[bksvol-discuss] Re: Quality checks procedure -- was WRe: Re:Self-validation
- From: "Susan Lumpkin" <slumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 15:45:23 -0500
I am so glad that you asked that as I was thinking of doing the same. I'll
eagerly await the answer.
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.Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Quality checks procedure -- was WRe:
Re:Self-validation
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.Guido,
.I hate to reveal the depth of my ignorance, and as no one else has asked
.the question, it must be deeper than I thought.
.What is the difference between a double single quote and a single double
.quote and how can I tell them apart and replace one with the other. My
.speech engine just says quote..
.
.Jim
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.
.
.At 01:55 PM 6/18/04 -0500, you wrote:
.>
.> I found that the following set of checks tend to generate rather high
.>results:
.>
.>
.> sample every 20 pages.
.>
.> works best if the book uses the word 'chapter' or something else to search
.>for.
.>
.> Definitely tedious, as I do it on each and every page.
.>
.> I merge it with the last word on the previous page if appropriate.
.>
.> These will let you find all sorts of words that were split at end of
.>lines or at end of pages and can be repaired.
.>
.> Remove manually each occurrence of these clustered nasty things as
.>appropriate.
.>
.> Remove or repair manually as required.
.> we can copy/paste them in the find dialogue to search for them in the
.>document.
.>
.> Do each change manually as appropriate.
.>
.> in most cases that should be changed to I followed by apostrophes.
.>
.> In most cases that is part of a '11, which should become an 'll.
.>
.> Do a mass replacement of double single quote with single double quote.
.>
.> you may be deleting someone's middle initial.
.>
.>
.>
.>Hope this helps.
.>
.>Guido D. Corona
.> Austin Tx.
.> IBM Research,
.> (512) 838-9735
.> Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
.>
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.>
.>
.>
.>
.> <>
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.>Self-validation
.>
.>
.>
.>
.> I completely concur!
.>
.> The harsh
.> truth is, your own errors are much easier to miss, even if you've let that
.> I guess the urge to
.> self validate is a natural one, since people get submission credits and
.> I have a Kate
.> Wilhelm mystery that's been up there for some time now, and I want very
.> much to just validate the thing and get the credits and more importantly,
.> I'm too aware of how
.> I think
.> the checks and balances that exist here--the ones that encourage others to
.> I realize
.> others will challenge my position, suggesting that self validation is
.> absolutely the only way some of the more esoteric titles will get
.> The first book I ever validated was a Christian
.> romance--decidedly not, not, not something I would normally want to read
.> Oddly enough, that's precisely the reason I chose
.> I figured the material would be so new and different to me that I'd be
.> That book entered the Bookshare system with a
.>"" I spent some time with
.>"" rating, and it's now part of
.> the collection.
.>
.> I don't use it as an example
.> Very nearly all of you have been at the
.> submission and validation end of this far longer than have I, and you're
.> doubtless the ultimate experts, having forgotten more in a day than I will
.> I just find self validation a little scary, especially in
.> light of rather strong messages lately which have called for higher quality
.> There's no doubt we achieve higher quality
.> validations if we don't do them ourselves.
.>
.> magazine I edit goes through no fewer than four different
.> I'm
.> not advocating for absolute rigid perfection; we are volunteers, after all,
.> But self validation is an excellent way to increase the
.> number of potential errors into the system.
.>
.> So that I don't totally come across here as being the loud mouthed whiner
.> If you have a book that's been up
.> there quite a while, I'll take yours and validate it, regardless of the
.> It's called
.>"" and it's 614 pages, so I'm
.> Obviously,
.><>
.>
.> But in light of recent
.> messages that have called for higher standards in terms of better quality
.> scans and better validations, redoubling our resolve to let others validate
.> our work is probably one good way to ensure the increased quality of the
.> collection.
.>
.> Best Regards,
.>
.> Nolan, who is dawning his fire-retardant e-mail-reading suit in preparation
.> for all that indignant mail from self validators :-)
.>
.>
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