Yipes! I wasn't aware we Board admins were to use utmost caution in restoring messages from the Recycle Bin. I appreciate all the advice given and will ask the particular researcher to contact Staff about his post's deletion, and suggest he continue to refer others to grave photos at Findagrave--minus the ".com" or the actual URL. Thank you, Joan, Jackie and Lauren! Sandy Peed Admin

In a message dated 10/11/2006 11:14:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, LouMKing@aol.com writes: <<Hello Folks, What should be done with a post and thread like this? Example: On the JONES surname board, someone posts this message: < If your surname is JONES, SMITH, BROWN, BAKER or KELLY, I would like to hear from you. > >> --- The first thing I'd do if I found an original post such as the above on one of my boards is check to be sure it isn't cross-posted on the JONES, SMITH, BROWN, etc. boards --- and if it is (which is likely) I'd report abuse so that it could be removed from all but the primary surname (or locality or topic) board so as not to create duplication. <<So someone replies: < I'd like to connect with anyone searching for John BROWN, who was born .....and his wife is Mary BROWN.....children....yada yada yada... > A long thread continues all about the BROWN families with no mention made of connections to the JONES family which is the TOPIC of the board. Shouldn't this thread be moved to the BROWN surname board?>> ---- The criteria for replies is that--if the reply specifically pertains to the original mesage it is in reply to--then it is ok--it is relevant for the board where it is posted. If it isn't relevant to the original post it is attached to--then it should/can be moved to its own thread if possible. For instance, a post on the SMITH board is about John SMITH and wife Mary JONES in Virginia, and someone replies about this Mary JONES--that is relevant. However if someone just replies and says I'm researching Susie and Joe JONES in California--then that isn't unless the reply goes on to suggest some connection to Mary JONES. Joan

In a message dated 10/11/2006 11:16:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, jasche45133@gmail.com writes: It does say ... Note: These boards will not be part of the current RootsWeb/Ancestry.com >board setup. Stay tuned for more news. So my guess is that this is something special just for German speaking people. I have no doubt that other languages will soon follow. J. Asche Correct---there would be no reason to notify admins (specifically) of the RootsWeb/Ancestry boards when these new German boards are not part of the same system. It would be the equivalent of notifying us if there was going to be a change made at GenForum. All same ownership--but different board systems. I would guess this is all part of Ancestry's push to become more Internationally oriented--which is a good thing! Joan

At 12:10 AM 10/11/2006, you wrote: > The >correct action would be to contact board staff should you have >a question about >it or suggest the poster do so. > >Joan > That might be the "correct action" but I have never received a response from board staff when I've asked for this type of information. Jackie -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.2/471 - Release Date: 10/10/2006

LouMKing@aol.com wrote: >What should be done with a post and thread like this? > >Example: On the JONES surname board, someone posts this message: > >< If your surname is JONES, SMITH, BROWN, BAKER or KELLY, I would like to >hear from you. > > >So someone replies: < I'd like to connect with anyone searching for John >BROWN, who was born .....and his wife is Mary BROWN.....children....yada yada >yada... > > >A long thread continues all about the BROWN families with no mention made of >connections >to the JONES family which is the TOPIC of the board. Shouldn't this thread >be moved to the BROWN surname board? > > This DID NOT happen on the JONES board....I'm only using it as an example >to protect the innocent...or....guilty. It DID, however, happen twice on one >of my family surname boards (which I don't admin.). I reported it as abuse >twice and nothing was done. > Hi Lou Don't you hate those posts that list several surnames? And they usually list several different locations, too! I wouldn't want to generalize about these posts, other than them being aggravating <g>, but would have to judge each separately. In the case you mention, however, where the thread really has gone to an absolutely completely different subject, I would move it to the appropriate board. Best wishes, Lynne

