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The Sunday Mail has done it again

In today's paper, they have Glenelg's percentage as 55.65% when it should be 53.65%.

What I find the most embarrassing about this though is that the points for and against are correct - so they obviously haven't mastered the (relatively) simple skill of using formulae (in Excel or whatever they use) to calculate percentages.

The fact that a "5" was misprinted for a "3" indicates that they must calculate the percentages by hand - not done automatically from what is in the other columns.

Surely there is someone at the Sunday Mail who has some basic Excel skills to ensure these kind of mistakes don't happen in future?

And PS: Did anyone else besides me find that page 63 was totally missing and instead got two copies of page 65?

Must admit I noticed that, only because I'd looked at the ladder on footysa last night and saw that the paper was different.
I had no doubt in trusting that footysa was on the mark as opposed to the Mail.
Very amateurish Sunday Mail.

Ecky wrote:And PS: Did anyone else besides me find that page 63 was totally missing and instead got two copies of page 65?

You must have an earlier edition. I have the final edition. The page 63/65 scenario is no problem, but they still have Glenelg's % wrong.

Adelaide Hawk wrote:

Ecky wrote:And PS: Did anyone else besides me find that page 63 was totally missing and instead got two copies of page 65?

You must have an earlier edition. I have the final edition. The page 63/65 scenario is no problem, but they still have Glenelg's % wrong.

I've got the same problem. Do you have the stats for the Norwood/North game then, or is it up to the Advertiser on Monday to do a simple task like that?

One thing that is really pissing me off in the Amatuer results in the mail is, they shorten names to fit them in obviously but a lot of the time they dont need too, Some weeks they put Elizabeth in , next week itll be Eliz or Elizab Very annoying. The columns are the same width every week!!! Obviously no one there has any idea how to get the best out of mS Excel.

They had Port at 3 quarter time as 18.11.

I know you guys have probably done this 100 times over the years - but has anyone let the Sunday Mail know that they've f.cked it up?

JessicaRabbit69 wrote:I know you guys have probably done this 100 times over the years - but has anyone let the Sunday Mail know that they've f.cked it up?

I'd email them but im not sure if they have the internet there.

stan wrote:

JessicaRabbit69 wrote:I know you guys have probably done this 100 times over the years - but has anyone let the Sunday Mail know that they've f.cked it up?

I'd email them but im not sure if they have the internet there.

i think there still trying to complete level one on a reading and typing course so they can answer the email.

The mistake was repeated in today's Advertiser.

So they obviously don't know how to use a spreadsheet to calculate their percentages either.

No one here stuffs up relatively simple tasks at their work?

Dogwatcher wrote:No one here stuffs up relatively simple tasks at their work?

come on dogwatcher, let us have our fun.......

Dogwatcher wrote:No one here stuffs up relatively simple tasks at their work?

That's not the point I was making, Dogwatcher.

I would understand if they simply typed in the wrong "points for" for a team, as this is something that needs to be entered manually and is prone to human error.

But the fact that only the percentage is wrong shows that they don't use a formula to calculate it from the points for and against - and hence their spreadsheet knowledge is very limited.

True, I am nitpicking a little, but surely someone at the Advertiser/Sunday Mail has done an introductory MS Excel training course, and could make up a template to ensure these kinds of mistakes don't happen?

I have once pointed out to them a mistake they made.

They printed an apology 3 days later on page 58 of the paper where no one read it unless you are reading - The Births - Deaths & Marriages !!!

JessicaRabbit69 wrote:I know you guys have probably done this 100 times over the years - but has anyone let the Sunday Mail know that they've f.cked it up?

It would be less work to simply thank them when they <i>don't</i> stuff it up...