Subject: Re: query regarding sort-of-minis
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Posted on: 2009-07-06 00:11:00 UTC
Well, sometimes lotrfanfiction turns poor Eowyn into "...owyn", which she definitely doesn't deserve.
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query regarding sort-of-minis by
on 2009-07-03 17:01:00 UTC
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I'm betaing a fic for Cassie, and Elladan's name in the original fic has just appeared as Eln, bn. A mini perhaps, but it's a hell of a typo. In one of mine and Trojie's missions a while back (Ethul'waew, or something) there were a lot of similar typos. The author of that badfic actually came across our missions, and commented that the crazily mis-spelled names, and other words too, were a result of aff.net spazzing out. I'll believe her, as I've seen similar mangled words in many aff.net fics.
So, my question: would this mangling, as it's the fault of the website rather than the author, create minis? Only it doesn't seem quite in the spirit of things to my mind. Thoughts? -
Re: query regarding sort-of-minis by
on 2009-07-06 00:11:00 UTC
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Well, sometimes lotrfanfiction turns poor Eowyn into "...owyn", which she definitely doesn't deserve.
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It seems unfair to blame the authors... by
on 2009-07-04 00:17:00 UTC
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...but I don't think they can be let off the hook entirely. FF.N has a system that will remove scene breaks if you don't go back through the uploaded document and check it, which doesn't take very long. I would consider not taking the time to check that as being along the same lines as not bothering to run a spell check, if not exactly the same.
If it's not something they can fix by taking a little extra time... probably not. But someone ought to nag the admin of that site until it's fixed.
As I recall, it's the publishing of 'fics that lets them affect canon worlds and therefore show up on our Consoles; if it's what's shown and changing the Word Worlds (and on a more mundane level, what we see when we're trying to read a good story), then I don't think it should not create a mini, because the problem is still there.
Sorry to ramble - thinking out loud. Overall, I think it should create a mini, but that we shouldn't charge the author for it. -
What Sedri said... by
on 2009-07-04 10:47:00 UTC
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I had a few AFF Minis in the previous list. As Sedri says, all it requires is a quick skim through your story. It's not as if the AFF formatting erare ars rre subtle.