Some people just want the credit and do the bare minimum to get that credit. I do think most, if not all, of us here are beyond that, but there are some validators who don't even do a spell check. That can be obvious with some of the books in the collection. A lot of us do want better than that, and a lot of us care more about the quality than the credit, but there are some things that would have been easy to spot if the validator would have done a little more than the minimum. I've seen that in some of the books I've read. Take care. Julie Morales Life is a gift from God. What we do with it is our gift to Him. ----- Original Message ----- From: k4zq To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 7:27 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Admin. Q Julie, Forgive my impertinence, but why would someone validate a book if they really don't care? Seems that if one is willing to volunteer to take on that kind of work, it should be because they want the books on the site to be the best possible. Peace, Ernie ----- Original Message ----- From: Julie Morales To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 9:01 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Admin. Q Hi, Tom. I can understand what you're saying about this, but sometimes, if books are poorly done, really long or anything like that, it might take longer to get them done. Some validators are perfectionists and want their books to be as good as they can make them. Others just do the bare minimum and let it go at that. Some books would be rejected if a validator who really cared about that particular book couldn't keep it until it was worthy of putting up and as good as it could be made. This might not be an issue for some, but for other books, they may be rare or something that most people might not think about rescanning, so that book might not ever make it to the site if that happens. These are all just thoughts out loud and probably at least some reasons for why there is no limit. take care. Julie Morales Life is a gift from God. What we do with it is our gift to Him. ----- Original Message ----- From: tom hawkins To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 7:40 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Admin. Q Gerald, A second thought, Has Bookshare ever decided to limet the number of edit renewals allowed? It would seem that after a reasonable period, the book should be returned to the step-one Q. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald Hovas To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 4:17 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Admin. Q Tom, Janice has said that it's been a bit of a mad house around there since back in December due to anual end of the year tasks and getting things backunder control since the holidays. Once things calm down a bit I would imagine that Gustavo will whittle down the Awaiting Admin Approval queue. As for if he ever gets to the bottom, I believe he did that two or three times last year and ended up sending out a message that he had nothing to approve. HTH Gerald -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of tom hawkins Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 12:54 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Admin. Q Hi Everyone, been laying low for a while. But I have a question, do you think Gustavo will ever get to the bottom of the administrative Q? Still have books sitting there from September, and my Dreamland series by Dale Brown has-never been found apparently, lost, "lost beneath the streets of Boston," their fate never to be learned, as the song goes. The answers I get are vague, that the books are out being edited, since May or June? Tom ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/242 - Release Date: 1/26/2006