Message the editor as well, sometimes things can get overlooked when they are editing a review. This will allow time for them to re-edit the review. I know I have missed a couple of typos, I saw what was supposed to be there vs. the actual misspelling. Part of my ADD. Good luck!!

I didn't know that emailing Sammi was an option, thanks Kindred. I literally just ran across a review that was so riddled with typos - I was shocked to see that the editor had received an 'excellent' vote. I really didn't want to say anything about the editor's poor job under the reviewer's comments.

I've also been doing some follow-up reviews and have noticed typos. I wonder why those weren't caught by the people who edited my reviews. Of course - I should have caught them, but since I didn't - they definitely should have. It makes us both look bad. It's too late to change it now, but it makes me wonder.

Here's another question... How'd Kindred get so smart?

I appreciate if people email me when they find reviews that are poorly edited - contacting me about a badly edited review shouldn't be considered extreme. As Kindred said above, it helps me assess performance, and if editors are not doing an adequate job, they will be contacted about the errors and, after warnings, removed from the rotation early.

If you find one poorly edited, just send me a link to the review and I'm happy to take a look at it You can either send me an insystem message, or email me at sammi@edenfantasys.com .

I happen to know that I am one of those editors that you are talking about. Seriously, some of the reviews we are sent are really bad. And simple errors that were called out like "genitals" and "gentiles" are easily missed when we get reviews that are like the following.

Im serioulsey escited aboeut who awsomme ti is.

I get some reviews that I have to edit every other word. Not all of us are great at grammar and all of us are not required to be. If there is a really bad issue with it email Sammi. And not to mention some of us had reading is disorders and other learning disorders that stop us from being great at things. Sorry but it is more appropriate to email or message someone about the issue and not fill the comments bashing the editor. Which is what was done on the review I edited. I really did not appreciate that.

If I see a really obvious error (like something misspelled in the title), I'll usually message the editor. While there are some REALLY well-written reviews, there are a surprising number that leave your (or at leas my) head spinning by the time you've edited your way through it, which makes it really easy to miss an error you'd normally catch.

I do wonder if we need to send reviews back *more* often. I know of a few times recently when I've left a note at the bottom of a review along the lines of "Please make sure to always capitalize "I" and put a space after commas and periods." only to see another review from the same person a few days later with the exact same problems. While it's much quicker and easier for me to go through to make those changes, it would probably benefit the reviewer more in the long run if they had to do it themselves.

It would be *awesome* if we had a system like one of the media companies I write for that lets you see the corrections an editor has made. (It shows my words in red, and what it has been replaced with in green.) It's so handy to be able to see at a glance where I screwed up, and occasionally where my copy editor changed something they shouldn't have. Unfortunately, I'm betting something like that is WAY too complex for us to have here.

Anyway, all that rambling aside, I guess my point is that if you see consistently bad work from an editor (or even one review with a LOT of errors), let Sammi know about the problem so something can be done. Editors don't receive any special training, so it may be as simple as a note that they need to read up on how to correctly use a semicolon.

If it's just a minor mistake here and there (and you don't mind taking a second to help their performance), I'd send the editor a quick note explaining what you noticed. As a past editor, I'd MUCH rather get a message that said "Yo, dude. That review about Bob's Super Duper Penis Dildo? You missed a spot in the summary where the reviewer said 'ponies' instead of 'penis'." than to have dozens of people read the review and crack up over the pony sex typo.

I do agree that the excellent/good/poor rating system could use some improvement, but I can't personally think of a better way to do it.

If there are major problems in a review, I don't see anything wrong with saying something in the comments, as long as it's done politely. ("Thanks for the review! Just for future reference, 'silicon' and 'silicone' are different things.")