Since things on the board have gone relatively quiet (I guess we're temporarily done defending our positions on improving the football team), I figured I'd share this example that just reinforces the point...

It is important that you poofread your public postings or have an editer look at it before you publish:

Quote:Correction:

This blog post originally stated that one in three black men who have sex with me is HIV positive. In fact, the statistic applies to black men who have sex with men.

came to my attention from here: http://barticles.mytimesdispatch.com/ind...e_editing/

Enjoy the rest of the day. Beat the Coogs!

It's good to remember that spellcheck doesn't necessarily know what you're *trying* to say.

Along the same vein, the Green Party candidate for Illinois governor is Rich Whitney. Apparently it was just learned that his name on electronic ballots is spelled "Rich Whitey".

http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/2...14.article

(10-14-2010 12:14 PM)gsloth Wrote:  It is important that you poofread your public postings or have an editer look at it before you publish:

Does your editor have to get a degree in advanced wizardry to "poof" read? And is an "editer" a machine used by an editor, much like a red pencil?

(10-14-2010 01:54 PM)chapel hill owl Wrote:  Along the same vein, the Green Party candidate for Illinois governor is Rich Whitney. Apparently it was just learned that his name on electronic ballots is spelled "Rich Whitey".

http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/2...14.article

I would think a Green party candidate named Whitey would get the "colored" vote!

(10-14-2010 02:11 PM)RiceDoc Wrote:  

(10-14-2010 12:14 PM)gsloth Wrote:  It is important that you poofread your public postings or have an editer look at it before you publish:

Does your editor have to get a degree in advanced wizardry to "poof" read? And is an "editer" a machine used by an editor, much like a red pencil?

not in wizadry -- acutally in queenery...

(10-15-2010 11:02 AM)kinderowl Wrote:  

(10-14-2010 02:11 PM)RiceDoc Wrote:  

(10-14-2010 12:14 PM)gsloth Wrote:  It is important that you poofread your public postings or have an editer look at it before you publish:

Does your editor have to get a degree in advanced wizardry to "poof" read? And is an "editer" a machine used by an editor, much like a red pencil?

not in wizadry -- acutally in queenery...