I usually just use the report abuse link and ask the staff to review the post. It's probably been posted to many boards anyway. When in doubt ask the staff: ATTN STAFF: Please review this post etc. J. Asche On 10/11/06, LouMKing@aol.com <LouMKing@aol.com> wrote: > Hello Folks, > > What should be done with a post and thread like this? > > Example: On the JONES surname board, someone posts this message: > > < If your surname is JONES, SMITH, BROWN, BAKER or KELLY, I would like to > hear from you. > > > So someone replies: < I'd like to connect with anyone searching for John > BROWN, who was born .....and his wife is Mary BROWN.....children....yada yada > yada... > > > A long thread continues all about the BROWN families with no mention made of > connections > to the JONES family which is the TOPIC of the board. Shouldn't this thread > be moved to the BROWN surname board? > > This DID NOT happen on the JONES board....I'm only using it as an example > to protect the innocent...or....guilty. It DID, however, happen twice on one > of my family surname boards (which I don't admin.). I reported it as abuse > twice and nothing was done. > > Would appreciate some opinions, > Thanks! > Lou > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Happy Halloween Please visit my greetings site: http://www.jasche.com/halloweenenter.html

Hello Folks, What should be done with a post and thread like this? Example: On the JONES surname board, someone posts this message: < If your surname is JONES, SMITH, BROWN, BAKER or KELLY, I would like to hear from you. > So someone replies: < I'd like to connect with anyone searching for John BROWN, who was born .....and his wife is Mary BROWN.....children....yada yada yada... > A long thread continues all about the BROWN families with no mention made of connections to the JONES family which is the TOPIC of the board. Shouldn't this thread be moved to the BROWN surname board? This DID NOT happen on the JONES board....I'm only using it as an example to protect the innocent...or....guilty. It DID, however, happen twice on one of my family surname boards (which I don't admin.). I reported it as abuse twice and nothing was done. Would appreciate some opinions, Thanks! Lou

It does say ... Note: These boards will not be part of the current RootsWeb/Ancestry.com >board setup. Stay tuned for more news. So my guess is that this is something special just for German speaking people. I have no doubt that other languages will soon follow. J. Asche On 11 Oct 2006 08:33:51 -0600, rwlist.admin@earthlink.net <rwlist.admin@earthlink.net> wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BF.2ADIAE/1216 > > Message Board Post: > > Did you all see this is today's RootsWeb Review: > > >NEWS: SPRECHEN SIE DEUTSCH? > >Do you speak German? If so, would you like to volunteer to become a > >board administrator for the upcoming brand-new German-language Ancestry > >message boards? Please send an e-mail (in English, please!) to > >boardfeedback@ancestry.com for more information. > >Note: These boards will not be part of the current RootsWeb/Ancestry.com > >board setup. Stay tuned for more news. > > > Previously published in RootsWeb Review: 11 October 2006, Vol. 9, No. 41. > > I must have missed the announcement to the board admins. Could someone please give me a little more info about this. Are these duplicates of boards already in place, but only for posters writing in German, or are these boards pertaining to Germany? > > If these are duplicates of what is already in place, I'm shocked. I thought Ancestry was trying to make the boards more international and more inclusive. How will segregating those for German-writing posters from the English-writing do that? > > I look forward to learning more. > > Lynne > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Happy Halloween Please visit my greetings site: http://www.jasche.com/halloweenenter.html

