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> Jimbo's beef with paid editing, Why does he have it?
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post Wed 28th December 2011, 4:13pm
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Doesn't get it either.
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Sort of a tangential topic from the timidguy case, which seems to be an issue of paid editing and Jimbo's ever lasting hate of it. I know we had the Kohs issue in the past but what's his issue with paid editing?
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post Fri 6th January 2012, 6:46am
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Stunning. Jimbo Is The Holy One.
Even when he says stupid things.
(As usual...)
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that one guy   Jimbo's beef with paid editing   Wed 28th December 2011, 4:13pm
Kelly Martin   Sort of a tangential topic from the timidguy case...   Wed 28th December 2011, 6:32pm
Eppur si muove   Sort of a tangential topic from the timidguy cas...   Wed 28th December 2011, 8:10pm
timbo   The answer to the "Why not have paid editors?...   Wed 4th January 2012, 8:36am
thekohser   They pump up their clients and would quickly, it ...   Wed 4th January 2012, 12:54pm
Maunus   Paid editing is against all of the principles that...   Wed 4th January 2012, 1:52pm
dogbiscuit   Paid editing is against all of the principles tha...   Wed 4th January 2012, 3:44pm
Maunus   Paid editing is against all of the principles th...   Wed 4th January 2012, 11:51pm
thekohser   ...the fact that I find (specifically corporate i...   Thu 5th January 2012, 12:35pm
Maunus   It's amusing that of all the unethical things...   Thu 5th January 2012, 2:32pm
thekohser   It's amusing that of all the unethical thing...   Thu 5th January 2012, 3:39pm
thekohser   Paid editing is against all of the principles tha...   Wed 4th January 2012, 5:10pm
Maunus   Paid editing is against all of the principles th...   Wed 4th January 2012, 11:41pm
Peter Damian   It is a non-argument to compare with POV pushers ...   Wed 4th January 2012, 6:53pm
gomi   It is like asking "should we allow tedentious...   Wed 4th January 2012, 6:58pm
Peter Damian   In which Jimbo and others decide that it's OK ...   Thu 5th January 2012, 7:57pm
thekohser   In which Jimbo and others decide that it's OK...   Fri 6th January 2012, 4:14am
thekohser   Oh, wow... this is getting bigger, much bigger, no...   Fri 6th January 2012, 4:22am


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