[December 2, 2000]
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I have been selectively killing [fled noders], just those with user names which I'd imagine someone might want to reuse as a productive member of the noding community. I also kill stupid hax0r names, just from personal bias.

The huddled masses have spoken. They demand more:

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Several noders have asked, either overtly or implicitly, for an evaluation of their [node-fu]. I'm always glad to check out the work of a noder, especially newly minted ones. These take me a while to create, so please be patient!

[Rei]

(By request) It's tough to evaluate [Rei] fairly right now as Rei only has seven writeups. I can only offer a bit of constructive criticism.

[Rei]'s writeups are mostly succinct. Often this is all you need, so I'm not saying it's wrong. But, please try your hand at some longer writeups too.

I do see a few areas for improvement in [Rei]'s writeups . Chief among them is [Rei]'s choice of [hard link]s. For example in [art space] I would hard link [whitewash], [threadbare] and perhaps [plaque]; in [fun] I would certainly hard link [cure for cancer] instead of simply [cure]. [Hard link]s should be for words and concepts people might want to "drill down" into. Also I saw a few minor issues with caps and punctuation, nothing that a simple proof-reading can't catch.

The biggest writeup, [Stepping], uses the <PRE> tag to get line breaks. I prefer that noders not to use <PRE> as it can cause some issues with E2 formatting. Instead, I recommend the handy dandy [Wharfinger's Linebreaker]. Try it, it's free and it's fun!

[Stepping] could also benefit from a bit of HTML formatting in the writeup, like so:

<HR> <H3>Steps</H3>

Will produce something like this:

Steps

which is more visually appealing. Rei admits in the home node to not knowing HTML, so I provide this recommendation in hopes that it helps. [N-Wing]'s fuller description of [E2 HTML tags : Quick Start|HTML tags] is highly recommended.

I voted nothing down, voted two things up, and killed nothing.

Brawl's [Node-fu] rating: B- but should improve next term.

Wuukiee

Conversely, it's tough to evaluate [Wuukiee] because [Wuukiee]'s a Level 4 (Scribe) and has about 212 writeups.

I read a lot of [Wuukiee]'s writeups, and found many I liked. They ranged from good factual nodes like [scenthound] and useful additional writeups like [loofah] and [chakra] to nice "mood" entries like [moment of gold]. A few like [Rose water] (since fixed) could use a bit more information (so what? syndrome).

[Wuukiee] does have a few [GTKY]s but usually adds judiciously like [The best teacher I ever had]. However, [What one article of clothing best captures your personality?] should probably be retitled to something that [dannye] won't have the urge to kill it later.

Wuukiee's writing and linking are all of the good quality expected from a dedicated Scribe.

I voted nothing down, voted several up, and mercy killed one ([oxymoron] at -9).

Brawl's [Node-fu] rating: A

More to Come...

Since [General Wesc|we]'ve apparently decided to get all self-righteous about [Everything Editor Logs] as [NFN], from now on these reports will appear under [Node-fu reports: December 2000] and so on.

Editor Log: December 2000 (log)