Guide for New Editors

Work in Progress

If you're reading this page, chances are you were recently made an editor --- congratulations! Navigating your new powers and responsibilities can be confusing at first, which is why I've created this guide to help you out.

Accepting and Rejecting Annotations

AcceptingAn annotation should be accepted when they meet the site's quality standards, which you should be familiar with from your training --- here is a refresher if you need it. It's important to look over the annotation after accepting it to make sure there are no spelling or grammar mistakes, as well as fact-checking and seeing if you can add any more information.

RejectingAn annotation should be rejected when they do not meet the site's quality standards. After you click "reject" on an annotation, you'll see this pop up:

Click the choice that fits the reason you're rejecting the annotation. It's also nice to leave a written explanation as to why you're rejecting it if the creator is still active onsite --- see here for some examples.

Deleting Annotations

An annotation should be deleted if it's been accepted and is not up to standards or is an inaccurate explanation. This is common on older songs with older annotations, since our standards have grown over the years. If you delete someone's annotation and they've been active in the past year or so, you should follow up by messaging them explaining that it's not a Genius-quality annotation.

Editing Annotations

It's crucial to look over annotations you've accepted, but it's also important to look over other accepted annotations.

Annotation Referents

This topic can seem daunting, but it's fairly simple once you get the hang of it. An annotation's referent controls which lines it shows up on. Here's an annotation I'll be using as an example:

This annotation is mostly a restatement, and the only good information is about the bourgeois, so I would edit it to focus on that line. I would click "edit lyrics" then move the referent by changing the location of the annotation tag (the string of numbers that identifies a tate) and starting bracket. Here's a visual explanation:

I would then edit the annotation to have it focus on the bourgeois.