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?

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Re: The Winner of the "Get A Life? I *Have* A Life! Now Let Me Get To It!" Award

[lian]

That was fascinating -- thank you so much for sharing your journey into editing superstardom :D It think the kind of interconnectedness that you describe is exactly what attracts me the most about wikis -- interlinking, referencing, that's the stuff of my HEART. It's exactly what makes keeping on track hard though, I always get my priorities mixed up. The next red link always backons!!! Haha.

(Also, for a me as a firmly internet-era fan, these are rather invaluable historical lessons.)

I can't believe you're managing this on a tiny tiny monitor though! o_O

Re: The Winner of the "Get A Life? I *Have* A Life! Now Let Me Get To It!" Award

[(Anonymous)]

I think of editing like knitting a very, very long scarf. The interconnectedness, pulling bits from here and there, is the key, and it is why I love it. Sometimes a bit of fannish info pops up, like a convention name, a theory, a reference, or a word, and I swear I hear the physical sound of another piece of the puzzle locking into place. Everything builds on everything else, and it's all related; it's then just a matter of creating paths that people can navigate.

That twenty-five year stretch of pre-internet media fandom is seminal, and what's on Fanlore is still just the tip of the iceberg -- but at least it's a start!

The tiny monitor? Sometimes it's hard to read stuff, and to be able to stack more open windows would be great, but so far it's working for me. :-)

It was a neat question you asked; I like hearing how other folks edit and all the different styles and plans.

MPH

Re: The Winner of the "Get A Life? I *Have* A Life! Now Let Me Get To It!" Award

[onceamy]

I had a vague feeling you wore pioneering on a tiny screen -- I really would like to implement a mobile skin that actually lets you edit (a lot of the ones I've seen around are focused on viewing). It's one of my priorities when my (mental) health gets a bit better.