Where's The Editor?

[AB Editor]

The Editor will be back in the office later this week. Please see the blog section for more information.
Thanks

[4getmenot]

4getmenot passes out

[4getmenot]

Oh just read it, feel a bit bad now. Hope ED gets better soon. x

[ChuckFickens]

Chuck quickly checks the page's source code!!!

It's not an editor clone

Chuck also faints

[4GS]

So why not advertise for a temp to cover the Ed during her illness?

Anyhoo, glad you're back Ed and hope you make a speedy, 100% recovery

[4getmenot]

I dont quite understand how we got alot of AB Asks posts but that we wouldnt have a blog in all that time though

[Octavius]

Imposter!!

[Octavius]

Oh dear, just read the blog.

Soigne-toi bien, Ms AB Ed.

[netibiza]

This site is enough to drive anyone round the twist. Bet the Ed's got nervous tics and twitches to last a lifetime. Ah Bless, get well soon. x

[Octavius]

Couldn't she have had a wireless laptop in the sanatorium so as to keep in touch with your regulars?

[B00]

Why would she need a lappy in the sanitorium? Most ABers are residents there, me included.

[yapisle]

Well well well?

What do we believe? ....

The benefit of the doubt?
The Ed has been ill - bset of luck with your recovery, if genuine
There has been no direction at AB for 3 months
Someone needs to 'carry the can' (Ed's boss)

A good excuse? ....
A 'story' is needed to 'explain' the silence of the last 3 months?
Ed has not been ill
Sir Alan Sugar is needed urgently at AB Tower

Well -
I shall wait to see what the next 3 months bring?
The Jury is out .....

[LoftyLottie]

Well, if the editor has been ill then I'm truly glad she is now better. However, I too am suspicious. So someone in a large organisation is taken ill, but the powers that be don't even think about a temporary solution?

Please forgive me if I am wrong.

[LoftyLottie]

p.s. I don't for one minute think that there is such a position as 'Editor' on AB. I think it's just one of numerous tasks allocated to a team.

[theonlyone]

Yeah ..don't hold your breath ....think
he was in Bristol ..but you know what
the transport system is like in the UK ...

[cazzz1975]

Im with you on that lottie, I find this all a bit sus, months of mayhem then this, why is it that no one could bother to tell us when we were moaning months ago about the lack of control in this place?

[Octavius]

I reckon she's on garden leave and they are waiting for the employment tribunal to be all cleared up before they can formally appoint the new editor.

[ventpeg]

I too am not 'convinced' like yapisle / LoftyLottie / crazz1975

We are told that the Ed has been ill as being the reason for silence from 6 March 08 to 9 June 08 ..... yet there were 'AB Editor' postings (including the competition still cluttering up Q&A) ..... so, someone was allowed 'to act' / to take the user name BUT, not inform Abers as to what was going on ....

Then there was the immeditae prior gap 11 Dec 07 to 5 March 08 ...... do you recall the explanation posted, then -

� There�s been so much going on at AB recently so we�re sorry for the apparent lack of Editorial presence on the AnswerBank but we have been working hard behind the scenes, responding to all your emails although some of you claim not to have received them! So, if you have emailed us but haven�t had a response check out our FAQ page and make sure your email account is set up correctly to receive emails from us.

We�ve also been answering your all your editorial and technical phone calls as well as moderating the site and attempting to fix the new version of AnswerBank! �

... well, the above excuse fell into disrepute, as the site has gone backwards and not forward in the last 3 months ....

AB explanations for six months of Chaos are no better than Politicians explaining their Expenses!!!!!

[theonlyone]

Joe will be back to sort it out ....

[jno]

I imagine any staff member can post AB Asks posts, and presumably they can all do the routine jobs of sluicing out CB, answering the phones, feeding the yaks etc. But they can't do the Editor's blog because that's personal to the Ed. As for why nobody else was appointed to stand in, it looks to me as if AB doesn't make much money - no subs, and relatively few ads - and it's unlikely there's enough round to hire a temp while still paying the Ed's sick pay. It's not parliament, y'know.