----- Original Message ----- From: "Tilman Brandl" <arbit@gmx.at> To: <boards-admins@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 5:21 AM Subject: Re: [BAd] Problem with taking apart a thread Hi Valorie, thanks for the further advice - I'm glad I asked, because now things are pretty clear. As to mistyped words - I'll look at 'geneology' in particular. Could be done. (Ooops - just see I typed Valerie!). On my bigger board however with 10,000+ messages there are just too many, I've given up correcting typos. Unless it's something really urging. Tilman ------- Just a comment on cleaning up bigger boards for those who have missed previous discussions. There are lots of ways to deal with these but I have found the following helpful: (1) Use the Search box to identify words in subjects that you wish to fix. Just enter the incorrect spelling and you'll get a list of those posts. You can also do an Advanced Search on the Surnames box for extra words such as 'and'. (2) Don't forget that you can see more than 25 posts at a time by looking at the URL and changing the number. I usually use 100, just my preference. (3) Try working on longer threads with two screens open beside each other. (4) Use your Bookmarks/Favorites function to mark the page you are working on. After removing a post the board automatically goes back to the most recent page but you can click on the Bookmark and be right back where you want to be. When you finish a page, click on Next and make a new Bookmark (IE replaces the old one, Firefox just adds it). You can leave off any time and come back weeks later to the same spot this way. (5) When cleaning up very large surname boards consider adding a location to subject lines (if not already there). This makes it much easier to find just the posts for Johnstons in Maine and not those in Virginia. I usually only do this for posts where one of the boxes already needs editing because it is very time consuming. But, keep nibbling at them and the older posts will be much easier to find. I know there's much more, but perhaps this will help someone. Regards, Sharyn