I'm sure you wont mind me pointing out that comments about the workings of an individual Syndicate should be taken up with the Co-ordinator and not via the Discuss List. Allan Raymond -----Original Message----- From: L Hambling <l.hambling@ntlworld.com> To: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com <FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 16 November 2003 18:13 Subject: Re: Statistics for 2 Page Scans >I know about the graphs on the file management page, but I am not concerned >with those. I am talking about the statistics on the Scan2 home page, the >column headed "Typ" is supposed to show how many pages I have transcribed, >but it counts a double page scan as 1 page not 2 the same goes for the >columns headed "All" and "56 day". The second is on my allocations page >there is a link called "Individual Graphs" this page has Rankings!! and the >figures are based on "Total Pages Transcribed" and "Total Pages Transcribed >in the last 4 weeks", therefore if some pages have more or less entries than >others, what is the point? When I have just slogged through a double page >scan (and I really don't like them, they seem never ending) it doesn't do >much for moral. > >Lucille > > >-------Original Message------- > >From: Philip Powell >Date: 16 November 2003 17:15:23 > >In message <001c01c3ac56$8e72f7d0$023d1dac@dickhome>, Dick Bond ><dick@bonds.plus.com> writes >>Having just completed my first 2 Page Scan and submitted it, I note >>that it only appears to be included in the statistics of completed >>pages as a single page. I know that 'it is not a competition', but >>should it not be registered as a submission of 2 pages? > >If you look on the FreeBMD file management page you will find that the >details are recorded as uploaded files rather than pages and you can >also see how many actual entries you have uploaded. Actual entries make >more sense than pages [or files] because the latter vary in size. >Typically, typeset pages have 375 entries whereas as handwritten pages >have only 40. > >Of course, you won't be able to see yours until the next database update >- which I'd guess will be starting in the next few days. > >>If it is worth compiling statistics, then it is also worth having them >>correct. (Or should we be recording 'submissions' rather than 'pages') > >Once your files have been entered into the database you will see that >that is the case - though they are referred to as "entries" rather than >"submissions" and are additional to the list of actual files. > >-- >Philip Powell >Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland >to The Cheviot > >

I could ask why? but I have since found out what happens behind the scenes and I know why. Why didn't you explain why in your reply? Lucille ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Raymond" <allan_raymond@btinternet.com> To: <FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 7:43 PM Subject: Re: Statistics for 2 Page Scans > I'm sure you wont mind me pointing out that comments about the workings of > an individual Syndicate should be taken up with the Co-ordinator and not via > the Discuss List. > > Allan Raymond > > -----Original Message----- > From: L Hambling <l.hambling@ntlworld.com> > To: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com <FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 16 November 2003 18:13 > Subject: Re: Statistics for 2 Page Scans > > > >I know about the graphs on the file management page, but I am not concerned > >with those. I am talking about the statistics on the Scan2 home page, the > >column headed "Typ" is supposed to show how many pages I have transcribed, > >but it counts a double page scan as 1 page not 2 the same goes for the > >columns headed "All" and "56 day". The second is on my allocations page > >there is a link called "Individual Graphs" this page has Rankings!! and the > >figures are based on "Total Pages Transcribed" and "Total Pages Transcribed > >in the last 4 weeks", therefore if some pages have more or less entries > than > >others, what is the point? When I have just slogged through a double page > >scan (and I really don't like them, they seem never ending) it doesn't do > >much for moral. > > > >Lucille > > > > > >-------Original Message------- > > > >From: Philip Powell > >Date: 16 November 2003 17:15:23 > > > >In message <001c01c3ac56$8e72f7d0$023d1dac@dickhome>, Dick Bond > ><dick@bonds.plus.com> writes > >>Having just completed my first 2 Page Scan and submitted it, I note > >>that it only appears to be included in the statistics of completed > >>pages as a single page. I know that 'it is not a competition', but > >>should it not be registered as a submission of 2 pages? > > > >If you look on the FreeBMD file management page you will find that the > >details are recorded as uploaded files rather than pages and you can > >also see how many actual entries you have uploaded. Actual entries make > >more sense than pages [or files] because the latter vary in size. > >Typically, typeset pages have 375 entries whereas as handwritten pages > >have only 40. > > > >Of course, you won't be able to see yours until the next database update > >- which I'd guess will be starting in the next few days. > > > >>If it is worth compiling statistics, then it is also worth having them > >>correct. (Or should we be recording 'submissions' rather than 'pages') > > > >Once your files have been entered into the database you will see that > >that is the case - though they are referred to as "entries" rather than > >"submissions" and are additional to the list of actual files. > > > >-- > >Philip Powell > >Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland > >to The Cheviot > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >