Pedants' Corner

Roger_Rampant

Putting asterisks against some fields and not others, then when people don't complete the boxes without asterisks you highlight them in red and say that they must be completed:

http://marketing.michelin.co.uk/goodwood-revival-2014

lilias

Well, I have finally emailed Bestloved about their competition countdown clock which is always set to end at midnight when the comp doesn't finish until the following noon.

I hesitated because I've already contacted them twice - once about a link that led to the wrong competition and once about their spelling of "receive" as "recieve" on their site - and I imagined them groaning "It's that woman again". Then I decided I didn't care and emailed them.

gholmes724

Newsletters which have an opt in option but unless you tick it the competition won't submit, why give a false and infuriating non 'option'

Roger_Rampant

gholmes724 wrote: »

Newsletters which have an opt in option but unless you tick it the competition won't submit, why give a false and infuriating non 'option'

Like this one:
http://www.mtv.co.uk/competitions/win-a-shure-sm58-microphone-with-soundchain

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CK1223

My county not being in a generic drop-down list of counties. I do live in a real place!

Marg2k8

I've just noticed the thread title has changed again.

hamsterfan1

CK1223 wrote: »

My county not being in a generic drop-down list of counties. I do live in a real place!

this happens to me too, I live in North Somerset, & neither that or City & County of Bristol (my postal city) rarely come up so I'm usually in Somerset which is about 20 miles south!

fannyadams

Alidolly wrote: »

Comps that are for the UK ONLY but have a drop down menu with 70 odd countries...and the United Kingdom is near the bottom...seriously why!?? :mad:

...because they are sorted alphabetically and United Kingdom starts with U, but sometimes if you look USA is at the top followed by the country listing in alphabetical order. :mad:

HWTHMBO (the biggest pedant in our house) says the person coding that particular part of the website couldn't be bothered to change the coding (usually due to inexperience/ lack of knowledge) and they can make it have UK at the top of the alphabetical list.

thingamaBob

fannyadams wrote: »

...because they are sorted alphabetically and United Kingdom starts with U, but sometimes if you look USA is at the top followed by the country listing in alphabetical order. :mad:

HWTHMBO (the biggest pedant in our house) says the person coding that particular part of the website couldn't be bothered to change the coding (usually due to inexperience/ lack of knowledge) and they can make it have UK at the top of the alphabetical list.

The point is, why have a drop down list at all if it is only open to UK. (See, I do qualify to be here)

CrikeyBananas

Maybe it's just me that gets irked by things like this, but then I suppose that is both the beauty and the burden of being a pedant.

This was the drop-down menu found on a competition this morning (no Photobucket, so can't post the screenshot itself):

How old are you?
Under 20
20-35
35-50
50-65
65+

It bothers me mainly because I was taught how to correctly create surveys when I was about 12 (and I'd hazard a guess and say this was probably created by someone well past that age). Overlapping categories are a big, fat NO!!