I use it. In the last few years I haven't had many people contact me on it, but it's usually two-three per year. On the other hand, that volume suits me, since I don't have to say no very much. I check it, but I haven't often contacted people on it because of a lack of people offering my fandoms.
I wonder if the timestamp needs to be visible to users looking for a beta? I'm not sure it's relevant and it takes up some screen space.
Regarding expertise, I do use the fandom to look for expertise of people who might be able to brainstorm with me. Hasn't worked out so far but I hope. I wonder if that might be more useful if there were specific categories - ie, language, location, academic discipline, technical knowledge, other practical knowledge, job experience, etc? But I may be trying to improve something that is not broken.
Another thing that may niggle only me: the wording of "How far in advance to contact" / "A couple days before the deadline." or "Two weeks or more before the deadline." bugs me a little because read like that it implies DON'T contact the person UNTIL then, rather than CONTACT THE PERSON AT ANY TIME, UNTIL. Maybe that could be tweaked? I think it's a useful distinction, though.
It would be interesting to see how many people use the sheet for just a SPaG beta.
(Would be willing to help with data entry this year! Same username, gmail)
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I use it. In the last few years I haven't had many people contact me on it, but it's usually two-three per year. On the other hand, that volume suits me, since I don't have to say no very much. I check it, but I haven't often contacted people on it because of a lack of people offering my fandoms.
I wonder if the timestamp needs to be visible to users looking for a beta? I'm not sure it's relevant and it takes up some screen space.
Regarding expertise, I do use the fandom to look for expertise of people who might be able to brainstorm with me. Hasn't worked out so far but I hope. I wonder if that might be more useful if there were specific categories - ie, language, location, academic discipline, technical knowledge, other practical knowledge, job experience, etc? But I may be trying to improve something that is not broken.
Another thing that may niggle only me: the wording of "How far in advance to contact" / "A couple days before the deadline." or "Two weeks or more before the deadline." bugs me a little because read like that it implies DON'T contact the person UNTIL then, rather than CONTACT THE PERSON AT ANY TIME, UNTIL. Maybe that could be tweaked? I think it's a useful distinction, though.
It would be interesting to see how many people use the sheet for just a SPaG beta.
(Would be willing to help with data entry this year! Same username, gmail)