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Improving the news submission / revision system
Improving the news submission / revision system is what I voted for, and here's why:
1. The system as it stands is something I wrote over about 2 days in a coffee shop back in February. Back then my goal was simple: get something up, regardless of how user-friendly it is. If you've submitted news, you've probably seen that it could use some work.
2. The system allows moderators to send notes to a writer, but the writer can't do the same. So if the mod makes a style critique, the writer has no way of explaining to the editor that he/she may not want to make that change.
3. The only notification is through email. I think it'd be nice that when you had news pending, another box displays, perhaps under the recent articles and before the news that give you a status like: " You have one news submission pending review by markmcb." Or, "Your news submission has been accepted pending minor corrections: edit your news post." ...this could be as detailed as we want.
4. Allow moderators to make changes to titles. The way I see it is the news post is yours, the title is ours. The submitted title is merely a suggestion.
5. Leave all edits to the actual news up to the writer, moderators can not make any changes.
...that's just off the top of my head. I'd love to hear your suggestions. Even if the poll shows that the users want something else, this and all the listed options will eventually come to be, so please provide any feedback that you may have.
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