07-07-2014, 12:39 PM
The oldest item currently in the queue was submitted on March 28th. I work on it whenever I get caught up on my cleanup work, but I'm still buried from all the recent activity, so it's mostly been DidYouKnowGaming and Dazz, with some help from the other staff.
We get a lot of submissions on a daily basis, and it takes some work to check the sources and ensure that the submission accurately presents the information and complies with the submission guidelines. When it doesn't, we're faced with the decision to either clean it up ourselves, or reject it and explain why to the submitter. I think we're all tempted to go with the former option, because we like gaming trivia, and want to add more to the site, but that does mean more work for us, and thus a slower acceptance rate.
There's also the third option: let it sit in the queue, and hope the next staff member to look at it will take care of it. I think that's actually the choice we make the most when a submission isn't polished enough. Or maybe someone takes a whack at cleaning it up, but isn't satisfied with it, and once again, leaves it for the next person to finish. I think we all hate to reject submissions. But I'm getting the impression that you guys would actually appreciate it more if we did -- you'd get a faster response, and could improve the item and resubmit it. I think we just need to make it clear whether a submission is being rejected because it's flat-out wrong or inappropriate for the site, or whether it simply needs some more research or polish to make it presentable.
Accepting or rejecting a submission automatically sends a PM to the submitter, so unless there's a glitch in the site, you should always receive a reply. It's a known thing that email notifications have been a bit flaky in the past, so it's possible that you won't have received an email about it, so check your PMs. I think some additional transparency is on the table in the site's future, but Petie's got several sites to maintain, and thus a lot of code on his plate.
We get a lot of submissions on a daily basis, and it takes some work to check the sources and ensure that the submission accurately presents the information and complies with the submission guidelines. When it doesn't, we're faced with the decision to either clean it up ourselves, or reject it and explain why to the submitter. I think we're all tempted to go with the former option, because we like gaming trivia, and want to add more to the site, but that does mean more work for us, and thus a slower acceptance rate.
There's also the third option: let it sit in the queue, and hope the next staff member to look at it will take care of it. I think that's actually the choice we make the most when a submission isn't polished enough. Or maybe someone takes a whack at cleaning it up, but isn't satisfied with it, and once again, leaves it for the next person to finish. I think we all hate to reject submissions. But I'm getting the impression that you guys would actually appreciate it more if we did -- you'd get a faster response, and could improve the item and resubmit it. I think we just need to make it clear whether a submission is being rejected because it's flat-out wrong or inappropriate for the site, or whether it simply needs some more research or polish to make it presentable.
Accepting or rejecting a submission automatically sends a PM to the submitter, so unless there's a glitch in the site, you should always receive a reply. It's a known thing that email notifications have been a bit flaky in the past, so it's possible that you won't have received an email about it, so check your PMs. I think some additional transparency is on the table in the site's future, but Petie's got several sites to maintain, and thus a lot of code on his plate.