[bksvol-discuss] Re: An alternative to validating fair quality submissions
- From: Mayrie ReNae <mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:43:01 -0800
Hi Ilene,
I like your idea about Bookshare ceasing to accept fair
submissions. This topic comes up again and again. If the tool which
ranks the accuracy of a book were implemented during the submission
process as well as at the end of the process, fair rated books could
be eliminated. Not sure if it will ever change, but I, for one,
would love to see it happen.
Peace,
Mayrie
At 08:31 AM 1/12/2008, you wrote:
I certainly sympathize with this suggestion, but I do have a problem
with it. The problem is that so far, book are not supposed to be
rejected because they are rated fair. If they were, we wouldn't have
the fair rating allowed in the first place. If a validator who is
also a scanner rejects the original scanner's fair book and then
submits a scan of her own, she takes away the original scanner's
credits, no matter how undeserved they might be in terms of book
quality, and gives them to herself. This is not your intention, but
this is what happens.
If Bookshare wants to have more excellent scans it has to go to the
root of the problem and not allow people to submit fair scans, or
maybe even good ones although that's more debatable I suppose. Yes,
some scanners may drop out if they're held to a higher
responsibility, so that has to be part of the consideration of this
matter. But if excellent books is what we are after, the original
rules have to be tougher. If just getting as many books as possible
is the goal, then fair scans have to stay. Personally, I'd vote for
a slower groth rate and a higher quality.
There's my two cents' worth.
Ilene
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