[bksvol-discuss] Re: Announcement
- From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 12:04:55 -0500
You must be kidding.
You are seriously considering letting books into the new books list without
corrections by a validator!
E.
At 10:53 AM 4/1/2005, you wrote:
Hi Guys,
So operations has decided that the download list is just much too long.
Beginning on Monday, April 4th, book submissions waiting to be validated
for more than two weeks will be automatically processed by a validating
tool and either accepted or rejected for the collection. Because of our
successes with the stripper and other automating processes, we're pretty
much convinced that computer judgement is just as good as human judgement.
Obviously you might ask, where does this put the volunteers? Well, not too
much will change, other than the fact that if you see a title on the
download page that you like, you should snatch it up immediately. Who
knows? The validation tool, whom we've named "Thor," might zap it up the
next day.
Anyway, we figured that this would be much more convenient for everyone
involved, especially me, so I don't have to listen to complaints as to how
long the download list is from day to day.
And on that note, we've also decided to terminate the volunteer list,
starting Monday, April 4th. The idea behind this is that the Bookshare.org
Ops team needs to rule with an iron fist, and voices of dissent and
critique don't have a place in this fuzzy nonprofit.
Oh, and I'll be out of the office for most of the day, getting more books
to flood the step one page. So I'll get back to you by Monday.
I realize all of this is a lot to process. Happy April First. I can't
believe another month has passed.
Best,
Marissa
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