Re: Don't rubberstamp Borat blurbs.

Jean Jordaan <[email protected]> Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:07:00 +0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.zope.plone.website
Message-ID <CAJqnznBTw5hAXfV0odUZkZ5Bu-wehpf3HkmhynkM_PPjmRciTw@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Jon & all

> +1, Jean, thanks for raising this.  Indeed, it is a fine line between
> being open/respecting people for whom English is a second (or third or
> fourth!) language and making sure plone.org is professional.

Everyone should get respect, no question about that. I think that includes
helping to get the text up to scratch.

> +1 for copy-editing if you have time energy; also +1 for sending stuff
> back with a polite note.

Agreed.

Fixing https://dev.plone.org/ticket/11652 would facilitate this.

> I don't think your edits are too harsh.

OK, I've applied it to the listing.

> One thought that occurs to me is that most of the second/third paragraphs
> could really be cut from a simple site listing; they would be more
> appropriate for a full-blown case study.

True. In such cases we could invite submitters to create a case study instead.

Hmm, it might work to give the listing content type a body field for the case
study version.

I know the Description field is supposed to be un-parsed Dublin Core metadata,
but it sure would be prettier if linebreaks were preserved.
I created a ticked for this one: https://dev.plone.org/ticket/12384

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