I don't think five books is an onerous restriction. If a book needs missing pages or whatever, there are four other books to work on. That is plenty. It only takes a few seconds to renew a book.
Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 12:34 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] "not quite ready for prime time list"
I suggest that the list be used for only limited reasons. Anyone "kicking back" a book to the list must meet one of the criteria.Criteria may include things like getting missing pages from another volunteer getting explanation of diagrams from another volunteer working on charts in book and need a week's breakThe list will allow people who have taken on several difficult books to validate something short or easy or diverting and come back refreshed.The list will protect books which truly are being worked on. Before the five book limit, the list was not necessary.The five book limit has been great at curbing many situations and streamlining validating in many ways.The five book limit is a limit in a way which will be addressed by the "not quite ready for prime time list".Some of us are validating several large textbooks because the submitters know we can fix dates by actually reading most of the book.Date fixing includes 13 22 equals 1322 153O equals 1530and others. I have worked out all kinds of find searches for dates but still it means reading much of a book. I know a solution is to take on less. I am suggesting the list as another alternative.The act of validating is easy enough and I can do it reading something short for leisure. It is making sure my books can stay mine while I take a break which concerns me. The list is just a way of perhaps helping burn out among validators.E. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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