[bksvol-discuss] Re: Admin. Q
- From: "Julie Morales" <mercy421@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:03:24 -0500
Some people can't afford the Bookshare subscription without the credit. I'm one
of them. I don't do what I do specifically for the credits, but it's certainly
a nice incentive, since I wouldn't be able to afford Bookshare without it. That
doesn't mean I wouldn't submit, credit or not, but it certainly helps, and I'd
imagine people validate for the same reason, especially if they're interested
in the books. People who do it specifically for the credit are probably in the
minority, especially for validating, since you only get 50 cents per
validation. I was merely suggesting reasons for why some might do the bare
minimum, but since when I do validate, which is hardly ever any more, but when
I did, I chose books I wanted to read, anyway, so I did more than that. 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: Sunday, January 29, 2006 6:25 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Admin. Q
I really don't care who this offends, because I'm highly offended by a person
who would only validate a book for their own credit! Let me just say that a
person of that sort has no respect for his fellow members, the books, or him or
herself. They are a real unmitigated drag--and I cleaned that up!
On a completely different subject, how does one go about making his
registration as a volunteer valid?
I shall now validate this emale.
Peace,
Ernie
----- Original Message -----
From: Julie Morales
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 3:03 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Admin. Q
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
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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
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