CKtalon or QI can limit a certain amount of edit request every chapter. like 3-5 request only per chapter. If the request is approved less request limit. If rejected just keep the current request limit. This is to control the flow of incoming request. And can add an option that certifies the chapter error free that will automatically remove the edit request.
Crowd source editing with SS bounties.
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ChaoticHarmony easier way is to have an edit request page for each chapter. Everyone can submit request to edit changes and also vote other requests. It is only required for editors to look into the requests once, which is 7 days after initial chapter release. Webnovel can limit ss to be given only to the top 10 most important edit requests (as voted by readers), 7 days after the chapter's release. Editors can also vote and reply on the importance of edit requests in the same page.
A good way to make the site better :D but I think it will be flooded and they will have a hard time examining it one by one and also there will be repeated comments so not all can be granted SS. A good suggestion tho with a high chance to be applied. :D :D
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Sounds like a good idea, not sure how it could be implemented. I do get tired of seeing typos in a release, especially when it is an old release that the editors aren't looking at.
I would be okay if they didn't reward the correction, just add a select + right click option to easily report a typo. Let the editor make the changes.
If there is too much garage, just work it like a voting system and only forward typos that have been reported by previously known good users, user voting or by a cutoff number of reports.
Side note: I wish Qidian representatives would actually reply to suggestions.... Do they even read the forum?
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The typo report could automatically include the surrounding paragraph/sentence for context and the editor could just correct the mistake and hit submit. Make it an extra backend module for the editors/translators or hire a dedicated person.
You could have all the suggestions go through a user critic before the editor sees them, I think the previous idea of a badge/exp/ss would get plenty of people willing to filter through the reports and peer-review them. Just dedicate a part of the site to suggested corrections. People can drift through and use thumbs up/thumbs down to filter the actual reports (have the report highlight the error for ease of use). Even better, replace the exp for reviewing a chapter with this; that would take care of two problems at the same time.
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XD i just suggested something like this in another topic
ive always thought it was weird how i get to a chapter and theres 99+ comments but not a single one of them mentions a really obvious mistake like a wrod spelled wrong :P
if it was being kept simple up/down vote works since they have the coding for it and just need to set it there.
Pizza and they wont get fixed even if you comment on them. a lot of early chapters, even more if its brought in from another source, are basically ignored so if you bring it up in a comment or topic they dont get fixed.
Aranwen1 Indeed. I was really happy that HN1F was picked up. That was until I read it. I skipped the chapters which had been translated by the previous translator before being dropped, so I've no clue as to whether they just used those or translated them. After those chapters though, there were a ton of typos & as if that wasn't enough some chapters seemed to be mtld (at least in my opinion).
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Bump. Are there no official Qidian reps to respond to this?
APassingMe CK is as good as you'll get
CKtalon It can cause abuse as people just flood the editors with 'edits' for bonus SS.
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CKtalon Any chance of getting some form of this in the works? As previously stated, rewards are not mandatory.
I have submitted grammar and typo suggestions for free previously and as long as you give an easy route to submit them then I will gladly do so again. Give us a route and make it easy on the editors, that's all I'm asking for. Rewards are a bonus if suitable to the overall design and again are not mandatory.
Thanks to Neverfire7 for the response!
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A lot of users are on mobile, so any form of making it easier to suggest edits would be greatly appreciated. I'm not so proactive as to wait until the end of a chapter to recall all typos and awkward phrasing, but if I could do it in line, then I would absolutely contribute.
I know I suggested the SS, but since it's not likely to even see a badge for this, how about for the warm fuzzies of knowing that these edits make the chapters more readable for the rest of the users?
Edit: tagging @WEBNOVEL_OFFICIAL
APassingMe You can always go to the discord channel in #suggestions_bug_feedback and post the chapter and the line that is problematic. (look above this page for the link). It's easier to keep track of issues there than on the forum with the high traffic.
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That's not ideal for ease of use but still something, I will try to do that for now. Still hoping that something more permanent is implemented! Thanks!
Edit: I logged in but it looks like you, CKtalon, are the only translator who is online there. Will that get the attention of the other editors as well or should this be for just your novels?
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APassingMe Yes, all books. Going through me is usually faster.
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