Quality of threads in "Tech News and Reviews" subforum

[CommandMan7]

So this happened today:

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/486021-intel%E2%80%99s-7th-generation-kaby-lake-and-200-series-chipset-platform-detailed-%E2%80%93-compatible-with-lga-1151/

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/486023-rumor-kaby-lake-desktop-coming-q4-2016-24-pcie-30-lanes/

 

The top thread got posted 4 minutes before me, and is just copy pasted except for the poorly written sentence

 

"They say increased core performance. So a next big performance increase since Sandy Bridge inc?. to bad its stil  far away."

 

The second thread is mine, where I typed up 10 sentences summarizing the news as well as including some conclusions not made in the original source, such as the fact that triple card setups will be able to run at 8x - 8x - 8x for the first time on the mainstream consumer chipset. It got locked because I took the extra time to improve quality, and as a result, was four minutes after the copy paste post.

 

This thing has happened before, and it'll keep happening until people start following posting guidelines. To quote from the posting guidelines:

 

 

While you shouldn't just copy the entire article, your quote should give the reader a summary of the article in a way that gives the key details, but also leaves room for them to read the full article on the linked website. Please use quote tags (the speech bubble at the top of the editor, under the   ) to show that you have copied this content from another site.

 

 

Yet it seems the only rules followed on a strict basis seem to be

 

 

 

• Your thread must include a link to at least one reputable source. Most of the time, this should be a respected news site.

and

 

 

If you post a duplicate thread, it will be deleted without warning.

 

 

This frankly discourages me from spending any extra amount of time improving my post. I don't post in news much, only stuff from WCCF, Anandtech, and Tom's Hardware, but when I do I'm constantly trying to post in a timely manner while still retaining quality. High profile topics like those involving Intel, AMD, and Nvidia always seem like a race to post first, improve later (if at all). Some people have circumvented this by posting a title and just writing "Writing post" or something similar in the actual post, then taking a few extra minutes to complete their post properly. That's great and all, but when I first tried this, the thread got locked in under 3 minutes and I had to wait an hour for it to get unlocked and finished.

 

What I'm asking is, that for the sake of encouraging quality in the news, can there be some sort of formal exception for those who wish to improve their threads without getting beat to the post by someone giving minimal effort?

 

I know some people will say this is just me being butthurt and whining about it, but this genuinely and consistently affects that quality of the news being posted and is a problem.

 

@colonel_mortis @Windspeed36

 

[XTankSlayerX]

I aggree with this, sometimes you may be writting up a storm only to have it taken away by someone who has copy pasted and literally said a few words.

And to add insult to injury you get a flock of people essentially spamming "Repost lol" instead of being provided with the link to the Original post, making the mods jobs a little more inconvenient.

 

Hopefully this will be fixed soon, looking forward to seeing that day come.

 

 

And to be perfectly honest (And rather blunt, sorry), the lack of quality has driven me away posting as well, along with lack of time, things to write about, or thoughts to give.

[Hackzzila]

Agreed, that is why I don't post in that sub forum.

[Deletive]

I kind of agree, the news in there is already lacking ( like threads in general) but then some of the qualities are just completely mismatch. 

[Guest]

I get what you're saying and we're working on it:

 

- Mod subforum