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posted by Dopefish on Friday February 28 2014, @06:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the albeit-slowly-but-surely dept.

Greetings Soylentils! This is your captain and overlord of editors Dopefish speaking, with an exciting announcement.

I'm pleased to announce that we have two freshly minted editors added to our team here at SoylentNews and their handles are janrinok and girlwhowaspluggedout. They have demonstrated a passion for the site through their submissions and contributions via comments.

With these new additions to our editorial staff, we will keep pushing the site to new heights and help increase the number of quality submissions that post to the main page for all to see and enjoy. Furthermore, janrinok and girlwhowaspluggedout are based out of France and Israel, respectively, which should both improve editor coverage during the hours when the Americas are asleep and, more significantly, help us post news that appeals to international members of our community.

Thank you all for your continued interest in SoylentNews and keep up the good fight! This is Dopefish signing off.

~Dopefish

[ED Note: "Per the feedback reflected in the comments, I changed any mentions of 'audience' to 'the community', which better reflects who we are."]

 
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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by girlwhowaspluggedout on Friday February 28 2014, @09:25PM

    by girlwhowaspluggedout (1223) on Friday February 28 2014, @09:25PM (#8796)

    Thank you.

    Your expectations are as high as mine. The desire to finally see some proper editing is the reason I wanted to become an editor, and my goal here is to serve this community by being the best damned editor I can be.

    I do, however, apologize ahead of time for any dupes, typos, or editorial foibles I may make.

    Now, they who reached Parnassus' lofty Crown,
    Employ their Pains to spurn some others down;
    And while Self-Love each jealous Writer rules,
    Contending Wits becomes the Sport of Fools:
    But still the Worst with most Regret commend,
    For each Ill Author is as bad a Friend.
    To what base Ends, and by what abject Ways,
    Are Mortals urg'd thro' Sacred Lust of praise!
    Ah ne'er so dire a Thirst of Glory boast,
    Nor in the Critick let the Man be lost!
    Good-Nature and Good-Sense must ever join;
    To err is Humane; to Forgive, +5 Divine.

    (Alexander Pope, Essay on Criticism, ll. 514-525)

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    Starting Score:    1  point
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       Insightful=1, Interesting=2, Total=3
    Extra 'Interesting' Modifier   0  
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   5  
  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by regift_of_the_gods on Friday February 28 2014, @10:11PM

    by regift_of_the_gods (138) on Friday February 28 2014, @10:11PM (#8837)

    To err is Humane; to Forgive, +5 Divine.

    This is what I suspected. The moderation on /. was a *lot* better back when Pope Alexander was running the show.

    Anyway, congratulations!

  • (Score: 1) by Reziac on Saturday March 01 2014, @02:10AM

    by Reziac (2489) on Saturday March 01 2014, @02:10AM (#8931) Homepage

    Your first one I've seen (the 'ancient dental plaque' story) was very well done. Two thumbs up!

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    • (Score: 2) by girlwhowaspluggedout on Saturday March 01 2014, @05:11PM

      by girlwhowaspluggedout (1223) on Saturday March 01 2014, @05:11PM (#9163)
      Although I'm now an editor, I still contribute stories when I can. I'm glad you liked it :)
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  • (Score: 2) by SMI on Saturday March 01 2014, @08:00AM

    by SMI (333) on Saturday March 01 2014, @08:00AM (#9016)

    To err is human, to forgive is canine.

    (just my $0.02)

  • (Score: 1) by fadrian on Saturday March 01 2014, @05:40PM

    by fadrian (3194) on Saturday March 01 2014, @05:40PM (#9171) Homepage

    I do, however, apologize ahead of time for any dupes, typos, or editorial foibles I may make.

    Don't sweat it. Any editorial standard, mistakes or no, is better than what the Dice-heads were doing.

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    That is all.