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From: "Allan Raymond" <>
Subject: Re: +PAGE's for double page scans
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 21:01:38 +0100


Steve

Dave has just beat me to responding in a like fashion.

I did however respond a short while ago to Derek Lowe's email (which was
along a similar line to yours) without first seeing Dave's comments. My
response to Derek was not too far removed from Dave's comments below.

Neither of my earlier emails devalued the superb work done by all our
Co-ordinators and should not be construed to the contrary.

Perhaps a reread of my two earlier emails on this topic of "+PAGE's for
double page scans" will reinforce my point.

As an aside, in your original email you did mention "Perhaps, following the
current trend towards automation at
FreeBMD, we could just get rid of the human element entirely". As far as I
am concerned this couldn't be further from the truth, as I spend many hours
a day in dialogue with volunteers or co-ordinators regarding incorrect files
on the system. The vast majority of these error files I find by running
Upload Reports to which all Co-ordinators have access to.

Regards

Allan Raymond






-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Mayall <>
To: <>
Date: 12 July 2004 16:16
Subject: Re: +PAGE's for double page scans


>Quoting Steve Gaunt <>:
>
>> >It's not good enough for it to be left up in the air by asking
volunteers
>> to
>> ask their Co-ordinator.
>> Really! I have found that after new transcribers give a cursory glance at
>> instructions on FreeBMD, they turn to their coordinators for instruction
on
>> practically everything, even including configuring their computers and
more
>> personal, human subjects. How arrogant of me to think that I could advise
my
>> transcribers!
>
>Good lord, is it really the time of year for a mountain to be made out of a
>molehill already.
>
>I didn't see anything in what Allan wrote that suggested that there was
>anything wrong whatsoever with transcribers talking to their co-ord to ask
for
>help and co-ords giving such advice. Indeed, I know that Allan and I both
>refer loads of requests for advice that come through to us to the relevant
co-
>ordinator.
>
>What Allan did say, and I agree with him on this, is that it isn't good
enough
>for the help and advice pages on the site to fail to give help and advice.
>Firstly because some people prefer to look things up themselves, and
secondly
>because some co-ordinators may not be sure of all the answers themselves.
>
>It is right that the FreeBMD help pages give advice on the subject of
double
>page scans, and it is right that the advice given should take account of
the
>fact that the instructions for such scans varies according to your
syndicate.
>
>
>--
>Dave Mayall
>
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