Hi Sandy: Although I certainly cannot speak for STAFF and there may be other reasons, I suspect that STAFF removed it due to findagrave having a store on their site... The site appears managed mostly by an individual, not a non-profit organization, thus making it "commercial." This is an explanation/detail that should be passed to the poster, so they know for future and do not waste their volunteer hours posting things that will be removed. You might offer to the poster they resubmit the same post, without the .com link. Copy and paste their verbiage and send it to them to make it easier, in the event they no longer have it on hand. However, as you are the admin and did not delete the post, STAFF did. I would return it to the recycle bin. We are not to restore posts. It would be a rare instance that restoration would be appropriate -- and ONLY if we personally had removed them and KNOW exactly why... and perhaps had made an error in doing so. Cheers, Lauren On 10/10/06, Treepig <Treepig@cox.net> wrote: > A post to the PEED board was deleted and the poster emailed me (the > admin) asking why on earth I removed his post from the board. I replied > that I had no memory of deleting it nor should I, as it is a fine > message and I do not have a heavy hand with my boards' delete option. I > have since restored his post to the board: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.peed&m=120 > > After having read it several times, the only reason I can assume it was > automatically deleted was because of the mention of "findagrave" in the > URL. I am an active contributor to Findagrave.com/ and I once--but no > longer--shared links from that site to various surname boards, until I > noticed they were ending up in the Recycle Bin (on my own boards) or > disappeared from other boards. I ventured a guess it was due to the > potential commercial nature of Findagrave (although still a free site > dependent upon volunteer submissions). > > Yet when I do a global board search for "findagrave" I get thousands of > hits. That blows my old theory as to why my own posts were deleted. > Would someone please tell me why the above PEED post might have been > deleted? Thank you. > > Scratching my head, > Sandy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BF.2ADIAE/1216 Message Board Post: Did you all see this is today's RootsWeb Review: >NEWS: SPRECHEN SIE DEUTSCH? >Do you speak German? If so, would you like to volunteer to become a >board administrator for the upcoming brand-new German-language Ancestry >message boards? Please send an e-mail (in English, please!) to >boardfeedback@ancestry.com for more information. >Note: These boards will not be part of the current RootsWeb/Ancestry.com >board setup. Stay tuned for more news. > Previously published in RootsWeb Review: 11 October 2006, Vol. 9, No. 41. I must have missed the announcement to the board admins. Could someone please give me a little more info about this. Are these duplicates of boards already in place, but only for posters writing in German, or are these boards pertaining to Germany? If these are duplicates of what is already in place, I'm shocked. I thought Ancestry was trying to make the boards more international and more inclusive. How will segregating those for German-writing posters from the English-writing do that? I look forward to learning more. Lynne

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BF.2ADIAE/1215.1 Message Board Post: The board and list have been taken. Thanks, Gynon

In a message dated 10/11/2006 1:05:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: I have since restored his post to the board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.peed&m=120 One word of caution--you should NEVER, NEVER restore a post that you find in your recycle bin unless you deleted the post by accident yourself. The correct action would be to contact board staff should you have a question about it or suggest the poster do so. Joan

In a message dated 10/11/2006 12:47:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, Treepig@cox.net writes: A post to the PEED board was deleted and the poster emailed me (the admin) asking why on earth I removed his post from the board. I replied that I had no memory of deleting it nor should I, as it is a fine message and I do not have a heavy hand with my boards' delete option. I have since restored his post to the board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.peed&m=120 After having read it several times, the only reason I can assume it was automatically deleted was because of the mention of "findagrave" in the URL. I am an active contributor to Findagrave.com/ and I once--but no longer--shared links from that site to various surname boards, until I noticed they were ending up in the Recycle Bin (on my own boards) or disappeared from other boards. I ventured a guess it was due to the potential commercial nature of Findagrave (although still a free site dependent upon volunteer submissions). Yet when I do a global board search for "findagrave" I get thousands of hits. That blows my old theory as to why my own posts were deleted. Would someone please tell me why the above PEED post might have been deleted? Thank you. Scratching my head, Sandy Sandy- If you are the board admin and you didn't remove the post, that means the post was removed by staff and only board staff can explain to you why the post was removed. There are quite a few possible reasons why staff might remove a post -- commercial link, cross-posted on multiple boards are two that come to mind. But only board staff could tell you (or the poster) why the post was removed. Joan

A post to the PEED board was deleted and the poster emailed me (the admin) asking why on earth I removed his post from the board. I replied that I had no memory of deleting it nor should I, as it is a fine message and I do not have a heavy hand with my boards' delete option. I have since restored his post to the board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.peed&m=120 After having read it several times, the only reason I can assume it was automatically deleted was because of the mention of "findagrave" in the URL. I am an active contributor to Findagrave.com/ and I once--but no longer--shared links from that site to various surname boards, until I noticed they were ending up in the Recycle Bin (on my own boards) or disappeared from other boards. I ventured a guess it was due to the potential commercial nature of Findagrave (although still a free site dependent upon volunteer submissions). Yet when I do a global board search for "findagrave" I get thousands of hits. That blows my old theory as to why my own posts were deleted. Would someone please tell me why the above PEED post might have been deleted? Thank you. Scratching my head, Sandy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BF.2ADIAE/1215 Message Board Post: Topics > Military > United States > Navy Needs a little tlc. The USNavy mailing list is also available. Please email me directly if you are interested. Gynon

