Edit counts!

[lian]

Inofficial post is unofficial and curious.

I only very occasionally add stuff to Fanlore, but I used to be a heavy editer back in the day. So it idly occured to me to check my edit count: I've never done that before, but apparently it's right there under "My preferences".

Turns out my edit count is 1,208. Hmmm... honestly, I have no idea whatsoever whether that's meagre? average? creditable? (I thought it was more, tbh, seeing as I do tons of silly little typo edits etc.)


Indulge me -- what's your edit count? And how does it compare to your expectations? Any anecdotes you want to share?

Comments

[onceamy]

I'm terrible at plans. Though one plan that I feel has been successful is for me to document things as they happen in areas I care about or see a lot of. The lack of Tumblr sites is another area I'd like to have more brains to document.

Still working on getting Fanlore's name out though and every article helps with that.

And of course there's always my pro wrestling page filled with redlinks that I could fill in

[frogspace.livejournal.com]

Though one plan that I feel has been successful is for me to document things as they happen in areas I care about or see a lot of.

That's a good plan. :)

The lack of Tumblr sites is another area I'd like to have more brains to document.

Just making short pages with the name, link, general description and a screencap is usually enough. The more pages you make, the more stuff turns up that you can add to the other pages you've made.

[onceamy]

I never even thought of screencapping -- I am going to own at documenting the Texts From Last Night stuff that I have bookmarked now :)

Yes, documenting the big events in your fandom -- even if it's just a stub of links that somebody can click on (however I notice Webcite is not working well, so this makes me worry for link rot) is definitely helpful.

[morgandawn]

I am hoping that WebCite will be back online soon (I'll give it a week after Labor Day). I've decided that I need to link to the actual page, with WebCite as a backup (I had been lazy and was only using WebCite for unstable pages - now I'll use both).

I am going to test Zotero today as a means of organizing snapshots of webpages.
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/lls/choose_citation_mgr.html

[(Anonymous)]

I think that's an important thing to remember; EVERY article is important.

Here's three reasons:

1) it adds content to which fans can add, making the article that much more complete
2) it adds content to which fans can link, making existing articles that much richer
3) it adds content, which, and as awils1 comments, gets Fanlore's name out and encourages the first two

Never, never feel that a page or an edit is too small; I can't even begin to count how many times I've added the very barest mention of a fanwork, only to come back later with many more details, or hooked up information to pages that the original creator may have made thinking, 'Oh, this is so trivial or small..." They're all pieces of the puzzle, and every little bit helps tell the stories.

MPH