It’s a good idea. Maybe, as soon as the financial crisis quiets (assuming it does!) and I get a paper moving a bit further toward completion, I’ll do a series of posts on this topic. Basically, I’ve made every kind of error possible doing hand-collection. (Including the error I just made, which is assuming that I’ve run out of errors to make.) For now, perhaps this can serve as an open thread for war stories. I’ll start. In my current project, I’ve employed upward of 25 RAs (at one time or another – obviously, not at the same time!). I feel like I spend 95% of the time managing & trying to design error-reduction systems, instead of writing & thinking. It kind of stinks!