Hi, This discussion is on discuss .. rather than admins :) can we keep it on there, pls :) Cheers Graham Derek C Hopkins wrote: > > Hi > > The not replying to emails is one thing, there is also those email > addresses that are no longer valid. This is becoming a problem in Scan2 > Syndicate as we now have a team doing corrections.. We need a way for > coordinators to update/access/transfer pages from these ID's. A special > coordinators password or something (limited to members of a that specific > syndicate). > > At 06:18 PM 8/5/01 +0100, you wrote: > > >Allan Said -Syndicate > > >co-ordinator uploaded a corrected file but using the original > > >Submitter's ID. Personally I am never happy with that process > > > >Why not??? > > > >I have corrected many files and uploaded to transcriber'sID. > > > >Those transcribers that have not been forthcoming with their ID and > >passwords, in many cases do not upload the corrected file, so to get > >corrected data into the database the files are uploaded to a neutral ID so > >that correct info is in the database. > > > >If the transcriber does not upload the corrected files ( and in 1 case 30% > >of transcriptions were in error) should I not upload the corrected data, but > >leave just the crap data in the database? > > > >Then as far as the database is concerned the data has been transcribed twice > >by different transcribers and therefore the records can be taken as > >accurate. > > > >I have a few transcribers that do not respond to requests to upload > >corrected files, and in one case as a trial, I have asked twice for the > >offending original files to be deleted by the team, or transferred to me so > >that I can delete them. > > > >I have not had any response to that request yet. > > > >There needs to be a procedure whereby co-ordinators can authorise the > >move/removal of files from transcribers that do not respond to e-mails to > >correct their data. > > > >The next question regarding those original 'uncorrected' files is - Who is > >responsible for responding to queries about the accuracy of the data? The > >transcriber who is linked to the record? > > > >But if they no longer respond to e-mails where does the researcher go for > >clarification? > > > >Regards > > > >John > > > >Researching > > > >Hykin - Anywhere - Anytime > >Pain - Kent - Ashford Area > >Conde - Shropshire > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Philip Powell <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 12:23 PM > >Subject: Re: double keying > > > > > > > In message <[email protected]>, Allan Raymond > > > <[email protected]> writes > > > >Double keying by the same individual is not part of our process. > > > > > > > >Chances are that the individual uploaded their file and the Syndicate > > > >co-ordinator uploaded a corrected file but using the original > > > >Submitter's ID. Personally I am never happy with that process. > > > > > > Shouldn't a corrected file simply replace the original if the same > > > Submitter ID is used? > > > > > > PP > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > >============================== > >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > Cheers Derek > > Derek C Hopkins, Phone +1(450)678-7768 > 6640, Biarritz, Fax +1(450)678-4252 > Brossard, E-Mail [email protected] > QC, Canada, J4Z-2A2. > > ==== FreeBMD - England and Wales - Birth - Marriage and Death Transcriptions > <http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com> > > ==== Check out FreeBMD Scan2 Syndicate page (revised weekly) > <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/scan2.html> > > Check out my web page (22jan1997) Last Revised 28 May 1998 > <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/index.html> > > Check out Abney Park Indexing Project (revised 14 MAR 2000, 195,000 names) > <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/abney.html> > > Check out my web Ramsgate page > <http://members.adept.co.uk/hopkde> > > Check out the Quebec Family History web page > <http://www.cam.org/~qfhs/index.html> > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > Need to get a fast answer to your transcribing problems? Go to the > Transcribers Knowledge Base at http://FreeBMD.RootsWeb.com/vol_faq.html > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com