How to use the workflow

Find the workflow spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/157JBsUBWUHdg0dVwxCu1R-lf6F8wzndIKA-ewauvgHc/

For Authors

As a writer, when you’ve finished an article, you have to fill columns A (Assignment — this is the article name), B (Author — your own name), C (to confirm the article hasn’t been published elsewhere) and D (URL — the link where you wrote it). See screenshot below

If your name does NOT appear on column B (Author), type it yourself. Then, send me a message on Discord (I’m blackwhite#2789). This is important: if you don’t do this, our Work Flow bot on Discord won’t be able to ping you to notify that editors have finished editing your article.

Once the Primary Editor finishes editing, our bot will ping you so that you review the edits. When you’re notified to check the edits, select your name from the dropdown on column N (Author). See screenshot below.

Once you finish making changes on your article, check the checkbox on column P (Primary Edits Accepted), and assign a Difficulty Rating on column T (1 means you didn’t change much, 2 is for moderate changes, and 3 is for many changes).

These are the columns you need to focus on after the Primary Editor has edited your article.

After you do this, a Secondary Editor will review your article. Like before, when they finish editing, you’ll be notified on Discord by our bot. You’ll also be required to do the same steps as explained before, but now on columns AE to AK. See screenshot below.

Finally, there’s an extra column you need to fill this second time: column AJ (Word Count). Please write down the number of words in your article. BANK earned will be calculated based on that.

These are the columns you need to focus on after the Secondary Editor has edited your article.

TL;DR

As a writer, here are the steps you need to follow:

Add the article name, your Discord handle, and URL of the article.

Confirm that you haven’t published this article elsewhere.

When a Primary Editor has finished editing your article, select your name from column P (Author).

Make whatever changes are necessary to the article.

When you’ve finished, check the checkbox on column R (Primary Edits Accepted), and add a Difficulty Rating on column T.

When a Secondary Editor has finished editing your article, select your name from column AE (Author).

Make whatever changes are necessary to the article.

When you’ve finished, check the checkbox on column AG (Secondary Edits Accepted), and add a Difficulty Rating on column AI.

Finally, fill column AJ (Word Count).

For Editors

Regardless of whether you’re a Primary or Secondary editor, the steps to follow are pretty much the same. Beware that editors can only claim one article per week!

As an editor, you’ll be notified of articles by the Work Flow bot on Discord. When a new article is added in the spreadsheet, the bot will send a notification on the #editors channel pinging @EPA.

As a Primary Editor, when you want to claim an article, you have to select your name from the Primary Editor dropdown. Only qualified editors can take Primary Editing tasks (you need to take an editing test to be eligible). When you pick your name, columns G and I (Date of Acceptance and Date Assignment Due) will be automatically filled in.

Before editing the article, you need to check the article hasn’t been published elsewhere (column H). When you finish editing, check the checkbox on column J (Completed). When you do that, column K (Date of Completion) will automatically fill, and the Discord bot will send a notification pinging the author so that they review your edits.

Finally, you should also fill column L (Editing Rating). 1 means light, 2 is moderate, and 3 is heavy edit.

For Secondary Editors, the steps are the same but the columns to fill are found between V and AC.

Note: To see the article’s author and where to find the piece, editors can check the first columns of the spreadsheet (A, through D).

TL;DR

As an editor, here are the steps you need to follow:

Claim an article to edit by selecting your name on column F (Primary Editor) or column V (Secondary Editor).

Edit the article.

When finished editing, check the checkbox on column J (Completed) if you’re a Primary Editor or column Y (Completed) if you’re a Secondary Editor.

Assign an Editing Rating to the article on column L if you’re a Primary Editor or on column AA if you’re a Secondary Editor.

You only have to fill three columns (1) The one with your name; (2) The checkbox once editing is completed; and (3) The editing rank. Everything else fills automatically.

How to use the workflow

Find the workflow spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/157JBsUBWUHdg0dVwxCu1R-lf6F8wzndIKA-ewauvgHc/

For Authors

As a writer, when you’ve finished an article, you have to fill columns A (Assignment — this is the article name), B (Author — your own name), C (to confirm the article hasn’t been published elsewhere) and D (URL — the link where you wrote it). See screenshot below

If your name does NOT appear on column B (Author), type it yourself. Then, send me a message on Discord (I’m blackwhite#2789). This is important: if you don’t do this, our Work Flow bot on Discord won’t be able to ping you to notify that editors have finished editing your article.

Once the Primary Editor finishes editing, our bot will ping you so that you review the edits. When you’re notified to check the edits, select your name from the dropdown on column N (Author). See screenshot below.

Once you finish making changes on your article, check the checkbox on column P (Primary Edits Accepted), and assign a Difficulty Rating on column T (1 means you didn’t change much, 2 is for moderate changes, and 3 is for many changes).

These are the columns you need to focus on after the Primary Editor has edited your article.

After you do this, a Secondary Editor will review your article. Like before, when they finish editing, you’ll be notified on Discord by our bot. You’ll also be required to do the same steps as explained before, but now on columns AE to AK. See screenshot below.

Finally, there’s an extra column you need to fill this second time: column AJ (Word Count). Please write down the number of words in your article. BANK earned will be calculated based on that.

These are the columns you need to focus on after the Secondary Editor has edited your article.

TL;DR

As a writer, here are the steps you need to follow:

Add the article name, your Discord handle, and URL of the article.

Confirm that you haven’t published this article elsewhere.

When a Primary Editor has finished editing your article, select your name from column P (Author).

Make whatever changes are necessary to the article.

When you’ve finished, check the checkbox on column R (Primary Edits Accepted), and add a Difficulty Rating on column T.

When a Secondary Editor has finished editing your article, select your name from column AE (Author).

Make whatever changes are necessary to the article.

When you’ve finished, check the checkbox on column AG (Secondary Edits Accepted), and add a Difficulty Rating on column AI.

Finally, fill column AJ (Word Count).

For Editors

Regardless of whether you’re a Primary or Secondary editor, the steps to follow are pretty much the same. Beware that editors can only claim one article per week!

As an editor, you’ll be notified of articles by the Work Flow bot on Discord. When a new article is added in the spreadsheet, the bot will send a notification on the #editors channel pinging @EPA.

As a Primary Editor, when you want to claim an article, you have to select your name from the Primary Editor dropdown. Only qualified editors can take Primary Editing tasks (you need to take an editing test to be eligible). When you pick your name, columns G and I (Date of Acceptance and Date Assignment Due) will be automatically filled in.

Before editing the article, you need to check the article hasn’t been published elsewhere (column H). When you finish editing, check the checkbox on column J (Completed). When you do that, column K (Date of Completion) will automatically fill, and the Discord bot will send a notification pinging the author so that they review your edits.

Finally, you should also fill column L (Editing Rating). 1 means light, 2 is moderate, and 3 is heavy edit.

For Secondary Editors, the steps are the same but the columns to fill are found between V and AC.

Note: To see the article’s author and where to find the piece, editors can check the first columns of the spreadsheet (A, through D).

TL;DR

As an editor, here are the steps you need to follow:

Claim an article to edit by selecting your name on column F (Primary Editor) or column V (Secondary Editor).

Edit the article.

When finished editing, check the checkbox on column J (Completed) if you’re a Primary Editor or column Y (Completed) if you’re a Secondary Editor.

Assign an Editing Rating to the article on column L if you’re a Primary Editor or on column AA if you’re a Secondary Editor.

You only have to fill three columns (1) The one with your name; (2) The checkbox once editing is completed; and (3) The editing rank. Everything else fills automatically.