Comments on: Review: Risque

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:58:21 +0000

Hiya, I was hoping you could help me with something. I changed my permalinks like you told me to, but now the post comments and cateogory links are messed up. Do you know what I’ve done wrong?

Reply: Emailed you. :)

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:18:10 +0000

Hiya, I’m the owner of Risque and I’d like to thank you for giving me such an in-depth review! You obviously know what you’re talking about and I’m sure that your review will have done my website (no capitalised ‘W’!) nothing but good. Cheers again.

Reply: No problem Sarah! Hope you can get something out of it. :)

By: Rafia

Rafia — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:06:32 +0000

I am responding to your reply here, I hope you don’t mind but…

OMG, Thank you girl! I feel so loved :) =*

By: Bobbi-lee

Bobbi-lee — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:43:59 +0000

That was yet again an excellent review and I enjoyed reading it. I have to ask as well as Kycoo and Jack about the articles thing. I have it as “articles” on my site and i know only one of them is really a true article the other two are just opinions/what not do do list, would i put it under writings instead?

Reply: While “Writings” is, like Jack said, generic, it really is the only title that fully encompasses the whole spectrum of writing styles/finished product. I mean, you can always be creative, and name it something like “Papyrus”, or “Ink” instead, but “Writings” is more straightforward, and so from a plain English/accessibility view, it’s the most appropriate.

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:45:31 +0000

Hey, inspired by Kycoo, I gotta ask… what would you title a section of considered opinion pieces that don’t necessarily cite references? “Writings” sounds so… generic-personal-site that I hate to use it, “Essays” seems like it should be longer and cite sources, because essays are what I wrote in college. “Articles” are short things that run in magazines, and don’t necessarily quote sources, right? Or should we just go with something more generic like “Non-fiction”?

By: Kycoo

Kycoo — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:49:47 +0000

Hey, “semantic” kind of rhymes with “pedantic,” hahaha… Okay, I must have eaten something weird for dinner or something.

“Keep in mind that a proper article would involve quotes from reliable sources, links to such sources, formal language, and well reasoned ideas and concepts that are placed in a logical manner.”

So are articles like essays? I never knew that…

By: Chantelle

Chantelle — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:19:48 +0000

Wow, Amanda - this is an excellent review. Help Rhiannon and then start your own WPR site?

Reply: Eheh, not going to happen. I owned Umb-Rella Reviews for almost two years - the stress of completing 5000+ word reviews fortnightley in order to keep up with demand was too much. I prefer it this way - only reviewing when I have time, and when I can pick and choose the sites in question. It’s kind of my version of an unrequested review - they request one (so can’t argue about receiving it), but they don’t request it from me (so they can bitch at me for being the one to give it to them).

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:01:47 +0000

… Damn, I almost find myself hoping you’ll pluck my site out of the PSGR queue.

That reminds me, I should double-check that Rhiannon’s planning to do my blog and not the main site.

Reply: I try not to review sites I frequent regularly, otherwise I can’t really look at it through fresh eyes. :) I think Rhiannon and Nellie have combined forces and completed your review?

By: Rafia

Rafia — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:40:07 +0000

Wow, what an in depth review? How long on average does it take for you to complete one?

LOL, but I must comment on this… of course that’s the one thing I would spot out and comment on.

“If it came down to a choice between a fluid layout or oral sex from Christian Bale, I might even choose the fluid layout”

I never would! That’s not a hard choice for me.

… of course that’s the one thing I would spot out and comment on.

Reply: Mmm…I never do a review in one sitting (I get distracted too easily), but this particular review would have taken about three hours all up I think, spread over three nights. (I put the Christian part in just for youuuuuu :P)