+Max and 99 Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) If you don't have enough officers, and feel the need to review your own waymark, please ask for help. . I've seen it before: an officer approves his own waymark, and there's an error. It's easy to miss your own mistakes. Just don't do it. Please. Edit: especially when you posted it the same day you approved it. You didn't give any other officer a chance! Edited July 17, 2020 by Max and 99 1 1 Quote
+Max and 99 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Posted July 17, 2020 Really? You're going to keep doing it? Where are the other officers in this category? Quote
+Max and 99 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Posted July 17, 2020 Just a quick glance I see a few self-approved in the most recent dozen. Quote
+elyob Posted July 18, 2020 Posted July 18, 2020 "There are no written guidelines that prohibit one from reviewing one's own waymarks, but it is generally regarded as poor policy, although I know some people who do it regularly. It is not so much a matter of ethics, in my view, but a matter of quality control. Why do authors hire proof readers? It is simply because we miss our own mistakes, and I don't want to miss my own mistakes in a waymark." Above is a 2014 quote from silverquill. Quote
+Max and 99 Posted July 18, 2020 Author Posted July 18, 2020 1 minute ago, elyob said: "There are no written guidelines that prohibit one from reviewing one's own waymarks, but it is generally regarded as poor policy, although I know some people who do it regularly. It is not so much a matter of ethics, in my view, but a matter of quality control. Why do authors hire proof readers? It is simply because we miss our own mistakes, and I don't want to miss my own mistakes in a waymark." Above is a 2014 quote from silverquill. Understood. And I personally think it shouldn't be done. Especially when there are others who can review it instead of you. 1 Quote
+elyob Posted July 18, 2020 Posted July 18, 2020 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Max and 99 said: Understood. And I personally think it shouldn't be done. Especially when there are others who can review it instead of you. I agree 100% and there's not a thing we can do about it. Edited July 18, 2020 by elyob I am too angry. Quote
vulture1957 Posted August 12, 2020 Posted August 12, 2020 <snip> makes up his own rules. That'll teach us to post his name! 1 1 Quote
+Max and 99 Posted November 8, 2020 Author Posted November 8, 2020 Stop it. When you have several officers in a category to review waymarks, there's no reason to approve your own (note I didn't say review your own). 5 officers (two are the same person). Four of those officers have checked in THIS month, recently! Let THEM review your waymark. 2 Quote
+iconions Posted November 16, 2020 Posted November 16, 2020 On 7/17/2020 at 7:38 PM, elyob said: "There are no written guidelines that prohibit one from reviewing one's own waymarks, but it is generally regarded as poor policy, although I know some people who do it regularly. It is not so much a matter of ethics, in my view, but a matter of quality control. Why do authors hire proof readers? It is simply because we miss our own mistakes, and I don't want to miss my own mistakes in a waymark." Above is a 2014 quote from silverquill. I am REALLY pretty good at editing other people's work - the problem with my own - my brain reads on the screen what my brain told my fingers to type. The problem - I am probably the world's worst typist and my fingers often have a mind of their own. Now, as far as other people approving their own waymarks, there are certain people who do it just as a giant "eff you" to the rest of the community. Others - dunno, maybe because they can. I don't and I won't. I have always been more concerned with a quality waymark than getting the most waymarks. I wonder though, if you are approving your own waymarks, are you afraid that someone is going to find a mistake? Is that that what a reviewer is for? Quality Control? </rant over> 1 Quote
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