[bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare Housekeeping Suggestion
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:40:49 -0700 (PDT)
I think that's an excellent idea!! And maybe the
submitters of Fair books will, as you say, wonder why
their books aren't being validated and will check to
see if the rating is accurate. My understanding is
that Fair is a default rating and if the submitter
doesn't change it... THe submitter can check and if
the rating is wrong because he/she has prevalidated,
he/she can reject and resubmit.
Cindy
--- Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Fellow volunteers, I would like to offer a
> suggestion for your
> consideration. In the past, we have occasionally
> discussed needing to
> tackle the books that linger on step 1. I
> personally felt bad about
> people having submitted books that weren't being
> processed. However, I
> have come to believe that my efforts were misguided
> and focused in the
> wrong direction. I believe there may be a better,
> more effective way
> to focus our attention as a group. When I looked
> last night, there were
> 405 books awaiting validation on the step 1 page.
> By looking at the
> Books In Process list, it is easy to see which books
> are rated as
> excellent. I'd like to propose a deliberate shift
> of our focus so we
> can process books rated excellent first. The people
> submitting
> excellent scans have taken time to proofread their
> work, and they
> shouldn't have to wait for approval while we eek out
> a decent read from
> a raw scan rated fair. Once we process many of the
> excellent books, we
> could turn to working on the books rated good to see
> if they can be
> improved. What do I think we should do with the
> older books rated fair
> or good on step 1? For now, I vote that we leave
> them there like we
> might leave paperwork in a drawer until we have time
> to read it.
> They'll sink to the bottom of the download list and
> will be easier to
> find later. Careful submitters would be rewarded by
> responsive approval
> times. Those who consistently produce raw,
> illegible scans may enquire
> about what happened to their books and could be
> diplomatically directed
> to the list or chat room for some tailored help in
> improving scan quality.
>
> What do you all think? Could we work together and
> get some really nice
> scans processed over the next couple of months? Do
> you see any wholes
> in my thinking? As it stands now, I am not going to
> touch a book that
> is rated good or fair until we have gotten or step 1
> page down to 200
> books awaiting attention. I'm willing to
> re-evaluate this decision if
> any of you see a serious flaw with this.
>
> Monica Willyard
>
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