As we enter the third calendar month of my editorship (why is it that I get the feeling I've been suckered?), I must once again perforce list some of my contemplations of editorial philosophy. See last month's log for ruminations on softlocking and editor cools. This month, I present, for your downvoting pleasure:
Personal prejudice among editors is unavoidable. We're only human, after all (although there may be exceptions). Nevertheless, there is a fine line between rational and irrational prejudice. Certain types of nodes annoy me for personal reasons, but if they are well-written, they should not fall under the category of "nukeworthy". In these cases, I maintain a determinedly hands-off policy. I tend to stay away from the crappy nodes of this ilk, too - in order to avoid the appearance of impropriety. I'll leave the impropriety to the gods, who are past grand masters at that... :-)
Nose to the grindstone:
- Edited
- Cookery : Recipes, regional : China : Cantonese, by recipe (gn0sis) (June 1, 2002) - Corrected error in Chinese (心点 "Sum Dim" >> 点心 "Dim Sum"). Kudos to user dharmaraja for spotting this.
- Dim Sum, by gn0sis (June 1, 2002) - Same error corrected.
- Covenant, by Mortice (June 3, 2002) - Added new Covenanters' names.
- fuddling cup, by enth (June 7, 2002) - Spelling, pipe link.
- The Galloping Ghost of the Japanese Coast, by Transitional Man (June 13, 2002) - Formatting.
- Yaupon, by Webster 1913 (June 15, 2002) - Formatting, hard linking.
- Killed, with penalty
- Killed, mercifully
(Given last month's hit list, this promises to be gory)
- Maetl by cyberaktif (June 1, 2002) - Noding for numbers. Pointless track-by-track listing of an album. Would have been better as part of an integrated WU on the album. User advised to integrate.
- Windwind by cyberaktif (June 1, 2002) - ...more of the same
- Lowride by cyberaktif (June 1, 2002) - ...more of the same
- doctrine by cyberaktif (June 1, 2002) - ...more of the same
- Eggshell by cyberaktif (June 1, 2002) - ...more of the same
- Basscadet by cyberaktif (June 1, 2002) - ...more of the same
- Bronchus 2 by cyberaktif (June 1, 2002) - ...more of the same
- Autriche by cyberaktif (June 1, 2002) - ...more of the same
- Kalpol Introl by cyberaktif (June 1, 2002) - ...more of the same
- 444 by cyberaktif (June 1, 2002) - ...more of the same
- Armageddon by joev (June 3, 2002) - Pointless, one-line "review".
- Armageddon by misstree (June 3, 2002) - Advert for a live-action RPG event. User advised that E2 is not a billboard, and told to read Node for the Ages.
- nslookup by Wedge.net (June 3, 2002) - Superseded.
- Deciding by flonze (June 3, 2002) - See the "Killed, with penalty" section, above.
- Nebraska Bricks by flonze (June 3, 2002) - ...more of the same.
- Three Miles Down by flonze (June 3, 2002) - ...more of the same.
- Handsome Boy by flonze (June 3, 2002) - ...more of the same.
- Red Dwarf quotes by reziak (June 5, 2002) - Brief, imprecise quotation. Not contributory.
- Dr. Zoidberg by iSani (June 5, 2002) - One-liner, no links, trivial data content.
- Chicken Delicious by CaptainSpam (June 5, 2002) - Ported E1 writeup, since superseded by DyRE's WU in the same node.
- robability by technos (June 5, 2002) - Old node, pointless.
- Funky Bitch by NothingLasts4ever (June 5, 2002) - Nuked at user's request.
- Water vs. Coke by cecil36 (June 5, 2002) - Uncontributory.
- some questions are harder than others by Molasses (June 5, 2002) - Completely pointless.
- Tilley Hat by hai-etlik (June 7, 2002) - Superseded.
- Tilley Endurables by hai-etlik (June 7, 2002) - Superseded.
- Tilley by Allenthar (June 7, 2002) - Superfluous.
- Travesties by The Mad Hawk (June 7, 2002) - One-liner from the E1 days, superseded.
- How to Spot the Leader of a Biker Gang by Eye Candy (June 7, 2002) - User advised to be a little more serious, next time.
- Spruce Goose by BigCujo (June 7, 2002) - E1 writeup, superseded.
- Why The United States Rules by xmatt (June 8, 2002) - Writeup contents already existed as America : The Good Neighbour.
- The Omega Man by Jackyl (June 8, 2002) - One-line response, providing minimal data.
- tamar levy manns by tamar levy-manns (June 8, 2002) - Self-aggrandising and pointless. Ought to have been killed with penalty, but I forgot to remove the default tick in the "mercy" box.
