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Hey Bennett thanks for sharing your thoughts on blog writing. But before the Nation gets to thinking that they should listen to your rules, I thought I should jump in here.
First: We're glad you root for the site's success. We do too.
Second: Spelling is important, as you say. But the point might have been better made if you hadn't misused the word 'misspell' when you meant to write misspelling. Tough one that.
Third: The Nation should know that it is important to spell it right but if you make a mistake, it's just a mistake and not a fatal error. Keep at it, guys.
Fourth:Using stats correctly is important, vital, in fact. But once in a while anyone can make an error, just like I did in the Tomlinson stat as you so inevitably point out. I could have gone back into my post and re-edited it but that would not be the spirit of the thing and I just left it there for you to harp on. But by all means, Nation, do your research as best you can.
Fifth:Make it relevant is a good rule but your example is brutal. If someone wants to tell us what they think in their blog and that is that "Willie Parker is da man. I love him!!" then they can do just that. You, on the other hand, are welcome not to read it.
Sixth: To the Nation, absolutely DO REFERENCE YOUR FANTASY TEAM. We do care. That's one of the reasons this site was created. It was not created for people to tell you what you couldn't write, it was created for you to write what you want. Again, if a user doesn't like it, then don't read it. But I have read a lot of very funny comments on this site about the Nation's Fantasy teams. Keep 'em coming, guys.
Last, no one knows what creates a 'higher value' blog. We do know that we value our bloggers and we want and expect them to be blogging freely.
So, Nation, Bennett speaks for himself. You speak for yourselves. And keep blogging. But try to get LaDainian Tomlinson's touchdown totals right!
Arthur

Really last, anyone who has a an author's ID like yours shows on this page, may not want to be talking too much about facts and relevance.

My profile is a tongue-in-cheek way of making precisely that point. Sorry, for those who are a little slow like Arthur...my profile is a just a joke.

Arthur says it best Mr,Bennett

You dont have to be a best selling author to put your thoughts about sports in a blog. Frankly i would much rather hear the opinions of average people then pulitzer proze winners. Or nobel peace prize winners are you claim to be in your information.

I'm going to take Arthur's advice and vent:

I was prescient enough to speculatively draft Matsuzaka last year (cheap!) in my AL-only fantasy league, and I'm on pins and needles over the delay in his signing. C'mon Dice-K, sign already ... I love him, he's da' MAN!!!

Earl Bennett is a member of my Court Of Persuation, and I'm glad to see he is setting the common folks straight. Good work Earl Bennett, take your meal of choice and enjoy.

Very well said Arthur !!! You're DA MAN !!!!!!

Who says you need to spell rightly, or use proper inglish? And if I want to claim that Joe Montana holds the record for most TDs in a season with 61, what's stopping me? I'll be wrong, and people will let me know.

Your opinion is never wrong...even when it's an opinion like yours Mr Bennett.

I pee in your general direction.

Tongue in cheek or not, I thought it was a good post.

well, on the one hand he has some good tips. of course you do yourself a disservice by coming off as so self-righteous, and also by making several typos (arthur was kind enough to point out only one).

so sports fans, by all means, keep blathering on in a meaningless fashion about your fantasy team, who "da man" is, in broken english. people will read it or not, and like it or not. that said, if you want people to read your blog more than once, putting some effort into correctly spelling the words in your complete sentences that make up a coherent thought is worthwhile.

i can see why bennett gained the position of "earl of persuation" too. the king can't spell, so i guess he needs all the help he can get.

oh, a correction as well. you can absolutely edit your blog posts. just make sure you're logged in and go to the post. there should be an edit button at the top. if not, let us know and we'll fix the problem.

and not to contradict arthur, but i think making edits to your posts after the fact is fine as well. a common blog convention is to make the change, and then add a sentence or two at the end, with an "UPDATE:", or "CORRECTION:". totally legit.

THis is a place to be heard, not published. If I want to rant about how I think Kyle Orton should shave his beard because then my friend Jenny would find him more sexy, then thats ok, because it is relevant to me. If I harbor dreams of one day being a sports columist and think, "hmmm.. this is a good place to practice my craft" then I'm going to write a three part series on what is wrong with sports... (by the way, you can read that in my blog.) Writing has guidelines not rules. SOme of the best things written have strayed from guidelines. Blogs are no different.

That being said, I have my own blog guideline, Chimpanzees should not be allowed to make football predictions.

ptoney, I don't know of any proze winners. And I have no idea what your last sentence says.

My suggestions, for what its worth, would be to include some sort of spell checker, and allow for edits.

I like River's idea of making the correction, but be fair and let the Nation know it in a comment or a sentence at the end of the post. Good thought, Riv.

Wow look what I mist, ah mis-ed, err umm missed while traveling the fantasy universe; blog school! Shame on me, or is that you for being so preposterous as to assign rules for posting one's thoughts on sports?

Did you know, give me or anyone for that matter, most any statistic, and we can use it to prove either side of a point?! (yes, exclamation point after a question mark).

Blogs are just that, thoughts, last I knew, most imaginations are not perfect; errors will and do occur, spelling, grammar, punctuation. Points can be lost from errors in any of those English literary categories, that I agree with you, or is it, on that point, I agree with you.? (yes, period before question mark).

Know what those two punctuation endings indicate in writing? Inflection. Are they proper? No, but sometimes, when one needs to get a feeling or expression across in writing, they are necessary an especially now with instant messenger, email message boards & yes, blogs.

We do not get paid for blogs, thus, mistakes are expected. I was once told to measure tree times, cut once. Proof read three times, then submit. Often times our fingers or eyes deceive us; it happens. Am I ramblings too much? See what happens when you take away my favorite planet!?

The article is titled "Tips...". I was just giving some tips for BETTER. What a bunch of whiny little ****.
(1) when did I say that someones opinion is wrong? Your or anyones opinion is great assuming that its coherant.
(2) Mistakes are expected, as noted there are some in mine. But again, I'm calling out people who can't write a complete sentence thereby rendering an "opinion" useless. I agree with you river, that eventually it just won't be read. Other than Arty who will compliment the person on how amazing the post was.

coherent

oh sorry, coherant was the 1903 spelling of the word. Thanks for pointing that out Arty.

Ya know Bennett, most people who:

1) try to tell others what to do, in times when it is not required, don't have a clue themselves.

2) insult others when a disagreement occurs, do so because of a lack in- intelligence and still suffer from wetting the bed.