http://www.metafilter.com/tags/copyediting Posts tagged with 'copyediting' at MetaFilter. Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:08:49 -0800 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:08:49 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/55973/Revisionista <a href="http://newssniffer.newworldodour.co.uk/articles/list_by_revision">Revisionista</a> monitors news websites and detects when articles change. The versions are viewable and the changes are highlighted. Some edits are miniscule, others are <a href="http://newssniffer.newworldodour.co.uk/articles/9530/diff/1/2">quite interesting</a>. A Recommended Revisions <a href="http://newssniffer.newworldodour.co.uk/articles/recommended/list">list</a> yields all manner of edits. Also on the News Sniffer site, <a href="http://newssniffer.newworldodour.co.uk/bbc/threads/mostcensored">Watch Your Mouth</a> monitors the BBC's <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/default.stm">'Have Your Say</a>' website and detects when comments get censored. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.55973 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:08:49 -0800 bbc copyediting news revisions writing thisisdrew http://www.metafilter.com/35509/I%2Duppercased%2DKD%2DLang%3Fs%2Dname%2Din%2Da%2Dstory%2Dand%2Dit%2Dfelt%2Dgood <a href="http://www.testycopyeditors.org/">Testy Copy Editors</a> is a site run by <i>WaPo</i> Financial Copy Editor <a href="http://testycopyeditors.org/blanchard.html">Philip Blanchard</a>, with guest columns and <a href="http://www.testycopyeditors.org/cgi-bin/forum/ultimatebb.cgi">discussions</a> dedicated to blowing off steam for people in the occasionally tense business of making words fit, parse properly and make sense in print.<br><br>If you've actually edited copy under a deadline, or know someone who has, you know how thankless the job can sometimes be. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.35509 Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:36:52 -0800 copyediting copywriting editing journalism print writing chicobangs