Cindy, I think people find it easier to e-mail their "wishes" for books to the bookshare discuss lists rather than the bookshare wishlist is because the wishlist doesn't post everything that gets e-mailed. It says that the books are the most requested books. I, for one, have e-mailed a few times to the wishlist address but my books never make it onto the wishlist. So, that might be why people use this service as well as Rui's list. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 7:28 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Step 1 list, Rui's lists, Jesse's list > That's a good idea, Tom. I thought when I first > started here the download list did show a title and > that it was veing validated, but maybe that was my > imagination. The Wish List asks people to send in > books they'd like to see in the collection, but > apparently people don't mail in their requests -- > they find it easier to post here, and so Rui started > her lists. Why people find it easier to post here or > e-mail to Rui rather than to e-mail to the Wish List > address I don't know. maybe because going to the site > involves more steps, i.e., logging in, clicking on > Wish List, then following the directions to make a > request. Here and to Rui one just has to send an > e-mail, and she does all the work. > > Cindy > > > -- Tom McElroy <tmcelroy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Rather than having all these lists -- official, > > unofficial, and periodically > > posted by administrators, why not make the Step 1 > > download list a master > > listing of all uploaded books, one which lists the > > status of the book, > > whether that status is "awaiting download for > > validation," "out for > > validation," "rejected," or "awaiting > > administrator's approval." This would > > incorporate Jesse's list, and Rui's "recently > > rejected by validators" list, > > right into the Step 1 download list. > > > > Likewise, the Wish List could be expanded to include > > a status for any book > > that "needs to be rescanned" or is "out for initial > > scanning," which would > > incorporate two more of Rui's lists into the Wish > > List. Computers are great > > at keeping track of such tedious details. > > > > Am I making any sense? > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! > http://vote.yahoo.com > >