Subject: Seconding Hieronymous Graubart on this.
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Posted on: 2014-02-23 01:15:00 UTC

You are going to need to make mission documents private and only let a few people read them in the unfinished state. Crowd-sourcing beta-readings has a habit of leading to messiness, and worse, the first impression we're getting as a group of your Agents is of the unfinished and untested product.
Also, selecting specific betas means that you can find ones that share the fandoms of a mission, so that they can catch other continuum goofs or correct you on facts that you miss, rather than just throwing the story out to people who might not recognize it. As such, it's best to state what the fandoms involved in your mission will be before asking for betas, to ensure that the readers are compatible with the material.

If you are planning on privatizing your beta pool, though, then I'd be interested in helping out. It's always good to see obscure Departments up and about again, and I know or know of all of the continua involved here.

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