December 29, 2015 at 6:04 am
GilaMonster (12/29/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
I really appreciate the effort of those who write the articles posted on this site but sometimes the quality seriously suffers from the absence of technical review and the lack editing. Something for Steve to think about...😎
I know Steve wants the editorial hand to be light here, and tech-editing takes a huge amount of time, so may not be feasible without reducing the number of articles published or hiring more people.
Maybe the best approach would be in encouraging peer reviews, at least that should catch the bigger blunders.
😎
December 29, 2015 at 6:13 am
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
I really appreciate the effort of those who write the articles posted on this site but sometimes the quality seriously suffers from the absence of technical review and the lack editing. Something for Steve to think about...😎
Heavy technical editing takes place at Simple-Talk.com. Here, it's a community edit of sorts.
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt
Author of:
SQL Server Execution Plans
SQL Server Query Performance Tuning
December 29, 2015 at 6:24 am
Grant Fritchey (12/29/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
I really appreciate the effort of those who write the articles posted on this site but sometimes the quality seriously suffers from the absence of technical review and the lack editing. Something for Steve to think about...😎
Heavy technical editing takes place at Simple-Talk.com. Here, it's a community edit of sorts.
Does the 'community edit' happen before or after publication? If before, how does one become a member of the 'community'?
The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
- Martin Rees
The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
- Phil Parkin
December 29, 2015 at 6:30 am
Phil Parkin (12/29/2015)
Grant Fritchey (12/29/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
I really appreciate the effort of those who write the articles posted on this site but sometimes the quality seriously suffers from the absence of technical review and the lack editing. Something for Steve to think about...😎
Heavy technical editing takes place at Simple-Talk.com. Here, it's a community edit of sorts.
Does the 'community edit' happen before or after publication?
After.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
December 29, 2015 at 6:31 am
Phil Parkin (12/29/2015)
Grant Fritchey (12/29/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
I really appreciate the effort of those who write the articles posted on this site but sometimes the quality seriously suffers from the absence of technical review and the lack editing. Something for Steve to think about...😎
Heavy technical editing takes place at Simple-Talk.com. Here, it's a community edit of sorts.
Does the 'community edit' happen before or after publication? If before, how does one become a member of the 'community'?
Simply post a request for review on this thread
😎
Edit: hit by the reply bug again
December 29, 2015 at 6:48 am
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
Phil Parkin (12/29/2015)
Grant Fritchey (12/29/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
I really appreciate the effort of those who write the articles posted on this site but sometimes the quality seriously suffers from the absence of technical review and the lack editing. Something for Steve to think about...😎
Heavy technical editing takes place at Simple-Talk.com. Here, it's a community edit of sorts.
Does the 'community edit' happen before or after publication? If before, how does one become a member of the 'community'?
Simply post a request for review on this thread
😎
Edit: hit by the reply bug again
OK, fair enough. Is there a notification alert sent out to those who have posted against the thread, in the event of it being updated? I don't think so, but might be useful.
The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
- Martin Rees
The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
- Phil Parkin
December 29, 2015 at 6:51 am
Phil Parkin (12/29/2015)
Grant Fritchey (12/29/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
I really appreciate the effort of those who write the articles posted on this site but sometimes the quality seriously suffers from the absence of technical review and the lack editing. Something for Steve to think about...😎
Heavy technical editing takes place at Simple-Talk.com. Here, it's a community edit of sorts.
Does the 'community edit' happen before or after publication? If before, how does one become a member of the 'community'?
After. And you're in.
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt
Author of:
SQL Server Execution Plans
SQL Server Query Performance Tuning
December 29, 2015 at 6:58 am
GilaMonster (12/29/2015)
BrainDonor (12/29/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
I really appreciate the effort of those who write the articles posted on this site but sometimes the quality seriously suffers from the absence of technical review and the lack editing. Something for Steve to think about...😎
Oh dear - and that's before my first article gets published, tomorrow. 😀
*puts a note in calendar to spend at least an hour criticising the headline article*
😀 :hehe: :Whistling:
As the saying goes - take a ticket and get in line...
December 29, 2015 at 8:20 am
I rather like the mostly unedited type of articles that are posted on SQLServerCentral. As a regular working Joe-bag-o-dunuts, I don't have a whole lot of time to go through technical reviews although I do like the hints that Steve will give me before accepting my articles for publishing.
The other reason why I like them is because it does provide a source of information as to what the quality of the art in the real world is. I can actually learn a whole lot about that from a really bad article and the discussions that follow. It can be a bit bothersome though. Here at SSC, I see all the remarkably smart people that take part in many of the discussions on an article and I'm jealous that I can't find a DBA that actually knows how to get the bloody current date and time or how to do native backups and restores. Nor can I find locally someone that claims to be good at T-SQL or claims to be an expert at performance tuning. It's absolutely sickening at how low the bar is for DBAs and Developers in the real world.
