Archive:VOCJ53 Proofcheck

We need to check VOCJ53 before Kathrin submits it to the publishers. This is our last chance to make corrections - we receive a proof back from Hemlock, but that is for us to check for their errors not ours. This must be done in 1 day - Thursday - as Kathrin must make corrections Thursday night before submission on Friday.

What to check for, how to do it

In principle all the editing is done. We are not checking for grammar/spelling - we are checking for typesetting errors (of course, if you find large grammar errors you can still report them). Replace the "volunteer needed" with your name, do it, and then put any discrepancies down here on the wiki. Ideally each task would get done twice by two people... Write both the page number(s) and the error.

Sections/things which need checking (and volunteers to do it)

Cover

Errata

• White lines above and below photo aren't in the right spot. Should possibly be wider and placed under photo to ensure there's no gap? Also there's a gap going over to the spine, for the lines only.
• Inside cover photo credit - are you sure it's "Longs" peak, with an "s"? That mountain is in Colorado - I think it might be Long Peak, near Lizzie Lake...

Check page numbers

volunteer still needed

• all pages are in order and correctly numbered

Check table of contents

Veenstra will do it, still need one more

• Does title/author match for each article in TOC and on the article itself
• Is the page reference correct
• Is the article in the right section (don't nitpick - just looking for mistakes, not choices you don't agree with)

errata

There's a few typos on the article titles, I'll point them out as since they are high visibility I think they are worth correcting.

• • Losing my virginity to VOC should be to "the VOC", although it might imply group sex instead of just with mr. VOC. The title should also be fixed in the corresponding page.
  • Mt Hood should be Mt. Hood (appears in TOC and article on pdf p41)
  • Searching ForcEearly turns (appears in TOC only)
  • Cycling the pacific coast is missing CA (TOC only)
  • Mt Blanc should be Mt. Blanc in both articles (TOC and pdf p196+200)
  • Frenchitlan should have all words capitalized (TOC only)
  • 12 Month in the VOC should be "12 Months" (TOC and pdf p284)

-Ignacio + page numbers by Veenstra

• VOC Exec are actually on print p4, not 5
• Do the photos on pdf p6 really not have a caption? Looks pretty lame without one...
• Needle Peak Traverse appears as title on pdf p47, but Needle Traverse in TOC
• Mt. Cook missing space between Mt. and Cook (TOC only)
• Mt. Hood is on print p49, not 42
• "of" misspelt in title, pdf p93 only

• alternate titles sometimes appear in brackets, sometimes smallcaps, and sometimes neither, occasionally appearing in the TOC but not always. Uniformity might be nice...
  • Mt. James Turner has a much longer title on pdf p77 than TOC, but no smallcaps or brackets on this assumed alternate title
  • Gili's Clawing on thin ice (pdf p97) has alternate title included in TOC, no smallcaps on article title
  • Maki's Red Heather (pdf p116) smallcaps in brackets, article title only
  • Sophia's Beer (pdf p120) smallcaps in brackets, article title only

• Dashes appear in titles as delimiters, but sometimes colons. Maybe part of the alternate title trouble? Dashes also used to mark author. If you care, the following articles should be changed in both article and TOC:
  • print p27 My Intro to the VOC: Powder Mountain Traverse
  • print p75 Mt. Skihist: Bushwacking 101
  • print p169 My First Time: River Kayaking
  • print p261 Lizzie Creek: VOC vs Slide Alder

-Christian (still working...)

Check the following sections

• Does the text make sense? The text may be in the wrong order, especially across pages.
• Do photo captions make sense? The wrong caption may be put with the wrong photo.

- At least two of the photos are repeated, dinosaur and hairy Ran. It probably isn't worth changing it though. In general I didn't notice anything wrong with the captions. -Ignacio
-The two first pictures are missing captions, they only have the name of the photographer. -Ignacio
-Some photos have the title in bold letters and most don't. It's not a big deal, but it would be best to have it all the same. -Ignacio
-The crew all ready to slog, in the waddington article is missing atribution. So is the map, and the fonts and arrows in there look pretty bad. -Ignacio
-Figures 1 and 2 in Caitlin's article (pg 167) are missing attribution. Picture 3 as well. -Ignacio
-Photo page 190 is missing attribution. -Ignacio
-The Larch Lurch photos have no text or attribution (probably didn't come with any) Anyone we could ask about it? -Ignacio
-Picture in Imagination (247) have no text or attribution (but it looks good though, maybe at the end of the article we could put that info) -Ignacio

• Are photos/illustrations matched with the correct article? (except colour photos, which are all printed in the same place to save money)

President's Message, VOC Exec, and Photo Contest

volunteer needed

• Hairy Ran photo on pg 13 and 120 should be credited to Eva - Phil
  

errata

• pdf p18 should presumably be colour not B+W?

Hiking and Scrambling

volunteer needed

Climbing & Mountaineering

volunteer needed

Skiing and Winter Mountaineering

volunteer needed

Land & Water

volunteer needed

Travels Abroad

volunteer needed

Club Life & Reflections

volunteer needed