Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:06:01 -0400
From: Jim Kling <jkling at nasw.org>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Capclave
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Monday, October 18, 2004, 10:31:32 PM, WSFA members wrote:

> I agree, even though it can't be responsible for the poor turnout, since nobody saw it before they arrived.
> I had volunteered to proofread the thing, but wasn't given the chance.  I did catch a couple errors in what
> little I did see ahead of time, and was assured that my corrections had made it into the program booklet.
> But they did not make it into that booklet.  For instance one of the artist's names was misspelled in the
> booklet, and, probably by someone relying on the booklet, also on the "tent" with her name on it for panels
> she was on.  Also, the map of the function space was wrong.

Well now, as long as we're bringing up the subject of publications: Let's talk about the WSFA Journal.

You've bragged in the past about your copyediting, challenging anyone to find errors in the WSFA Journal. I do
not share your love of minutiae, and have no desire to engage in the act of reductionism you call editing.

However, as has been pointed out by others, you have made a number of factual errors. So let's not get too
cocky.

And finally, I urge you to make of use some sort of legitimate layout program, or even word processing
software. Hard copies of the journal with url's at the top and 'page 1 of x' at the bottom is amateurish.

--
Jim Kling
science writer
Rockville, MD
http://nasw.org/users/jkling