In a message dated 10/10/2006 9:03:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, jilliocity@hotmail.com writes: Strange, eh? I've asked her to alert me of any further ones like these. Jill As has been suggested--she needs to login and check My Notifications so see if she has signed up to receive notices of all new posts to this board. Her notification, if this is the case, would look a bit different than the "a reply has been posted" notices sent when a reply is posted in a thread in which she may have participated. Joan

I'd agree that it is likely Board notifications rather than reply notifications. Also, I think leaving that post on the board will be confusing to other posters. Judy On 10/10/06, lklein@mindspring.com <lklein@mindspring.com> wrote: > > jill warland wrote: > > ><snip> > >Here is an example of the board post that first alerted me to the matter, > on > >the London>London location board: > > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/localities.britisles.england.lnd.london/294 > > > >The recent 'reply' by Mary Wells (6 Oct 2006 12:52 PM ) indicates she > >received a notification about this thread, but I can't see her address > >posted anywhere within.<snip> > > > > Hi Jill > > It sounds as if she's just added the board to her "My Notifications". > Tell her to logon, go to My Notifications, and click on Remove next to > the London>London listing. > > Best wishes, > Lynne > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- ~PRIMARY NAMES: ANTHONY, BAKER, FLOWERS, LANE, SEPTER~ Washington Co PA free Websites: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~florian http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~florian County Coordinator for http://www.rootsweb.com/~pawashin/ Researchers of Washington County PA, join our map: http://www.frappr.com/researchingwashingtoncopa

jill warland wrote: ><snip> >Here is an example of the board post that first alerted me to the matter, on >the London>London location board: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/localities.britisles.england.lnd.london/294 > >The recent 'reply' by Mary Wells (6 Oct 2006 12:52 PM ) indicates she >received a notification about this thread, but I can't see her address >posted anywhere within.<snip> > Hi Jill It sounds as if she's just added the board to her "My Notifications". Tell her to logon, go to My Notifications, and click on Remove next to the London>London listing. Best wishes, Lynne

Hi Joan: I would have thought that what you suggested was the reason, but such was not the case. Here is an example of the board post that first alerted me to the matter, on the London>London location board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/localities.britisles.england.lnd.london/294 The recent 'reply' by Mary Wells (6 Oct 2006 12:52 PM ) indicates she received a notification about this thread, but I can't see her address posted anywhere within. Strange, eh? I've asked her to alert me of any further ones like these. Jill "Desire is the Key to Motivation" ~ Mario Andretti ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 10/10/2006 12:57:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, jilliocity@hotmail.com writes: Hi All Can anyone help? I've received a note from an individual stating that she's received notifications to posts not associated with her email address. I've checked her address and noted that she has only ever posted with this particular email address twice at RW/Ancestry. Somehow she's getting Notification messages regarding posts she hasn't made. <snip> How should I direct her? Thanks Jill ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Jill- We'd need to see the notices to try to answer this question but don't forget that notifications are not only received when there is a direct reply to a query you posted but also when anyone posts in the future in a thread to which you ever posted in the past. This is quite likely what is happening here. Joan ------------------------------

In a message dated 10/10/2006 12:57:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, jilliocity@hotmail.com writes: Hi All Can anyone help? I've received a note from an individual stating that she's received notifications to posts not associated with her email address. I've checked her address and noted that she has only ever posted with this particular email address twice at RW/Ancestry. Somehow she's getting Notification messages regarding posts she hasn't made. See her comment to me below: "Hi Jill, I've had several messages not related to my enquiry that have come through. I'm wondering if its something that I'm doing wrong! If you can help me solve the problem I'd be grateful. Regards, Mary, Australia" How should I direct her? Thanks Jill Jill- We'd need to see the notices to try to answer this question but don't forget that notifications are not only received when there is a direct reply to a query you posted but also when anyone posts in the future in a thread to which you ever posted in the past. This is quite likely what is happening here. Joan