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From: "Sheelagh Hawkins" <>
Subject: Re: File Owning
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 08:12:07 +0100
References: <001101c14c9d$5d4a2040$57b179c3@holland>


Surely if that is the case they would simply reply to Virginia's query and
the problem is solved! The clean up is designed to get rid of the entries
that contain mistakes so won't work, or to catch up those who are having
problems getting started.
Sheelagh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Trevan" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 7:14 AM
Subject: Re: File Owning


> John
>
> Thanks for the clarification about a neutral ID owning the files rather
than
> yourself, but I think I'm correct in saying this could still result in an
> active transcriber appearing on the list with '0 entries' against their
> name.
>
> Mary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Pain <>
> To: <>
> Date: Wednesday, 03 October, 2001 11:33 PM
> Subject: Re: File Owning
>
>
> >Mary
> >
> >Your wrote:-
> >>2 - one for my transcriptions (10000+ where my coordinator controls the
> >>edits, although he would prefer it if I was one of the 0 entries people
> >>since all my transcriptions would appear under his name)
> >
> >Not True - The transcriptions would appear in a neutral ID ( I set up
M1871
> >for 1871 Marriages) with me as the contact for problems. The
transcriptions
> >would be credited to M1871 in the list of transcribers and not John_Pain.
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >John
> >
> >Researching - Hykin (Anywhere)
> >Pai(y)n(e) from Kent 1800's
> >Conde Salop. Anytime
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Mary Trevan <>
> >To: <>
> >Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 8:20 PM
> >Subject: Re: File Owning
> >
> >
> >>
> >> >Our most immediate attention will be given to the removal of
volunteers
> >who
> >> have
> >> >registered on the system 2 or more times (the record is currently a
> >> volunteer with
> >> >6 SubmitterIDs).
> >>
> >> I have 3 accounts of which 2 are active:-
> >> 1 - one a typo with an incorrect email address, so I don't know how you
> >> would contact me
> >> 2 - one for my transcriptions (10000+ where my coordinator controls the
> >> edits, although he would prefer it if I was one of the 0 entries people
> >> since all my transcriptions would appear under his name)
> >> 3 - and another for my one-name study entries (10000+ where I contol
the
> >> edits).
> >>
> >> So if my understanding is correct, not all '0 entries' correspond to
> >people
> >> who have not done any transcriptions. In some case the '0 entries' will
> be
> >a
> >> static situation where the transcriber sends their transcriptions by
> email
> >> to their coordinator, and sometimes it is a dynamic situation, since
they
> >> will go above '0 entries' as they upload the files themselves and then
go
> >> back down to '0 entries' as their files are uploaded by the coordinator
> >> under a different ID and then deleted by the coordinator from the
> >> transcriber's account, by the coordinator using the transcriber
password.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Mary Trevan
> >>
> >>
> >> >----- Original Message -----
> >> >From: "Sheelagh Hawkins" <>
> >> >To: <>
> >> >Sent: 03 October 2001 19:00
> >> >Subject: Re: File Owning
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Dave et al,
> >> >While we are on the subject of transcribers who are no longer active
can
> >I
> >> >ask what the position is with the number of people who subscribed but
> >have
> >> >never actually transcribed anything. When I look at the status list,
> >there
> >> >are several hundred (a guess - I gave up at 120 and I was still on
names
> >> >beginning with A!) people who have never submitted a thing. I
understand
> >> >that some people help out in other ways so don't have time to do the
> >manual
> >> >graft, but surely not that many.
> >> >Should these people be contacted to see if they intend to become
active,
> >or
> >> >if they perhaps need help to get started.
> >> >I realise that perhaps this is probably considered a minor problem on
> the
> >> >list of things to do - I am happy to volunteer to contact them if it
is
> >> just
> >> >a case of waiting for someone to do it. Then I could pass those who
need
> >> >advice on to Virginia ;-) (I said she might live to regret saying she
> >would
> >> >handle all the newbies I could send her way)
> >> >Regards
> >> >Sheelagh
> >> >
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