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Let's make it just double word count for basic word count and the leader board. Don't double up when counting for 5k+ word articles, 10k+ articles, or longest article. We will have to re-word the rules for this if we decide to include it agin in the next drive, so it is clearer right from the get-go.
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Sorry, this rule was added by me but it looks like I did not think it through. I included mine in the leader board word count but only counted it as one 5k article (word count was 5751). What should we do? I am tempted to just leave it alone and make it clearer for the next drive as I hate to tell
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I must have been away when the new rule for the double word count for the
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Thanks Noraft, we appreciate all your hard work for all the previous drives. As both of us were the originators of the first drive, I would personally like to say that is has been a pleasure working with you. I hope that you will continue to copyedit here when you have the time, and never be a
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We will need to discuss this. Personally, I am opposed to having a drive in
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January. January is midterms for a lot of us younger copy editors, so we were planning on having the drive following the November drive in February as opposed to January. Welcome back, by the way.
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