I didn't mean to start a hornet's nest of discussion when I asked the difference between query and lookup but I'm glad I asked. At this point I think it is up to RootsWeb since they provided the definition. I do prefer the lookup offer option myself, it makes more sense than anything else but I agree with Joan that I think it should "go away" completely as an useless category. I do like the idea of there being a volunteer category available though. The less ambiguity for admins the better. Jan B. -----Original Message----- From: boards-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:boards-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Davis, James R CIV OSD DMEA Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 3:59 PM To: boards-admins@rootsweb.com Subject: [BAd] LOOKUP classification I agree with Mary, LOOKUP is a classification used to offer Lookups. Then a researcher, by limiting there search to the Lookup classification, could quickly determine what sources were being offered for lookups either on a surname board or a locality board and then request help from the appropiate person. I suppose the looked up response would automatically carry the same classification as the message it was responding to, but maybe there are cases when this would not be advisable. Otherwise why not post a query with a title "LOOKUP REQUEST: Source title" and see what response you might get. However now that I think of it why couldn't this request be classified LOOKUP? So now how about a query like this? LOOKUP OBIT: Need to find obit for Sally Jones who died 1/25/06. How do you classify this? <grin> Since this seems to be so confusing I would suggest having better instructions places somewhere readily available <grin> for those who will bother to read them. James R. Davis, Sacramento, CA -----Original Message----- From: boards-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:boards-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary D. Taffet Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 3:37 PM To: boards-admins@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BAd] What's the Point of the Classification Feature? Jackie, Clearly there is more than one opinion on what LOOKUP means. I always thought, and several others concurred, that LOOKUP was reserved for those who were offering to do lookups for others from some source available to them. In other words, this would be BEFORE any lookup was ever done. Joan has a different interpretation which you have quoted below. Teri's interpretation is probably more in line with what I thought to be the case. -- Mary On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Jackie Wilson Goddard wrote: > Teri, > > I truly beg to differ. As Joan said in an earlier post in this thread (to be specific: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/BOARDS-ADMINS/2006-08/1156871165 > ) "LOOKUP has a limited usage for replies to queries that quote data from a variety of sources." > > 1. These posts are "replies to queries". > 2. They "quote data". > 3. The data is from "a variety of sources". > > If LOOKUP is not "the results of doing lookups", what is your definition? > > Jackie ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Buker" <jcbuker@bukerfamily.org> To: <boards-admins@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 10:39 AM Subject: Re: [BAd] LOOKUP classification > I didn't mean to start a hornet's nest of discussion when I asked the > difference between query and lookup but I'm glad I asked. At this point I > think it is up to RootsWeb since they provided the definition. I do prefer > the lookup offer option myself, it makes more sense than anything else but I > agree with Joan that I think it should "go away" completely as an useless > category. I do like the idea of there being a volunteer category available > though. The less ambiguity for admins the better. > > Jan B. > We need to be clear on this: ROOTSWEB has NOT provided a definition for LOOKUP. Several admins have expressed their opinions of what it 'should' mean but there is no official definition of what it 'does' mean. Regards, Sharyn