My bookmark list is HUGE. I dunno if what he said then still holds true today, but given our time constraints and all the other stuff we still have on the table... *cough*newsletter*cough* 
this would be pretty low-priority. 
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Original post by Kylotan
Not to mention that the queue is probably altered when long-awaited or very useful articles are submitted, not to mention things like special coverage of conferences or whatever.
quote:We really have no choice. They have to be formatted to fit our layout (it''d look pretty unprofessional otherwise), though stylesheets help minimize the time spent there. I also need to edit them for grammar and spelling (which can be a huge task with a lot of submissions from people who don''t speak English natively). I also have to review them for technical correctness and relevance - and when I''m pressed for time, this is the one that slips, as I''m sure people have noticed on occasion.
Original post by superpig
Do you guys really add each article manually, you don''t have some kind of automated queueing system?
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I also need to edit them for grammar and spelling (which can be a huge task with a lot of submissions from people who don''t speak English natively).
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Original post by Myopic Rhino
We really have no choice. They have to be formatted to fit our layout (it''d look pretty unprofessional otherwise), though stylesheets help minimize the time spent there. I also need to edit them for grammar and spelling (which can be a huge task with a lot of submissions from people who don''t speak English natively). I also have to review them for technical correctness and relevance - and when I''m pressed for time, this is the one that slips, as I''m sure people have noticed on occasion.
Once that''s all done, though, the process of adding it to the site takes no more than a couple of minutes. I just copy and paste into templates and upload.
quote:I actually prepare them as the "printer friendly" version, and then decide where to insert breaks, and copy and paste them into templates. The whole process only takes a couple of minutes.
Original post by Prosper/LOADED
Wouldn''t it be faster if you only created the "printer friendly" version ? Even if I don''t want to print them, I always read articles in this format, which is much more comfortable IMO.
quote:You shouldn''t worry about that. Most of the time, it doesn''t take that much effort, and in any case, based on your posts, I''d be surprised if an article written by you required a lot of editing.
Original post by Prosper/LOADED
You''ve just pointed out *the* main reason why I haven''t written anything yet!
quote:I''ll think about doing that in the future. Right now, I want to focus on just getting caught up
Original post by superpig
Understood. But what if you checked them earlier, before you had to actually upload them? I know that created a whole new world of problems, but if the Articles Pending queue that we''re discussing here listed only the articles that have been approved, then it could work... if you had an automated system that would upload the next article, add it to the correct place in the articles pages, and post about it on the frontpage, then it shouldn''t be too hard to get it to display a list of the articles that it has stored for uploading.
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