Fix "Blurbers" text to tell what's supposed to be entered
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1r.orrison
Reported as a bug from http://www.librarything.com/topic/95046
Ok, perhaps not a bug in that nothing is broken or working incorrectly, but the description of the "Blurbers" CK field doesn't really describe what is supposed to be entered there.
Perhaps just add
Ok, perhaps not a bug in that nothing is broken or working incorrectly, but the description of the "Blurbers" CK field doesn't really describe what is supposed to be entered there.
Perhaps just add
Please enter only the names of people, not publications, as "Lastname, Firstname".
2timspalding
Okay, changed to:
Who blurbed the book? A blurb is defined as a super-short review, done before the book is published or reviewed professionally. As Rachael Donadio wrote, "Book blurbs are a tangled mass of friendships, rivalries, favors traded and debts repaid, not always in good faith." This field aims to capture that tangle! Note: Please enter only the names of people, not publications. Use the form: Lastname, Firstname.
Who blurbed the book? A blurb is defined as a super-short review, done before the book is published or reviewed professionally. As Rachael Donadio wrote, "Book blurbs are a tangled mass of friendships, rivalries, favors traded and debts repaid, not always in good faith." This field aims to capture that tangle! Note: Please enter only the names of people, not publications. Use the form: Lastname, Firstname.
3timspalding
Oh, and this ain't no bug :)
Still, marked as "fixed."
Still, marked as "fixed."
4r.orrison
So, now that you've changed it even though it wasn't a bug (thank you!), does that fact that it hasn't actually changed count as a bug?
(hides under the table)
Edited to change status after checking a couple more times in different browsers.
(hides under the table)
Edited to change status after checking a couple more times in different browsers.
5_Zoe_
I still think a tracking system like this would be useful for features too, especially for really minor ones that are likely to be forgotten.
6timspalding
I agree. Baby steps.

