meghamlton

This is very helpful, @vickieito! When dealing with completed academic work, I will make suggestions in the comment portion rather than using track changes, including grammatical edits. How do you make comments on a PDF?

@vickieito--I appreciate your reply! To clarify: I would be unable to edit the document, as in insert a comma where a comma should be, is what you're saying? Proofreading includes editing, so that's where I'm a bit confused. Would your suggestion be to highlight the error but not correct it?

I agree with you. My confusion rests with the fact that Fiverr themselves states that proofreading and editing academic work is fine. It seems to be unclear. It hasn't been an issue for me over the past few months, as I've mainly attracted professionals. In terms of the messaging before booking, I like to make sure I can meet all client's needs / can turn down a project or talk things through if need be. That's been going well for me so far. As I said, I was looking for thoughts regarding editing and proofreading specifically and the fine print Fiverr has on it, which I've included in the screenshots above.

Hello all! So, I'm curious about thoughts / experiences with editing and proofreading academic work within your editing and proofreading gigs. Fiverr is clear about the limitations in writing and plagiarizing academic work, i.e. someone wanting the seller to write their entire essay, do their homework, etc., With that being said, the academic Do and Don't list suggest that proofreading would be totally fine. From seller page https://www.fiverr.com/support/articles/360020869438-Academic-services-on-Fiverr---The-Dos-and-Donts: From buyer page: https://www.fiverr.com/support/articles/360020869658-Academic-services-on-Fiverr---The-Dos-and-Donts?segment=buyer This would mean that while writing is a very obvious no go, proofreading, editing, and suggestions would be allowed and, in fact, seem to be encouraged. Yet, on this forum there are mixed messages about this--some sellers seem adamant on no academic work in general and others use these guidelines. Looking for thoughts on navigating this gray space, and if anyone has directly contacted Fiverr CS about this previously.