Can you automate some of the checking, using tools such as HTML/CSS lint, validators, checkstyle-like parsers? -- Scott On 04/18/2014 08:50 AM, Ross Singer wrote: > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Riley Childs <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> designate someone to be the "copy editor", >> > > Well, I kind of got the impression from the original question that this was > kind of out of the question. > > However, I think it might be useful to look at development practices for a > solution: for example, we don't merge anything to master that hasn't been > code reviewed (well, that's not 100% true, but anything of significance), > it seems like something similar could exist for your web content. Nothing > goes live without being peer reviewed and it's up to the author to get a > reviewer if they want to release the content, which at least then makes > multiple parties responsible for what goes up. People can still abuse the > system, but that's a human management issue, at that point, not a > technological one. > > -Ross. > > From: Nathan Rogers<mailto:[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: 4/17/2014 10:16 PM >> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] distributed responsibility for web content >> >> It sounds like what you need to do is a bit of guerrilla education for >> people on good methods of writing for the web versus things that are not >> appropriate for a professional setting. I have dealt with (and still am) a >> similar situation. The best approach I find is often to do a better version >> without stomping on their changes, talk to them, and explain why it is a >> better approach. Eventually if you are lucky they will have that ‘Aha’ >> moment. >> >> On Apr 17, 2014, at 9:13 PM, Miles Fidelman <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >>> Simon LeFranc wrote: >>>> There is no one person in the organization with the time or authority >> to act as editorial overseer. What are some techniques for ensuring that >> the site maintains a clean, professional appearance? >>>> >>> >>> Give up and let chaos reign supreme? >>> >>> Miles Fidelman >>> >>> -- >>> In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. >>> In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra >> -- Scott Prater Shared Development Group General Library System University of Wisconsin - Madison [log in to unmask] 5-5415