Website Copy Editing

I have never understood why Web is capitalized in Web site or Website. I know it's part of the World Wide Web, but it's not like there is only one website in the world. It should be lower case, just like blogs!

 

And it should be one word: website. That would prevent anyone from wanting to hyphenate the dang word one day. I hate hyphens.

 

I will never ever ever ever ever say it should be website. Ever. Ever.

Ever.

And I know what Heineken was talking about specifically, SF. Mira was much more open, and people who rip Web site things read sometimes as those hanging on to the old days of newspapers before the big, bad internet came in and changed everything.

 

I heard that the new trend is get this, no editing whatsoever for online copy.
The new buzzword will be to "let the readers be the copy editors," to correct the mistakes in their comments sections. It will make them feel empowered and add clicks.
I thought I heard everything; now I have heard everything. This is a way to justify getting rid of almost all copy editors.

You may think Fredrick is a moron, but I swear I've heard this now from three different individuals, one of whom is an industry leader in NEW MEDIA. I laughed in her face.

 

Web site is probably capitalized for the same reason Internet is capitalized. It just is.

 

Well that should work out just fine until somebody decides to contact a lawyer for libel.

 

I thought it was supposed to be an oxymoron.

 

Why did you laugh in her face?

Bottom line is that copy editors are disposable. At least until the powers-that-be find out that they aren't.

 

We live in a society where it's considered elitist to spell correctly. So the copy editors are the first out, because no one clicks on good grammar, and if they did, there aren't enough clicks to care.

 

Cause for many years copy editors were considered vital. Copy editors made more than reporters. Copy editors were needed.
I laughed at her for believing copy doesn't need to be read. Now when we go all online, the reporters will be told to damn well make no mistakes, yet if you do make a mistake, it'll be the readers who correct the mistakes via the comments section. Libel? It'll be the reporter's ass.
With newspapers soon to go online only, don't you think it would be wise for all the well established beat writers and/or columnists to quit, get a major advertiser or two and simply open their own sports niche website?
I mean what advantage will the newspaper have w/out the print product behind it? It used to be newspapers could freeze out upstart competitors by lowering ad rates, etc. If it's all online, with all pup reporters making 18-25000 a year, what advantage does an online newspaper have over some person breaking out on his/her own especially when that person breaking out on his own is so much better than the low paid pup working for the newspaper?
I think in 10 years there will be no print editions of newspapers and most internet newspapers will quickly go out of business.

 

Copy editors are still vital. What they need is a little more sense of urgency. Online stuff needs to be edited/proofed/whatever asap, not when they get around to it.

 

Copy editors shouldn't be editing for spelling and grammar errors. Writers should know what they're doing in the first place.