In your case, Gale, the editor you were working with violated the primary protocol of the editor-author relationship, which is not to send copy to press without obtaining the author's consent. Authors and editors are meant to work together so that the final draft is agreeable to all parties. Since you were not given that opportunity, your editor's behavior was indefensible. Was your experience with BE a common experience? If so, then BE's "Editorial Staff" bears the responsibility for creating the problems which you mention. It seems that the BE violated its own policy as spelled out on page viii: "Edited articles were submitted to authors for their approval and final checking." I have written books and articles since 1964 and not once have I been left out of the loop by an editor on what was eventually published. It is true that not all editors are equal in terms of making demands on their authors, but no editor has the right to change the final content without the author's consent. Dwayne Wrightsman -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of gale honeyman Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 1:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BRE] In Defense of the BE I am in awe that such a fete was accomplished in such a few short years. Yes there are errors and omissions, but I have yet to see a work of genealogical or historical nature complete to the last dotted 'i' and crossed 't'. Overall, we would be much less informed about our rich Brethren heritage without its existence. However I must take a bit of exception to your statement Dwayne. I am the author of the Spitler family article. I submitted it air tight with the prescribed number of words. It was edited to include a completely different Spitler family that had no connection to the one of the article. Unfortunately, it was not passed back to me for review, so it is incorrectly printed. I also submitted the Flora (Flory) Family article which the family history editor added to and changed. The one fact that should have been included, but was deleted is there are in excess of 500 ministers and missionaries of which I have in my records that descend from the 1733 emigrants, Joseph & Mary (Bugh) Flory. Nearly all represented various branches of the Brethren. Even those of us who strive are not always accurately quoted in the printed word. Gale Honeyman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dwayne Wrightsman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2011 11:40 AM Subject: [BRE] In Defense of the BE When I use the BE I always look up the author as a part of reading the article. If the author is not a historian or a known expert on the subject, I read it with great reservation.