marilynandmonty wrote: >I just found another disturbing thing. Whenever I was about to move a >message, I would always right-click on the author of a message to see if >she/he had already posted the same message to the board to which I was >planning to move the message. If so, then I would see if that message could >go to another list - a second surname mentioned, locality, etc. Checking the >author's name no longer brings up all the posts made by that person. Will >that be a feature that is returning? > > Yesterday I posted a message, which never arrived, asking if Ancestory Board Admins were really supposed to be going in and deleting messages as I never knew that and only I started as an Admin a couple of weeks ago. I seriously doubt that that is the way it is supposed to be as by allowing that Ancestory then is excerting editorial control, and legally becomes responsible as a publisher under US law for the content expressed in all messages. Are you now saying if a message is posted you were/are also expected to move it from one message board to another message board?? Is that not like saying if an author writes a book, and designates how it will be displayed (cover/jacket), you can change it at whim? In both cases the answer should be no as you do not hold copyright. Ian Singer -- ========================================================================= See my homepage at http://www.iansinger.com hosted on http://www.1and1.com/?k_id=10623894 All genealogy is stored in TMG from http://www.whollygenes.com Charts and searching using TNG from http://www.tngsitebuilding.com I am near Toronto Canada, can I tell where you are from your reply? =========================================================================

Ian, The only time I move a message is when it is inappropriate for the board. For example, someone replied to someone else about her TAYLOR ancestor, then decides to open a NEW message and ask about her SMITH ancestor (no mention of TAYLOR anywhere in the message) and puts that on the TAYLOR board. I would right-click on the name of the poster and if the same message was already posted on the SMITH board (the poster realized her mistake and found the SMITH board after all), I would then look and see if the message was appropriate for a locality board. If not, then I would delete the first SMITH message that was inappropriate for the TAYLOR board. Now, if I am in a thread and somehow the topic gets changed to the SMITHs of Western Maryland, versus the original TAYLOR thread (perhaps because Ebeneezer TAYLOR married Polly SMITH and a SMITH researcher found the message about Polly and asks if anyone knows Polly's great-uncle Horace SMITH), then I would leave the message on the TAYLOR board because it still relates to the original message. I would change the subject when appropriate. I was under the impression this was all part of our duties as administrators of the boards. Marilyn G. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Singer" <iansinger@sympatico.ca> To: <boards-admins@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 8:32 AM Subject: Re: [BAd] Questions - Please Help > Yesterday I posted a message, which never arrived, asking if Ancestory > Board Admins were really supposed to be going in and deleting messages > as I never knew that and only I started as an Admin a couple of weeks > ago. I seriously doubt that that is the way it is supposed to be as by > allowing that Ancestory then is excerting editorial control, and legally > becomes responsible as a publisher under US law for the content > expressed in all messages. > > Are you now saying if a message is posted you were/are also expected to > move it from one message board to another message board?? Is that not > like saying if an author writes a book, and designates how it will be > displayed (cover/jacket), you can change it at whim? In both cases the > answer should be no as you do not hold copyright. > > Ian Singer > marilynandmonty wrote: > >>I just found another disturbing thing. Whenever I was about to move a >>message, I would always right-click on the author of a message to see if >>she/he had already posted the same message to the board to which I was >>planning to move the message. If so, then I would see if that message >>could >>go to another list - a second surname mentioned, locality, etc. Checking >>the >>author's name no longer brings up all the posts made by that person. Will >>that be a feature that is returning? >>

At 10:32 AM 12/8/2006, you wrote: >Are you now saying if a message is posted you were/are also expected >to move it from one message board to another message board?? Is >that not like saying if an author writes a book, and designates how >it will be displayed (cover/jacket), you can change it at whim? In >both cases the answer should be no as you do not hold copyright. > >Ian Singer Ian, The new Community Guidelines include: "We reserve the right to delete messages that violate our Acceptable Use Policy, move messages posted in the wrong place and edit the surname field, subject line, etc. in any message. We reserve the right to do any of the above without notice in order to preserve community integrity and ensure that people can find what they're seeking." Instead of comparing it to changing the *book*, think of a librarian shelving the book correctly. An author cannot designate his/her non-fiction book be catalogued and shelved as fiction. Likewise, if I write a novel, I cannot ask for it to be filed in the "A" fiction section when my surname begins with "W". If a post concerning only the WHATZIT name is posted on the WHOZIT board, it should be moved to the WHOZIT board. The post itself isn't being changed, only the location. Jackie Wilson Goddard -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.15/579 - Release Date: 12/7/2006