[bksvol-discuss] Re: should validators be required to read through the whole book?
- From: "Allison Mervis" <allisonfm@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:24:40 -0400
I always tend to read the entire book because as a totally blind person, I
want to check very carefully for errors that might encumber me as a reader.
However, a sighted person can more easily skim the book for blatant errors,
so often, reading the entire thing might not be necessary. Just my two cents
worth.
Allison
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Evan,
Your second point is more cogent. What I meant was exactly as you put it.
A validator doesn't necessarily have to read the entire book, however, he
(or she) should either reject a poor scan, or fix it up.
You said that, didn't you?
Peace,
Ernie
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From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: should validators be required to read through
the whole book?
> True, but I think that puts too much onus on the validator when it
> should
> be on the submitter. Submitters get five times as much credit per book as
> validators do, and while many validators are not in it for the money, they
> certainly shouldn't be held responsible for poor-quality books getting
> into the collection because they didn't read through and fix them up.
> Perhaps they should be held responsible for a poor-quality book getting
> into the collection because they didn't reject it, so your point two below
> is valid. You don't need to read through a whole book to recognize a poor
> scan and reject it. If you are saying that a person shouldn't be
> validating because he/she didn't read through a poor scan and fix it up,
> then I would disagree with that. On the other hand, if you are saying
> that a person shouldn't be validating because they didn't reject a
> poor-quality book because they didn't take the time to at least do enough
> checking to determine the scan quality and reject it, then I would agree
> with that.
>
> By the way, I noticed that you no longer have the word Peace at the
> bottom
> of your messages. Have you given up on that? <grin>
>
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> From: "k4zq" <k4zq@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 1:41 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: should validators be required to read
> through the whole book?
>
>
>> Of course, it would be on the honor system. However, if an extremely
>> poor quality book was submitted, one could conclude one of two things:
>>
>> 1 The validator didn't read the book,
>>
>> and, 2: this particular person shouldn't be validating anyway.
>>
>> Ernie
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 2:29 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] should validators be required to read through
>> the whole book?
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>>
>>> There is no way of knowing if a validator reads through the whole
>>> book.
>>> So I cannot understand how this could be made a requirement.
>>>
>>> E.
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