[bksvol-discuss] Re: An alternative to validating fair quality submissions
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:23:01 -0800 (PST)
I agree, and was going to suggest that alternative.
Maybe it's time the rules changed, *except* for
textbooks needed by students for class.
G.Cindy
--- Ilene Sirocca <ilenesia@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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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