[bksvol-discuss] Re: VAT's proposed change to adult rating system
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:12:29 -0700 (PDT)
Hmm My only objection to these categories is that sexual situations is
different from explicit descriptions of sex; it could include kissing and mild
situations such as caressing; would people object to that? Also,, although
"strong lanugage might be o.k. for obscenities, would it include profanity (as
commonly understood, Roger)?
Cindy
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--- On Sun, 3/28/10, Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] VAT's proposed change to adult rating system
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, March 28, 2010, 12:48 PM
> Because numerous problems around the
> adult rating system have come up frequently the following
> was proposed by the Volunteer Advisory Team to
> Bookshare. It is currently under consideration by
> Bookshare for implementation.
>
> From VAT to Bookshare:
>
> Based on discussions on the volunteer booklist, and amongst
> ourselves, we,
> the volunteer advisory team, would like to request that
> Bookshare make the
> following changes to the book rating system:
>
> 1. Both submitters and proofreaders should have the ability
> to make
> decisions concerning a book's content status.
> 2. That three checkboxes indicating whether or not a book
> has "strong
> language", "descriptions of sexual situations" and
> "violence" either replace
> the current method of rating a book as adult or not, or be
> developed in
> addition to the current adult rating structure.
> 3. That the results of these checkboxes be placed
> prominently on the new
> books list, most popular books list and book searches, any
> screen that shows
> multiple books as well as on the book information screen.
> 4. That options can be configured in My Account, so
> that a user can elect
> not to be presented with titles that have been marked as
> containing strong
> language, explicit descriptions of sex or violence.
> and
> 5. That Bookshare publish guidelines, including, but
> not necessarily
> limited to a complete list of words which the tools
> consider to indicate
> adult content, for volunteers to employ when making
> these designations, so
> that as much as possible of the subjectivity can be
> removed.
>
> Judy s, co-chair, VAT
>
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