- Pomella Handerson by SilentElkOfYesterday (June 9, 2002) - Pointless.
- May you live in interesting times by bs (June 9, 2002) - Superseded.
- May you live in interesting times by alex.tan (June 9, 2002) - Superseded.
- May you live in interesting times by ZamZ (June 9, 2002) - Superseded.
- comp stomper by Feran (June 9, 2002) - Pointless.
- bnet by Feran (June 9, 2002) - Exceptionally pointless.
- comp stomp by Feran (June 9, 2002) - Trivial.
- rp by Feran (June 9, 2002) - One-liner.
- Philip Pullman by dpride (June 10, 2002) - Superseded.
- Finangle's Law by hai-etlik (June 10, 2002) - Incorrectly titled; one-liner; incorrectly stated formulation of the Law (see Finagle's Law). Sorry, won't do.
- splat by MilTan (June 10, 2002) - Pointless one-liner.
- Love is Weird by ThomK (June 11, 2002) - Subjective, one-liner.
- tser by tser (June 12, 2002) - We don't need this.
- Reinder Kraaij by tser (June 12, 2002) - More of the same. User advised to read the E2 FAQ.
- Everything's Recipes by dem bones (June 14, 2002) - Nuked by request.
- bowties by Shecket (June 14, 2002) - Inane.
- licantropo by licantropo (June 14, 2002) - Not very useful, at all.
- secret admirer by DaveHowe (June 15, 2002) - Inane.
- Monkey Boy by Cloth (June 15, 2002) - Insipid Wu by fled user, no hard links.
- Jakarta by Shafik (June 17, 2002) - Superseded.
- Frederick by asyred (June 18, 2002) - Cut-and-paste copyright violation (Encyclopedia Britannica).
- Bianca by asyred (June 18, 2002) - ditto.
- Cassandra by asyred (June 18, 2002) - ditto.
- orsino by asyred (June 18, 2002) - ditto.
- Pandarus by asyred (June 18, 2002) - ditto.
- picking up random women by Suppafly (June 18, 2002) - Banal, uninteresting, not well written - waste of nodegel.
- kids by cappie (June 18, 2002) - Seriously idiotic.
- Windows tries to cover up its mistakes by JavaGuy817 (June 18, 2002) - Merciful instakill, at user's request.
- the 0th dimension by JavaGuy817 (June 18, 2002) - Nuked at user's request.
- punch cards by dev.null (June 19, 2002) - Superseded.
- punch cards by crablouie (June 19, 2002) - Uncontributory.
- Swastika by dev.null (June 19, 2002) - Superseded.
- Minneapolis by asb217 (June 19, 2002) - User told: "Not a really bad WU - but it needs formatting and hard links. Retrieve the text from node heaven and try again."
- salient by bozon (June 19, 2002) - Superseded.
- hetropolitan by jaq (June 19, 2002) - Uncontributory.
- Gravity by hotthamir (June 19, 2002) - Lame. User is better off without it.
- the contrary gene by Gujerati (June 20, 2002) - Pointless.
- Barbarossa by Grand Poobah of PRAM (June 22, 2002) - Noded elsewhere (Operation Barbarossa).
- Barbarossa by belbo (June 22, 2002) - Waste of nodespace.
- biohazard by chaosmind (June 23, 2002) - Superseded.
- P and A by dimka (June 23, 2002) - Too terse, and ought to have been noded elsewhere (price and availability?).
- WTS by dimka (June 23, 2002) - Same problem. Suggested to user that both be noded together under sales terminology.
- Things not to say when the U.S. Air Force is escorting an aircraft in your area by Wormer (June 23, 2002) - Idiotic attempt at humour. User advised to not give up his day job.
- Giacomo Puccini by sas (June 23, 2002) - Superseded.
- Padre Pio by pingouin (June 24, 2002) - Superseded.
- virii by Qwrk (June 24, 2002) - User failed to understand the point made in both the other WUs in the node.
- Wormhole by Morgan (June 24, 2002) - Superseded.
- Riemann-Zeta function by NyCad (June 25, 2002) - Deleted by request.
- GEEKFAIR by RevPhil (June 27, 2002) - Advertisement - user informed that E2 is not a bulletin board, and advised to Node for the Ages.
- John C. Frémont by VT Hawkeye (June 27, 2002) - Superseded.
- Nomen by Takrinaxis (June 29, 2002) - Entirely too thin, and any possible ancillary information is already noded elsewhere, in Roman names.
- Editor cooled
(See my ruminations of last month for clues on this - I have found it hard to adhere to my self-imposed maximum of 3 ed-cools a month, and this month, there are 4...)
- Firmlinked
- Softlocked