Yeah, I had double checked the stories we had labeled gen as well and saw that. And really, its what I meant when I said that I wouldn't be surprised if we actually make a mistake. This could have happened for several reasons - one of which certainly being that if we put the stories in the memories we link to your private journal and sometimes we get the information from there. Or maybe we were drunk when we did the newsletter, who knows... *g*
And I'm really flattered when you say you've seen only a few errors because sadly we make more mistakes (the bigger the newsletter gets) depending on our daily form I guess.
And the margin of error might be very slightly tilted to stories and categories we don't much care about (which would in my case include everything Fanart, a lot of the stuff non McShep, WIPs altogether and even quite some of the McShep stuff - I'm a very picky reader I have to admit..) but I can't help but feel that maybe it is a bit of bias from the people who are already sensitised by the overwhelming nature of McKay/Sheppard so you see the one mistake we make in a different category but maybe not the one we do in this category.
I think our problem at the moment is, that we are getting this rep because people keep repeating the same thing over and over. Most of them are very clear about it probably not being intentional or about how much they appreciate the work they are doing but I still very much doubt that this rep is justified.
And the thing is whatever I care about in fandom when I'm on my own reading time has nothing to do with what I care about as an editor when I do the newsletter. When we do the newsletter it is mostly a mechanical job that consists mainly of copy and paste, copy and paste, copy and paste....and we do that 50-60 times (which explains why sometimes it feels like its too much work of we actually have to *think* about what category to put a story in because it throws you so much out of your rythm) so you can believe me or not but in 95% of the times I've not read any of the stories doesn't matter what pairing.
And to throw a probably offensive idea out there (which is just an idea and not nearly based on any factual proof at the moment) maybe McKay/Sheppard stories are just clearer labeled? Did anyone ever take the time to double check anything like that before pointing their fingers at us and screaming bias?
As you might have seen, a lot of us are feeling the strain at the moment about having to justify what we do and us questioning our methods and trying to figure our ourselves if we really are biased just because enough people seem to feel that way, so we are all a lot more defensive than we used to be or want to be....
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Or maybe we were drunk when we did the newsletter, who knows... *g*
And I'm really flattered when you say you've seen only a few errors because sadly we make more mistakes (the bigger the newsletter gets) depending on our daily form I guess.
And the margin of error might be very slightly tilted to stories and categories we don't much care about (which would in my case include everything Fanart, a lot of the stuff non McShep, WIPs altogether and even quite some of the McShep stuff - I'm a very picky reader I have to admit..) but I can't help but feel that maybe it is a bit of bias from the people who are already sensitised by the overwhelming nature of McKay/Sheppard so you see the one mistake we make in a different category but maybe not the one we do in this category.
I think our problem at the moment is, that we are getting this rep because people keep repeating the same thing over and over. Most of them are very clear about it probably not being intentional or about how much they appreciate the work they are doing but I still very much doubt that this rep is justified.
And the thing is whatever I care about in fandom when I'm on my own reading time has nothing to do with what I care about as an editor when I do the newsletter. When we do the newsletter it is mostly a mechanical job that consists mainly of copy and paste, copy and paste, copy and paste....and we do that 50-60 times (which explains why sometimes it feels like its too much work of we actually have to *think* about what category to put a story in because it throws you so much out of your rythm) so you can believe me or not but in 95% of the times I've not read any of the stories doesn't matter what pairing.
And to throw a probably offensive idea out there (which is just an idea and not nearly based on any factual proof at the moment) maybe McKay/Sheppard stories are just clearer labeled? Did anyone ever take the time to double check anything like that before pointing their fingers at us and screaming bias?
As you might have seen, a lot of us are feeling the strain at the moment about having to justify what we do and us questioning our methods and trying to figure our ourselves if we really are biased just because enough people seem to feel that way, so we are all a lot more defensive than we used to be or want to be....