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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 585 |
| | Posted: | | | | For contribution notes, it would cool if one of these three possible changes were made: 1.) More space provided so longer contribution notes don't get cut off. 2.) An indicator to the submitter when their notes are too long and all of the notes will not display properly, so they can either trim their notes down a bit or be able to warn viewers they will need to click the "Notes" icon to see the full notes. 3.) The system automatically detects when the notes went over the character length and displays an automated message or icon on the screen so the voters visually see they have to click on something in order to get the full notes. Sometimes it's obvious when notes get cut off in mid-sentence, but other times it cuts off in a way so it looks like that's all there is (as just happened to me  ). | | | "Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" - Douglas Bader
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | I agree, some solution is badly needed. There just isn't enough length available for longer contribution notes before they get truncated. You can obviously still access the full notes for the profile manually, but that's a cumbersome workaround. | | | | Corey |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,436 |
| | Posted: | | | | Great idea... I guess any of the options will do, whichever is easiest to implement. | | | Achim [諾亞信； Ya-Shin//Nuo], a German in Taiwan.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,480 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting ya_shin: Quote:
Great idea... I guess any of the options will do, whichever is easiest to implement. Definitely agree. I've voted no due to lack of documentation when the documentation had actually overflowed the available space. Also I've received 'no' votes when my notes were too long. Fortunately with the ability to edit notes now, if I can tell them I've gone over, I've gone back and edited the notes to direct people to look at the overflow. But something more automatic would be a big relief. | | | ...James
"People fake a lot of human interactions, but I feel like I fake them all, and I fake them very well. That’s my burden, I guess." ~ Dexter Morgan |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | I've done th sme thing, james, so we are both in the same tent on this one.  Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
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| Registered: June 12, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,665 |
| | Posted: | | | | I know i've run over the boundary also (a "character remaining" counter would be great) but Gerri is of a different opinion. | | | | Bad movie? You're soaking in it! |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 585 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting tweeter: Quote:
I know i've run over the boundary also (a "character remaining" counter would be great) but Gerri is of a different opinion. Quoting Gerri: Quote:
I personally would not support longer contribution notes. Keep it short and simple and put the most vital information first.
Course I have a very different view of contribution notes that most of you do
-Gerri Hmm.. I can see her point. I usually do my notes in the order that the changes are listed on the comparison screen, but I guess I can start prioritizing instead. A character counter would still be nice though so we'd know if we were coming close to the limit or even a Preview button so we can see it before actually submitting. | | | "Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" - Douglas Bader
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas Adams |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | Well, in some situations you just really can't keep the notes short and sweet, or you're almost certain to get negatives, and with good reason. If you're doing a major update for a title where most of the information is incorrect, you have to cite multiple sources and such...which takes up space in the notes.
A "characters remaining" counter would at least be more beneficial (and a reminder) than automatically having your notes cut off mid-sentence. | | | | Corey |
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| Registered: June 12, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,665 |
| | Posted: | | | | When i run into real trouble and have to start editing to get it shorter one of the first things i do is use http://tinyurl.com/ to shorten any long URLs to something predictable. | | | | Bad movie? You're soaking in it! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 347 |
| | Posted: | | | | I totally agree that this is BADLY NEEDED! I was contributing some fixes on a DVD the other night and there were so many issues that half of what I took the time to write in to explain the change was cut off. I went in and tried to compress it and still ran out of room. PLEASE ... let's see if this can be implemented ASAP ... PLEASE KEN  | | | | Antec Nine Hundred case, 4GB A-Data DDR2 800 RAM, Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz, ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP MB, XFX GeForce 8600GT XXX 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 video card, ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink, Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s HDD, Zerodba 620W PSU, LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD with LightScribe SATA, Samsung CDDVDW SH-S203B SATA, Hanns-G HH281 28" monitor, Kodak ESP3250 printer, Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 speakers, Windows 7 Professional |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 2,366 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 8,736 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Martin_Zuidervliet: Quote:
Less is More. Agreed! Although I have run into this problem from time to time as well, I do feel that trying to be brief and concise is important. People often seem to forget that the actual changes can actually been seen right below your notes in the evaluation screen. There's really no need to repeat every single change you made in the notes field, when they can be seen right below. The notes don't need to list WHAT you've changed, just WHY it needed changing. As for Gerri's point of view: remember that she has to read through all of them. I've seen the "epics" some people tend to write - imagine having to wade through hundreds of those every single day. Less is more, indeed! | | | | Last edited: by T!M |
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