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I tend to scribble a lot by Unhindered by Talent.
When I edit, I tend to scribble a lot, even when it's my own stuff (or the writing of people I really like). Last January, for example, I took a set of photos after scribbling all over a paper that Riccardo and I were working on for GECCO. This paper went on to win the Best Paper award in the genetic programming track at GECCO last month, so I'd like to think that all this editing had some value :-).

I posted the full set over in my events account, and I plan on using some of them to show my students that I'm not just being mean to them -- I'm that mean to everyone!

This showed up here now because a publisher contacted me about using this one in a college writing textbook. I figured I'd clean it up and post the full size version over here. 

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zaskem  Pro User  says:

Very neat. I don't think I'd have to dig too far to find some of what will undoubtedly become collector material once you're famous. :)

Wait, you're already famous. I need to find a buyer!
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Vaguery  Pro User  says:

You should have seen the junk I wrote on my copy of your book. More question marks and exclamation points. ;)
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Unhindered by Talent  Pro User  says:

zaskem: I'd get that stuff to eBay quick. Once the other alums figure out how valuable it isn't they'll be rushing to ... uh ... recycle ... theirs :-).

Vaguery: I can easily imagine, especially given all the great comments you wrote in the PDF annotations. I always find it incredibly time consuming to translate my shorthand and not-for-prime-time scribbles on some papers into meaningful comments and suggestions when I write up my reviews. It makes me all the more appreciative of all your comments and hard work on our book!
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LordFerguson  Pro User  says:

Congratulations about the award!

I really appreciate if my advisor or colleages (even the referees ;) ) fill my papers with a lot of corrections. As I usually says: Please, make the paper drip red ink!
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Unhindered by Talent  Pro User  says:

Thanks! Glad you appreciate some serious comments - not all people do :-).

Ego-less writing for the win!
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kool_skatkat says:

with a pen like that... I would too!
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Unhindered by Talent  Pro User  says:

It is a nice pen - a gift from my lovely wife a few years ago :-).
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|||> tapa ... cant comment in moment -SORRY  Pro User  says:

hello, i'm an admin for a new group called bitches brew. and we'd love to have your picture added to the group!


it's no reason to comment photos, but it would be nice to appreciate other peoples work :)
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thegeneralx  Pro User  says:

My English professors don't put in that much effort.
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Unhindered by Talent  Pro User  says:

@thegeneralx I don't know what's happening with your profs, but there are lots of different kinds of editing. If I'm working on a first year paper or an early draft of any document I'll usually try to focus on more "big picture" stuff. (Although I'm not always successful at this.) The level of detail shown here tends to freak people out, and if the paper isn't very stable yet it's not a good use of the effort.

Here, though, we were getting close to the "final" submission copy, so it was all hands on deck and scribble at full speed!
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