semi-voluntary moratorium and helping to edit.

[cino hilliard]

>From: Max <relf at unn.ac.ru>
>To: Alexandre Wajnberg <alexandre.wajnberg at skynet.be>
>CC: Seqfan <seqfan at ext.jussieu.fr>
>Subject: Re: semi-voluntary moratorium and helping to edit.
>Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 09:40:53 -0700
>

>In opposite, entries in the development database will be allowed to be 
>modified by anybody. That will create a queue of modifications

I think a specific poster should be able to edit his/her just posted entry. 
Occasionally, I hit submit
by accident over preview. Actually, there should be no preview but just 
submit which makes
changes and prompts you again with "Do you really want to submit this 
sequence?" or something
to that effect. While it may be small, there is a chance that a person will 
hit submit when they mean
preview. Say it is one in 200.  given the 200 or so g frequent posters, 
extra work is created.
Also, The mouse crossing Submit can trigger it. While these occurrences are 
small compared to the
irresistable urge to "let it rip", the auto preview Submit will, in my 
opinion, reduce these errors by
as much as 50%. I say that because you don't have to remember if you 
previously previewed
or not and by being prompted again, like a stop sign does, will put you in a 
psychological state - hey
I better look both ways before I proceed. Siggy would be proud of me.:-) 
Even with this feature,
the added ability to edit/delete one's own submissions within a specified 
period say 24 hours from midnite would also be great. This means if you 
submit something at 11:45 pm, you have 15 minutes
to self-edit it. In this way, Neal will only have to review and edit perfect 
manuscripts.

Some may say this is a crutch for sloppiness. Maybe. I say it is progress.

Cino