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The Forumwarz Guide to Reporting Typographical Errata (Typos) | |||||||
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Now that I’ve dutifully closed FAIL’s ”I found a misspelling” thread, I thought I would start a new thread outlining the ground rules to flagging typos through our bug report system. I thought I would…and I did! (As you can clearly see.)
I’ll eventually go through that old thread, but from here on in, you’re much better off reporting typos as bugs.
Properly reporting a spelling or grammar mistake can earn you the “Ol’ Spread-Eagle Eyes” E-Peen™. But too many people have been overzealous in their pursuit of this coveted badge of honor. Hence…
THE RULES:
– Anything in a community-built forum (i.e., Forumbuildr) doesn’t count. Unless there’s a badly formed madlib (which should’ve been voted out to begin with). That goes for the forum’s description, which we don’t write.
– Anything in blogs or on Flamebate doesn’t count. Basically, it’s got to be part of the game proper. Reporting an admin’s Flamebate typo might get you banned. That’s how annoying it is.
– Anything posted in Spoilerpedia doesn’t count. For Christ’s sake, it’s the ****ing walkthrough anyone can edit! If there’s a typo, just fix it!
– Petty, straw-grasping matters of style don’t count. People send in reports of “typos” when they’re really just flagging our use of casual English. This isn’t a textbook, people. Please don’t waste our time with trivialities.
– Stuff that nobody could possibly give a **** about doesn’t count. This covers a lot of territory, and it’s a bit vague, but think before you post: Is this really an issue? Do I really think this is worth posting about? Or am I just trying to get an E-Peen™? (And yes, we know the feed for E-Peens is still referred to as “exploits” on their user profile. We can’t fix that. Ever.) For instance, yes, sometimes Bruce Bear types without a “lisp.” That’s because it would be ridiculous to try to read otherwise.
– Stuff that isn’t actually wrong doesn’t count. We try to be consistent with our use of American English. That means reformed spelling, punctuation within the quotation marks and no Oxford commas (as in this sentence). However, being Canadian, we might slip up once in a while — and we kinda don’t care. This is a big site with lots of text. Even The New York Times has inconsistencies. We’re looking for major, obvious errors.
– Spelling errors within forums that are obviously created by our Unintelligencer machine translation tool don’t count! I’m amazed that people actually bring them up.
NOTE: A lot of stuff is buried deep within the code and I can’t access it myself. So text apart from item descriptions, bookmarks, conversations and so on are Evil Trout’s domain, and not likely to be corrected anytime soon. Unfortunately, that may delay your Peen indefinitely.
Thanks for continuing to improve this amateurishly written site! For further information on the Forumwarz Style Guide, feel free to send me a Tubmail. |
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Posted On: 01/16/2009 9:53AM | View Jalapeno Bootyho...'s Profile | # | ||||||
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Stick? |
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Posted On: 01/16/2009 10:04AM | View Inconnu's Profile | # | ||||||
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Inconnu Posted:
Okay, you twisted my arm Log in to see images!
This will be stickied, but not permanently…it’s getting a bit congested up there. |
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Posted On: 01/16/2009 10:07AM | View Jalapeno Bootyho...'s Profile | # | ||||||
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I really have to resist the urge to type “in b4 sticky.”. Damn. |
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Posted On: 01/16/2009 10:08AM | View swine's Profile | # | ||||||
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I’d say keep this sticky for a couple of days, then add to the FAQ so threads reporting typos can be deleted for being covered by the FAQ. |
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Posted On: 01/16/2009 4:07PM | DEAD fabulous person | # | ||||||
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posting in a sticky Johnny Mac edited this message on 02/01/2009 4:19AM |
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Posted On: 02/01/2009 4:08AM | View Johnny Mac's Profile | # | ||||||
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glad I got this peen alreadyLog in to see images!
wonder what typos remain in the game, probably in obscure places like .moars and junk descriptions Bigandtasty edited this message on 02/01/2009 6:26AM |
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Posted On: 02/01/2009 4:32AM | View Bigandtasty's Profile | # | ||||||
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Can you put a list of people who received the epeen here everytime you go on a typo-fixing spree? I see many new players getting the peen but I still haven’t got it even though I reported more than once in the other topic so I have a feeling I have been missed out Log in to see images! |
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Posted On: 03/08/2009 3:56AM | View quangntenemy's Profile | # | ||||||
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Jalapeno Bootyhole Posted:
I know you said about things in a forum but a blatant misspelling in the title of a community forum is pretty annoying. Rule Thirty-Fourum Every time I look at this my bum cheeks clench up a bit Log in to see images! Can it be changed? |
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Posted On: 03/08/2009 11:05AM | View Auser's Profile | # | ||||||
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Auser Posted:
It’s intended to be a pun of Rule 34 forum. |
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Posted On: 03/08/2009 12:24PM | View quangntenemy's Profile | # | ||||||
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Oh cool Log in to see images! |
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Posted On: 03/08/2009 12:38PM | View Auser's Profile | # | ||||||
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quangntenemy Posted: |
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Posted On: 03/08/2009 2:31PM | View Jalapeno Bootyho...'s Profile | # | ||||||
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Oh, oh, oh, I got something that can go under “Stuff that nobody could possibly give a **** about”! Maybe I’m just anal about things, but the heterozygous tiger in the Illegalities store is not the rarest tiger in the world. That would be reserved for the Maltese Tiger. Like I said. Stuff nobody… give ****… blah blah blah… |
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Posted On: 03/24/2009 10:23PM | View Balloon's Profile | # | ||||||