl things up. I'd rather everyone did their personal details themselves because I'm liable to make an error that would have to be fixed later anyway.
Also... just out of curiosity... "chill out"? That's an American phrase, isn't it? I haven't heard that in years...
Yes, it is... I'm not a native speaker and my English eduation was complemented with multiple expressions from films or TV series. As a side-effect, I end up using old expressions or combining British with American or Canadian...
I told my kid the other day to take a chill pill, and he just looked at me blankly. My expressions are sometimes hopelessly behind the times.
That's why I don't mind beta-reading stuff I don't know--in the end, I don't think it affects how well I can do my job of pointing out where things might not make sense. In fact, it may actually make it easier.
One would think we could all be responsible for our own fact-checking anyway...
~Neshomeh
I'm updating the Beta Reader Directory just now - not being sure if you want me to put all four of these paragraphs (about what you're willing to beta) in there, I'm just leaving condensed version that's there now, so you can change it later if you want.
I've added a bit more, but it's still concise, which is probably best for that article. Good work on that! {= )
~Neshomeh
If we can keep it organized- IF- the beta reader pool will just rock. Thank you.
I don't think I listed Narnia in mind - damn. I just forgot.
I know we have a beta-reader page up on the wiki - unless anyone objects, I'm planning to flesh it out dramatically, with all these sorts of details, so fools like me who forget a fandom or two can add them. If you guys don't mind, I'll add everything on this post there as it comes in.
I know I will occasionally read a mission in a fandom I don't know, but if it's too hard to tell what's going on I'll usually backspace. Maybe if we try to include very basic information about said fandom's setting and characters so as to make it easier for readers who don't necessarily know why it's so bad that X happened?
I try to make things make sense to non-fans in my missions. I need to check the most recent ones before I post them to be sure that I still am. I can see how that gets really tough when you are extremely familiar with the canon or on higher order missions.
I did the Wizard of Oz/Wicked article, with the same goal as I think you're talking about here - I want to flesh out the Star Trek article anyway, so if that's the kind of thing you mean, I'll push it up the list. Regardless, that sort of thing would be very helpful.
If nothing else - particularly if no one can seem to find the time - perhaps we can make links in our wiki articles to the wikipedia articles (or relevant media wikis, if they exist) for said fandoms; in the past, I've linked to such pages "for more information" after writing a short article on a character. Think that's a good idea?