----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Elizondo" <ed@elizondo.org> To: <BOARDS-ADMINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 7:53 AM Subject: [BAd] blank surname box > Most of the administrative time on my locality board is spent adding > or correcting surnames in the surname box so the messages can be > properly indexed. > > Here are two suggestions: > 1. the surname entry box should be moved ON TOP of the message entry > box, so it becomes more obvious to the poster. > 2. the message should not be accepted unless there is an entry in the > surname box (after all, the boards are SURNAME query boards). > > > Ed Elizondo Webmaster: http://www.Cubagenweb.org > Administrator: Cuban Surname Bulletin Board & CUBA-L list > If they were ALL surname boards that might work. BUT they are not all surname boards. Many are locality and topical boards on which many posts do not contain surnames, and rightly so. Regards, Sharyn