Barrie, may I make a final comment? I was trying to say techie terms are confusing to many people. The evidence is the vast number of corrections which are needed, in my case several hundred. The insertion in question does not refer to page numbers. I should not have put the figure two in brackets. I am sorry that was a mistake. The 'or' was to indicate if the page being transcribed was marriages then it would be the spouse name, but if it was a page of births then it would be a mother's name. I am sorry for the obvious irritation I caused. John -----Original Message----- From: Trevor Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 4:14 PM To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: Re: Tip of the Day (No. 6) (last updated 01 April 2012)(subject was-Message Posted on behalf of BillP Sorry if you get two of these, but I sent the original from my webmail account which isn't recognised as valid by your system. Here's my 2 pence worth. As I have said before, I think the 'problem' is that the word <alternative> is singular indicating a single entry, whereas the plural <alternatives> indicate that more than one is expected. The use of <option> does nothing to alleviate the 'problem' as it is still singular when multiple names are required. I suspect that the word 'alternatives' is a better option than 'option', for the simple reason that the two (or more) names are the alternative versions of the entry and both are needed, whereas the word option, to me, indicates that you should choose one of several alternatives. Trev -----Original Message----- From: freebmd-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:freebmd-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barrie Sent: 06 April 2012 08:18 To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Re: Tip of the Day (No. 6) (last updated 01 April 2012) (subject was-Message Posted on behalf of BillP Well it could, but what is suggested is extremely ambiguous! For example, what does "(or)" mean, why "(2)", and what about page numbers, etc? If anyone can suggest some "English" that conveys the meaning unambiguously (and concisely) then we would be very willing to consider it. The problem is that conversational English is not very good at defining such things. Barrie On 19:59, John Ellwood wrote: > At the risk of appearing as a half-wit, may I suggest that > instructions could be in English ? > > Could it not read '#Comment(2) Entry reads Name 1 or Name (2) for > spouse (or) mother's name. ? > > John > > -----Original Message----- From: Allan Raymond > Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 4:36 PM > To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Tip of the Day (No. 6) (last updated 01 April 2012) > (subject was-Message Posted on behalf of BillP > > A task is now on the system with a request to replace the wording of > http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/vol_faq.html#6u which currently reads > > #COMMENT(2) entry reads <alternative> for <field> > > where <alternative> is the alternative from the record > > by wording which will give greater clarity. > > Please hang fire on further discussions regarding this issue until the > Transcribers' Knowledge has been updated. > > Thanks > > Allan Raymond > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > > FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner-- FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2409/4918 - Release Date: 04/06/12 FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message