Thread:Comments:Two unconscious drug-overdosed men discovered outside University of Canberra residence hall/Boring/reply (4)

We are volunteers. Thus, while we work as fast as we can, other things may be going on and many students are not making a clear effort to speed the process along by reading the style guide and looking at other examples of articles already published to see how their writing should look. Every delay in doing this means newsworthiness becomes a more pressing issue. Thus, students who know they are up against a deadline really, really, really should be focused on reading the style guide so they get it right the first time. And looking at articles that clearly have been written by students not modeling and not reading the style guide is pretty unmotivating. Academically, it is the equivalent of an instructor giving you a list of assessment criteria your assignment will be graded against, and students saying "Meh. We'll do the assignment based on what we think the criteria broadly is instead of against the assessed criteria." I´ve done that in courses before, and I know the grade you get most often on such an assignment: An F.

Your are welcome to your humble opinion, but never assume is a better idea. Being able to verify that is also a good idea. You are making an unfounded accusation that serves your personal interests. It is patently untrue. Look at the diversity of articles that pizero has reviewed, that I have reviewed and that I have published. If your opinion makes you feel better and justifies the annoyance you and your classmates have at your inability to write to assignment criteria, more power to you.

And when it is stated that it there is something wrong but it is not easy to explain, yes, detailed feedback is offered to provide that explains that more. I do not think there has been a single time when that was the only feedback given. Please cite which article had the feedback "there is something wrong with this article, but I don't know what it is, sorry". Please then cite the student response to this feedback where they asked for clarification as to what this meant. I can tell you how often a University of Wollongong student has wandered in this semester to the IRC chatroom and requested assistance (not once) or how often students ping a reviewer asking for more detailed feedback to speed their article being published ready (rarely). I can tell you the frequency of students ignoring feedback, not responding to feedback, ignoring reviewers is much higher. Wikinews is a symbiotic relationship between writer and reviewer. The student writers like yourself do not appear to understand that.