Rev 3.5 Dictionary--User contributed notes!

[Devin Asay]

Thanks, Ben! I've already seen a bunch of new confirmations come in  
this morning. This new guidance is greatly appreciated.

Now to comb through my personal scripting notes to see if there are  
things others might benefit from!

Regards,

Devin

On Apr 16, 2009, at 10:42 AM, Benjamin Beaumont wrote:

> Good afternoon all.
>
> I wanted to take a little time to post in relation to discussions
> regarding Collaborative Docs, one of our new features in Revolution  
> 3.5.
> Since the launch of 3.5 we have seen a lot of you taking the time to
> post some really useful examples, hints and comments which have  
> already
> started to recieve positive rating from others users. Thank you to all
> who have posted or left feedback up to now.
>
> Can I start by apologising to anyone who submitted a Collaborative  
> Docs
> comment that was declined and hasn't received an email notifying them.
> The email system was put in place towards the end of the 3.5  
> development
> cycle. All who submit a comment will now receive notification when  
> it is
> approved or declined. If it is declined you will be sent your original
> post and be invited to modify it and re-submit it.
>
>> ...and that's the downside. It's kind of like the Microsoft approach
>> to the world: the theory is great but the implementation sucks. My
>> notes have been rejected for some reason, and once you submit them  
>> you
>> don't have a copy anymore, so you can't edit them for resubmission or
>> really even have any idea what it was you submitted. I gave up in
>> disgust. I'll be happy to read your notes, but I doubt I'll be  
>> wasting
>> my time submitting any more.
>
>
> HOW IT WORKS
> When a new Collaborative Doc entry it submitted, it is held on one of
> our servers in a 'pending' state. One of the development team will  
> look
> at all the pending comments roughly once a day and check their content
> before approving them. They are looking to ensure that a comment is
> helpful to the wider community and ensure that it is directly  
> related to
> the specific doc entry it has been posted against.
>
> If a comment is not approved, an email is automatically sent to the
> person who originally posted the comment. The email contains possible
> reasons it was not approved and the original comments placed. This
> allows them to modify and re-submit the comment if they choose to.
>
> HOW TO POST
> If you are considering making a post please do! For hints and tips on
> how to structure your posts click on the "About Notes" link on the
> Collaborative Docs bar in any Revolution Documentation item.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Ben
>
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>
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Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University