Talk:All That We Shall Be

Quotes 2 and 3 have issues with recounting the plot of the story and all quotes are full of misspelled words and grammatical errors. I was not able to find the original quotes so I can't speak to those issues specifically.

I wanted to get some feedback from people before I started slicing and dicing up the quotes to take out the factual errors.

Does anyone know if the quotes from these zines are online?

Thanks

Bobdog54 (talk) 20:55, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

The reviews are not online. I checked my print copies of all of them, and the only "error" regarding the quotes' transcription was one missing apostrophe which I added. I also added one missing word in brackets to show that it was not in the original review. Otherwise the quotes are exactly as they appear in the zines.

While you may want to "correct" the misspellings or grammatical errors in quotes, you can't slice and dice them. Quotes, by their very nature, must remain as they were intended by the original creator. That includes errors in the fan's recounting of plot points, something that one may find to be frustrating, but also may be simply another fan's interpretation. Reviews and comments are fanworks of their own. Sometimes the "errors" tell a story of their own: the choice of the fan's words, the phrasing, the changes in fannish spelling, apparent educational background, patterns in fan's plot misunderstandings -- they are all part of the story's story.

A solution to possibly misleading plot recollections would be to note that the "correction" in a short footnote. Or include a short statement before the quote saying that the spelling and plot summaries are, of course, the fan's own words and subject to their interpretations. This second suggestion, while somewhat appealing, would also be a bit redundant, as all quotes are included with that understanding.

Anyone else care to weigh in? --MPH (talk) 22:12, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

I know exactly what you mean about not changing people's quotes or "fixing" them. I was thinking about the judicious use of ... in the very beginning of one quote but I have no emotional attachment to it one way or the other. I like your idea of a note explaining that the story takes place after the 3rd movie, not the 5th. Sound good? I'm glad that you got a chance to look at the page. Bobdog54 (talk) 22:45, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

I think that a short note before a quote clarifying a possible discrepancy is good. It helps make things clearer! Footnotes also work. I'm really glad you're taking a closer look at some of these pages, Bobdog54; the more eyes the better. :) --MPH (talk) 23:16, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Something happened to the image. I clicked on the thumbnail icon because I am a curious type. I made a minor change to the footnote for the image to attach it to the actual edition it references. I don't think that would make the text un-wrap. Help! Please let me know if I did something wrong. Thanks.Bobdog54 (talk) 22:55, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

No biggie. You accidentally deleted the "]]" at the end of the image. I put it back, and it's all set. --MPH (talk) 23:13, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

MPH-I was not able to find this story listed under K/S #101, there is a note under #188 but that seems to be for the last story(?) What do you think?Bobdog54 (talk) 22:49, 26 October 2014 (UTC)