Sheelagh, before you accuse people of twisting words, please make sure of your facts. >However in the meantime, we should be doing > exactly what the golden rule says TYPING WHAT WE SEE - therefore that > includes the PERIOD. Does this include the seperator dots? and the commas after the Christian name? and have you transcribed the period in all of your transcriptions? David Gray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheelagh Hawkins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 2:40 PM Subject: Re: Period Drama > I never cease to be amazed at how people twist words and make something out > of nothing. As far as I can see the debate has been worthwhile as all the > views have been aired, and they are now being considered by the management. > They have not yet made a decision, but when they do, it will be explained to > us in full and no doubt there will be those who feel the need to re-air > their views all over again. However in the meantime, we should be doing > exactly what the golden rule says TYPING WHAT WE SEE - therefore that > includes the PERIOD. > > Now where is the difficulty in that ???? > Sheelagh > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Gray" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 9:20 AM > Subject: Period Drama > > > > On 21st September, Dave Mayall wrote: > > > > >FWIW, I am at present somewhat persuaded of the > > >merits of this argument, and I'm going to spend a > > >couple of days looking at some images. > > > > >This is despite the fact that life would be > > >easier for me if I stuck to the present line, and > > >told those who were advised to omit the periods > > >to complain to those who gave them the advice :-) > > > > > > On 30th September Graham Hart wrote: > > > > >We had people awayfor the past few weeks .. we should be back toa > > full > > >complement this week and so we willtry to get this sorted out > > >definiteively and let you know. > > > > On 21st October Dave Mayall wrote: > > > > >We are busy evaluating how many files have been affected by the > > >confusion caused by unofficial policies being developed. Once we > > have > > >worked out how best to fix the problem caused, we will offer > > further > > >advice. > > > > On 22nd October Dave Mayall wrote: > > > > >The position is that failing to include a period that is in the > > index > > >is WRONG. We are looking into how we can deal with the large > number > > of > > >incorrect files that already exist. It isn't something that you > can > > >choose. > > > > It seems from this last message that all the previous correspondence on > the > > subject has been a complete waste of time. > > > > David Gray > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >