[bksvol-discuss] Re: Quality and validation credits

Thanks for the background info, Jake.  I appreciate
it.

Cindy

--- Jake Brownell <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hey Cindy,
>     I'll try and shed a little bit of light on why
> the system was set up as
> such. Keep in mind I wasn't around here back then
> and so have learned it
> second hand.
> 
>     Originally validators were only able to see the
> first 5000 characters of
> a book and the last 5000. Pushing validations
> thruogh was known as mass
> validation. This is why so many books in the
> collection have no synopsis.
> Either the book was donated by Project Gutenberg and
> so someone didn't
> necessarily read it, or the validator couldn't
> provide a synopsis when the
> submitter didn't because they couldn't read the
> book.
> 
>     I think making validations worth $1.00 would be
> worthwhile. I don't
> support anything more than that because I think
> validation needs to remain a
> task that should not require as much work as
> scanning. With new volunteers
> joining we want to emphasize that a good scan is
> much preferred to a
> validator being forced to clean up a mess.
> 
> I'm glad you're out there willing to validate
> because I rarely show the
> patience for it *grin*
> 
> Jake
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 1:06 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Quality and validation
> credits
> 
> 
> > Yes,Kaitlyn, you understand perfectly. And as
> Robert
> > (I think) said, a lot of us have complained about
> this
> > for some time. While many, perhaps most, of you
> know
> > clean up your work carefully before submitting, so
> > that the validator has little to do, there are
> still
> > people who scan, maybe do a spell-check or not,
> and
> > submit. Since many people who validate take the
> time
> > to do so carefully and clean up those mistakes
> rather
> > than rejecting them out of hand, they deserve more
> > than 50 cents credit.
> >
> > ADMINISTRATORS: I understand that maybe when
> bookshare
> > was just getting started you wanted to encourage
> > submissions and maybe that's why so much credit
> was
> > given for them, but MAY I SUGGEST  THAT NOW THAT
> THERE
> > ARE SO MANY BOOKS IN THE COLLECTION AND SO MANY
> BOOKS
> > ON THE PAGE ONE DOWNLOAD LIST THAT NEED TO
> VALIDATED
> > THAT THE CREDITS BE REVERSED, OR AT LEAST MADE
> EQUAL?
> > Maybe $1.50 for either submission or validation,
> if
> > you don't want to up it from $3 to $5.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > -- Kaitlyn Hill <Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello Allison and Robert,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the info. So it seems that scanning
> is
> > > worth a lot more than
> > > validating.
> > >
> > > If I read Roberts note correctly...
> > > If you scan a book and upload it and it is
> released
> > > it's it $2.50. If the
> > > uploader validates that same book it is the
> $2.50
> > > plus the $0.50 for
> > > validating.
> > > Just validating is $0.50.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Kaitlyn Hill <Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello Allison and Robert,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the info. So it seems that scanning
> is
> > > worth a lot more than
> > > validating.
> > >
> > > If I read Roberts note correctly...
> > > If you scan a book and upload it and it is
> released
> > > it's it $2.50. If the
> > > uploader validates that same book it is the
> $2.50
> > > plus the $0.50 for
> > > validating.
> > > Just validating is $0.50.
> > >
> > > Kaitlyn
> > > Level III Practitioner
> > > Reconnective healing and the Reconnection
> > > Level 1 Reiki healing
> > > Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > Life is not measured by the number of breaths
> you
> > > take but by the number of
> > > moments that take your breath away:)
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > > Behalf Of Allison Mervis
> > > Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 8:10 AM
> > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Quality and
> validation
> > > credits
> > >
> > > Hey there Kaitlyn!
> > > I believe it's $2.50 for each book you submit
> and
> > > $0.50 for every
> > > validation.
> > > Allison
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Kaitlyn Hill" <Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 9:22 AM
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Quality and validation
> > > credits
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hello All:)
> > > >
> > > > It's a cloudy Sunday morning here in Portland
> and
> > > I'm off to the races:)
> > > > Dragon boat races that is.
> > > >
> > > > Two questions.
> > > > First for the K1000 users what is the general
> > > standard for spelling
> > > > ranging.
> > > > How low do people try to get that number. I
> know,
> > > 0 is ideal?
> > > >
> > > > Second, I have been a little unclear on the
> credit
> > > for scanning and
> > > > validating. What does one get for each? It
> seems I
> > > have heard some
> > > > different
> > > > numbers.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Kaitlyn
> > > > Level III Practitioner
> > > > Reconnective healing and the Reconnection
> > > > Level 1 Reiki healing
> > > > Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > >
> > > > Life is not measured by the number of breaths
> you
> > > take but by the number
> > > > of
> > > > moments that take your breath away:)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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