Too much errata?

[Daddicus]

Am I being too picky with my errata posts? I've posted 85 of the 187 posts so far. I tend to be a perfectionist. Am I going too far?

 

[Garnfellow]

You are absolutely not being too picky. If I had the time I would be right there with you.

 

[Hemdian]

Am I being too picky with my errata posts? I've posted 85 of the 187 posts so far. I tend to be a perfectionist. Am I going too far?

I don't think you are too picky. (And thanks.) I need to spend more time going over the material myself, RL has been far too intrusive of late.

Maybe the next step is a little triage? Off the top of my head, items could be categorised according to severity as...
- Light (typo, resolvable contradiction, or other cosmetic)
- Medium (omission, ambiguity, or unresolvable contradiction)
- Heavy (broken)

 

[JFGarber]

You are not being too picky. Please continue. It's reasonable to expect professionally published material to observe standard rules for grammar and punctuation.

 

[Daddicus]

Thanks, guys! I'll keep poking around.

I hurt my back a few weeks ago, and I have to spend quite a bit of time icing it and then heating it. Without something to read, I would be insane with that much inactivity. (OK, I may have passed that point already, but you're not supposed to know that. Only "they" know it.)

So, I'm reading the manual on a tablet, and tapping my notes into my cell phone. Then later I come here and check the errata tracker, and if it's not already there, I add it.

Happy to be of service then!

 

[robject]

Am I being too picky with my errata posts? I've posted 85 of the 187 posts so far. I tend to be a perfectionist. Am I going too far?

ABSOLUTELY NOT

 

[Reban]

First of all THANK YOU Daddicus.

I would never be able to do the type of proof reading that you are doing. Its extremely important to the whole project.

 

[DonM]

You aren't being picky... however, in the last two sets, several of your items are already on the unofficial list.

I would prefer not to have to deal with the duplicates. Help me keep my sanity.

Well, at least a small part of it. :nonono:

 

[Hyphen]

You aren't being picky... however, in the last two sets, several of your items are already on the unofficial list.

I would prefer not to have to deal with the duplicates. Help me keep my sanity.

Well, at least a small part of it. :nonono:

I have a bunch of stuff I haven't posted yet. I'm working through my list vs the errata doco to make sure I don't double up.

In other words, keep doing what you're doing! (Well, minus the dupes, anyways...)

 

[Daddicus]

Don, do you have a different list? I've been checking the one I created (and update) each time before I post (except once; sorry 'bout that).

 

[Daddicus]

Well, regardless of duplicates, I have now finished my deep review. By that I mean that I have now read every word of most chapters. The ones I only skimmed are the sophont stuff, some of the dice probabilities pages, and some tables I just couldn't bring myself to look at word-by-word.

So, I should be done making wholesale errata posts. From now on, I'll be reading to play for real, so I'll likely make a lot fewer posts.

And, I must say two things:

One, that's a BIG book! And not an easy read when reading every word. But, I only saw a handful of things that were "fluff", so I think the writing team has done their job well.

And, second, it made sense. When compared to 5.0 and even CT, it was clearer almost across-the-board. Well done!!!

 

[Adam Dray]

Is there going to be a professional editing pass?

 

[Daddicus]

That's most likely already occurred. However, all I was saying is that the purpose of this thread is probably not needed any more.

 

[aramis]

Is there going to be a professional editing pass?

Realize that Marc counts as a professional editor. As does his wife. Publishing is their "day job" - Heartland Publishing.

On the other hand, no one should edit their own work - you see what you expect, not what's there.

 

[Daddicus]

On the other hand, no one should edit their own work - you see what you expect, not what's there.

That's really true. I'm writing a book, and the people editing it are catching things I just didn't "see" myself.

Marc's wife, however, may count as an "outside" editor. Depends on how much she worked on the original versions, I suppose.

 

[Adam Dray]

That's really true. I'm writing a book, and the people editing it are catching things I just didn't "see" myself.

Marc's wife, however, may count as an "outside" editor. Depends on how much she worked on the original versions, I suppose.

I've done some professional editing, myself, and it feels unedited to me. The tone is uneven, there are inconsistencies between sections, and it desperately needs a proofreading pass (spelling, grammar, etc.).

There are some really beautiful pieces of writing in there. The opening chapter is one of the best I've ever read. Then you get to skills and it all falls apart. Was this written by more than one person?

 

[Daddicus]

Dozens, I think. And, not counting previously published versions, it took well over a decade to put together.