You'll have to let him off on that one - community columns comes under the oversight of the News Team due to how much outside exposure these articles get once published.
I actually skipped the official process of getting news team to check and approve the submission because Gangsta submitted it last minute. So I asked Nigel who was reluctant to edit it at all, to simply check for mistakes.
Fair enough, but he edited more than just mistakes - as I see Gangsta has pointed out.
Anyway after this afternoon's win I'm in a mood to forgive anyone anything (well, almost!).
Columns are such a rare thing, we haven't really discussed the process internally. So this will be have to be a learning process.
You do have to remember though that these articles get automatically distributed on our social media channels and Google News, and therefore reputation is a factor. So if we reduce editing, perhaps the chances of an article being rejected go up.
Thanks. I didn't realise that Mark.
