FictionAlley needs more coders!

[rynne]

Apologies if you get this more than once (if there's more than one FA staff member on your flist you might, as heidi8 wanted us to ask everyone we could), but FA really needs more coders. Here's the official language and so on:

"The Fic Intake team for Fiction Alley reads, codes and uploads all the fics that are hosted on FA. Team members need impeccable grammar skills, solid spelling skills (or a spellchecker that contains canon terms) and a good knowledge of the Harry Potter books.

Intakers come across pieces that have a variety of errors, including improper spelling and capitalisation of everyday vocabulary as well as of the canon-specific language J.K. Rowling has created. They also read pieces written by authors who write using erratic patterns for grammar and punctuation - some intentionally, others because they know no better. There are also those authors who forget canon details; easily researched facts, like birthdays that Rowling has divulged, what house each DA member is in, and the manifestations of various spells, potions and components should do what canon states that they should, unless the fic is labeled an "AU" or "Alternate Universe" fic.

If you're interested in being a part of FA's Fic Intake Team, this quiz is for you. It will test your ability to find errors as you read fanfiction. Will you recognise the correct spelling of character names? Are you aware of the way dialogue punctuation should be written? If you see something that doesn't look quite right, do you know how to verify a source for accuracy? These pieces have been intentionally "doctored" to trip up a reader with errors, with puzzles that may be errors - or may not be. There may be a variety of "right" answers or "correct" alterations for each question or example, as there are a number of creative portrayals of fiction. So read through the quiz, and if you still want to join FA's Fic Intake Team, follow the instructions on the page and send in your application!"

PLEASE APPLY! If you have any questions at all about the job, please ask--I'm always willing to answer.

Comments

[madilayn.livejournal.com]

I'd absolutely adore to, but I just don't have the time any more! In fact, I 'm finding that I don't even have a lot of time to write fic!!!!

[renee6612.livejournal.com]

How much of a time commitment is it?

[rynne.livejournal.com]

It depends on your schedule. You'll need three hours (in a row) in order to be trained, but after that, it's entirely your call how much time you want to spend doing it each week.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

You'd be taught that in a training session. I didn't know how to myself before I got trained. :)

[ant-power.livejournal.com]

Is it hard to be a coder? Does it take up much time? What exactly does it involve? Just checking stuff over for errors??

[rynne.livejournal.com]

It's only hard if you can't deal with stupidity politely. The original training session takes three hours, but after that, you get to set your own schedule and just go in whenever you have time. Checking fics over for errors is a large part of it--there's an objective SPaG (spelling, grammar, and punctuation) standard that every fic has to meet, and if it doesn't, we reject it. Other specifics, we go over in the training session.

[ant-power.livejournal.com]

Excellent. I might give it a go.