This is my last email on the subject, I thought this mailing list was called FREEBMD-DISCUSS ? I've now got 7 pages of deaths to transcribe, and if someone hadn't raised the issue of full stops, I would have transcribed them ALL wrong. I too am a hardworking transcriber (over 130,000 entries) who is looking to improve by asking these questions and getting clarification. -----Original Message----- From: maureen.leadbeater@btinternet.com [mailto:maureen.leadbeater@btinternet.com] Sent: 06 September 2003 16:13 To: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: FULL STOPS I am totally fed up with receiving excessive Emails re the "full stop" issue. I have received 15 already today. What with all the returned Emails because someone has my address on their computer and is infected with a virus, my ISP has reported my mail box full twice today. Can we please all just get on with our transcribing and allow the project leaders to do their job which they do with patience and expertise. Please, please just give a rest or we will all be leaving the project or at least the list. Maureen - a hardworking transcriber who types whatever is there to be seen. > Wrom: NNYCGPKYLEJGDGVCJVTLBXFGGMEPYOQKEDOTWFAOBUZXUWL > date: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 16:02:25 > to: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com > subject: Re: FULL STOPS > > Lucille > > Everyone has a right to offer their comments, this is the means by which we > improve the system and get a better understanding of FreeBMD. > > However there is a caveat to this. > > If a topic has been discussed to death and the Project Team Leadership have > offered a detailed explanation of why things are required to be done in a > certain way, then this is the time for the discussion to be ended. > > In any organisation there are rules which individuals are required to adhere > to, FreeBMD is no different. > > Full stops is such an item which has been discussed to death. > > If individuals don't wish to adhere to the rules, then they can make their > own choice of whether they want to participate in the project or not. > > Allan Raymond > > -----Original Message----- > Wrom: SZLKBRNVWWCUFPEGAUTFJMVRESKPNKMBIPBARHDMNN > To: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com <FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 06 September 2003 15:17 > Subject: FULL STOPS > > > >Do I understand from Helen and Loraine that we should not have an opinion > or > >just not voice it? Should we be mindless drones who transcribe day and > >night and not take time to do other things on the computer such as read > >e-mails, write messages or anything else we choose to do, when taking a > >break from transcribing. > > > >If the subject of 'full stops' bothers some people then why open the > message > > > > > >Lucille > > > > > > > >============================== > >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 > > > > > > ============================== > 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 > www.Maurich.co.uk Researching Cook, Prest,Makepeace,Buxton, Leadbeater,Henderson,Wignall, Harker ============================== 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

In case anyone thinks I don not feel others should hold opinions. I do strongly feel that everyone has the right to hold and express their opinions. However, I do not feel they have the right to inflict them all on the rest of us ad infinitum