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
December 29, 2015 at 8:38 am
Jeff Moden (12/29/2015)
I rather like the mostly unedited type of articles that are posted on SQLServerCentral. As a regular working Joe-bag-o-dunuts, I don't have a whole lot of time to go through technical reviews although I do like the hints that Steve will give me before accepting my articles for publishing.The other reason why I like them is because it does provide a source of information as to what the quality of the art in the real world is. I can actually learn a whole lot about that from a really bad article and the discussions that follow. It can be a bit bothersome though. Here at SSC, I see all the remarkably smart people that take part in many of the discussions on an article and I'm jealous that I can't find a DBA that actually knows how to get the bloody current date and time or how to do native backups and restores. Nor can I find locally someone that claims to be good at T-SQL or claims to be an expert at performance tuning. It's absolutely sickening at how low the bar is for DBAs and Developers in the real world.
I share these same sentiments. The difficult part for me is trying to sounding positive when replying as opposed to being an attack dog. The one thing I keep asking when I see advice and opinions of dubious value is "what the heck did you google to come up with this?"
Michael L John
If you assassinate a DBA, would you pull a trigger?
To properly post on a forum:
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/61537/
December 29, 2015 at 9:22 am
Jeff Moden (12/29/2015)
I rather like the mostly unedited type of articles that are posted on SQLServerCentral. As a regular working Joe-bag-o-dunuts, I don't have a whole lot of time to go through technical reviews although I do like the hints that Steve will give me before accepting my articles for publishing.The other reason why I like them is because it does provide a source of information as to what the quality of the art in the real world is. I can actually learn a whole lot about that from a really bad article and the discussions that follow. It can be a bit bothersome though. Here at SSC, I see all the remarkably smart people that take part in many of the discussions on an article and I'm jealous that I can't find a DBA that actually knows how to get the bloody current date and time or how to do native backups and restores. Nor can I find locally someone that claims to be good at T-SQL or claims to be an expert at performance tuning. It's absolutely sickening at how low the bar is for DBAs and Developers in the real world.
Keep telling you, some of the high caliber people that you'd like to higher aren't interested in relocating to your area. Nothing against you at all, possibly about the area, and then there is their life outside of work where they currently live.
December 29, 2015 at 9:27 am
Lynn Pettis (12/29/2015)
Jeff Moden (12/29/2015)
I rather like the mostly unedited type of articles that are posted on SQLServerCentral. As a regular working Joe-bag-o-dunuts, I don't have a whole lot of time to go through technical reviews although I do like the hints that Steve will give me before accepting my articles for publishing.The other reason why I like them is because it does provide a source of information as to what the quality of the art in the real world is. I can actually learn a whole lot about that from a really bad article and the discussions that follow. It can be a bit bothersome though. Here at SSC, I see all the remarkably smart people that take part in many of the discussions on an article and I'm jealous that I can't find a DBA that actually knows how to get the bloody current date and time or how to do native backups and restores. Nor can I find locally someone that claims to be good at T-SQL or claims to be an expert at performance tuning. It's absolutely sickening at how low the bar is for DBAs and Developers in the real world.
Keep telling you, some of the high caliber people that you'd like to higher aren't interested in relocating to your area. Nothing against you at all, possibly about the area, and then there is their life outside of work where they currently live.
You don't actually have to keep telling me that. I already know that. 😉 I'm just expressing my amazement that the ratio of "high caliber" people to the general population is so very low in the real world... not just in Michigan.
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
December 29, 2015 at 9:46 am
Jeff Moden (12/29/2015)
Lynn Pettis (12/29/2015)
Jeff Moden (12/29/2015)
I rather like the mostly unedited type of articles that are posted on SQLServerCentral. As a regular working Joe-bag-o-dunuts, I don't have a whole lot of time to go through technical reviews although I do like the hints that Steve will give me before accepting my articles for publishing.The other reason why I like them is because it does provide a source of information as to what the quality of the art in the real world is. I can actually learn a whole lot about that from a really bad article and the discussions that follow. It can be a bit bothersome though. Here at SSC, I see all the remarkably smart people that take part in many of the discussions on an article and I'm jealous that I can't find a DBA that actually knows how to get the bloody current date and time or how to do native backups and restores. Nor can I find locally someone that claims to be good at T-SQL or claims to be an expert at performance tuning. It's absolutely sickening at how low the bar is for DBAs and Developers in the real world.
Keep telling you, some of the high caliber people that you'd like to higher aren't interested in relocating to your area. Nothing against you at all, possibly about the area, and then there is their life outside of work where they currently live.
You don't actually have to keep telling me that. I already know that. 😉 I'm just expressing my amazement that the ratio of "high caliber" people to the general population is so very low in the real world... not just in Michigan.
The Detroit area is actually not nearly as bad as people may think, and, Michigan in general is a pretty nice place.
Plus, you can always cross the river and go to Windsor, Ontario! :-):-)
Michael L John
If you assassinate a DBA, would you pull a trigger?
To properly post on a forum:
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/61537/
December 29, 2015 at 9:52 am
Michael L John (12/29/2015)
The Detroit area is actually not nearly as bad as people may think, and, Michigan in general is a pretty nice place.Plus, you can always cross the river and go to Windsor, Ontario! :-):-)
Only if you have a passport. 😀
December 29, 2015 at 9:56 am
djj (12/29/2015)
Michael L John (12/29/2015)
The Detroit area is actually not nearly as bad as people may think, and, Michigan in general is a pretty nice place.Plus, you can always cross the river and go to Windsor, Ontario! :-):-)
Only if you have a passport. 😀
Passports are easy to get. 🙂
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