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My review was denied twice due to being short. However there is a reason for that. This book is racist, etc. Will someone read the review and suggested how to make this longer, please?
There is a reason I did not put certain quotes from the book. I explain why in that review. Not being rude, I can provide evidence from the news of racism and what happens when someone speaks against it. To be more specific when a mix person, etc make a negative comment. If I know this book was about race, I would never touch. Again, that is hot topic in today society.
Please help. Mahalo.
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1) A minimum of 400 words
2) A minimum of 5 paragraphs
There are other reasons why a review may be rejected by the editors, but it sounds like you didn't have at least 400 words and it got automatically rejected. It's a good idea to check that you met the guidelines for these two things before submitting the review. If you are using a Word Processing program to write the review before copying and pasting it to the site, there is usually a word count on the page - at least, that's the case on Microsoft Word. I am assuming the other program also show the word count.
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bookowlie wrote:Are you are saying that your review was immediately blocked/rejected by the computer system before the editors read and scored it? If that is the case, here is what happened. A review will be automatically rejected by the OBC computer system if it doesn't have both of the following -
1) A minimum of 400 words
2) A minimum of 5 paragraphs
There are other reasons why a review may be rejected by the editors, but it sounds like you didn't have at least 400 words and it got automatically rejected. It's a good idea to check that you met the guidelines for these two things before submitting the review. If you are using a Word Processing program to write the review before copying and pasting it to the site, there is usually a word count on the page - at least, that's the case on Microsoft Word. I am assuming the other program also show the word count.
-- October 22nd, 2016, 7:39 am --
alwaysdaddygirl wrote:Aloha,
My review was denied twice due to being short. However there is a reason for that. This book is racist, etc. Will someone read the review and suggested how to make this longer, please?
There is a reason I did not put certain quotes from the book. I explain why in that review. Not being rude, I can provide evidence from the news of racism and what happens when someone speaks against it. To be more specific when a mix person, etc make a negative comment. If I know this book was about race, I would never touch. Again, that is hot topic in today society.
Please help. Mahalo.
Your review was probably blocked/rejected by the computer system because it was too short and not because of its content. You are not required to put quotes. Please read the Guidelines & Basics (on your review team). it includes "Expert Advice for Writing a Review". Good luck!
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bookowlie wrote:Are you are saying that your review was immediately blocked/rejected by the computer system before the editors read and scored it? If that is the case, here is what happened. A review will be automatically rejected by the OBC computer system if it doesn't have both of the following -
1) A minimum of 400 words
2) A minimum of 5 paragraphs
There are other reasons why a review may be rejected by the editors, but it sounds like you didn't have at least 400 words and it got automatically rejected. It's a good idea to check that you met the guidelines for these two things before submitting the review. If you are using a Word Processing program to write the review before copying and pasting it to the site, there is usually a word count on the page - at least, that's the case on Microsoft Word. I am assuming the other program also show the word count.
Mahalo for the informative information! ?
-- 23 Oct 2016, 00:32 --
gali wrote:bookowlie wrote:Are you are saying that your review was immediately blocked/rejected by the computer system before the editors read and scored it? If that is the case, here is what happened. A review will be automatically rejected by the OBC computer system if it doesn't have both of the following -
1) A minimum of 400 words
2) A minimum of 5 paragraphs
There are other reasons why a review may be rejected by the editors, but it sounds like you didn't have at least 400 words and it got automatically rejected. It's a good idea to check that you met the guidelines for these two things before submitting the review. If you are using a Word Processing program to write the review before copying and pasting it to the site, there is usually a word count on the page - at least, that's the case on Microsoft Word. I am assuming the other program also show the word count.
-- October 22nd, 2016, 7:39 am --
alwaysdaddygirl wrote:Aloha,
My review was denied twice due to being short. However there is a reason for that. This book is racist, etc. Will someone read the review and suggested how to make this longer, please?
There is a reason I did not put certain quotes from the book. I explain why in that review. Not being rude, I can provide evidence from the news of racism and what happens when someone speaks against it. To be more specific when a mix person, etc make a negative comment. If I know this book was about race, I would never touch. Again, that is hot topic in today society.
Please help. Mahalo.
Your review was probably blocked/rejected by the computer system because it was too short and not because of its content. You are not required to put quotes. Please read the Guidelines & Basics (on your review team). it includes "Expert Advice for Writing a Review". Good luck!
Mahalo! My fault. I did not explain. I am sorry. I feel quoted are needed in certain cases. I understand the rules with quotes. I do not meab be rude.
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