In my posting to this list on Sun, 9 Nov 2008 I explained the difference between the SuspectFiles report and the SuspectFilesAlias report. Both these reports contain information about files that may contain erroneous transcriptions. It is hoped that they will provide a useful resource for syndicate coordinators to check the quality of the transcriptions done by their syndicate. The report http://www.freebmd.org.uk/SuspectFiles.html (which is referred to from the Transcribers' Page) includes aliases in the surname and given name fields. It does NOT include aliases in the associate name field. The report http://www.freebmd.org.uk/SuspectFilesAlias.html (which is NOT referred to from the Transcribers' Page) includes aliases in the surname, given name and associate name fields. The reason for having two reports was that the latter was very large and the associate name aliases overwhelmed other information. Having two reports was always intended to be a temporary measure; http://www.freebmd.org.uk/SuspectFiles.html would eventually contain associate name aliases. Currently http://www.freebmd.org.uk/SuspectFiles.html contains 134 entries and http://www.freebmd.org.uk/SuspectFilesAlias.html contains 1412entries. Whilst this is a lot better than it was the latter still rather overwhelms the former. Could I therefore ask syndicate coordinators to look at the report http://www.freebmd.org.uk/SuspectFilesAlias.html and try to get it reduced so we can merge it with the report http://www.freebmd.org.uk/SuspectFiles.html. Please note that the warning "Pages outside range" was intended to pick up transcriptions where the quarter and/or event had been incorrectly specified. However, the ones I have looked at are transcriptions where, instead of using UCF for illegible words, transcribers have just made up words (particularly districts and sometimes plainly wrong). I have also noted that there are a number of transcribers who are ignoring the warning about aliases and are still uploading transcriptions with aliases incorrectly transcribed. I will be sending syndicate coordinators concerned the details. Thanks Barrie FreeBMD Quality Assurance Coordinator --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner--
One of my examples poses an interesting difficulty - 1880B3M0354 line 314. The forenames are definately 'Bend Or J.' which suggests a scandanavian origin. The O is plain without any umlaut or similar accent and is clearly a name. I have tackled this file before (the original submitter is long gone) and added a #THEORY line but clearly the SuspectFilesAlias report is still picking up on the 'Or'. Any ideas as to how to disguise the Or. Would quotation marks work "Or" ? Ted Southcombe . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barrie" <freebmd@myarcher.net> To: <freebmd-syndicates@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 11:20 PM Subject: Suspect Files and Aliases > > In my posting to this list on Sun, 9 Nov 2008 I explained the difference > between the SuspectFiles report and the SuspectFilesAlias report. Both > these reports contain information about files that may contain erroneous > transcriptions. It is hoped that they will provide a useful resource for > syndicate coordinators to check the quality of the transcriptions done > by their syndicate. > > The report http://www.freebmd.org.uk/SuspectFiles.html (which is > referred to from the Transcribers' Page) includes aliases in the surname > and given name fields. It does NOT include aliases in the associate name > field. > > The report http://www.freebmd.org.uk/SuspectFilesAlias.html (which is > NOT referred to from the Transcribers' Page) includes aliases in the > surname, given name and associate name fields. > > The reason for having two reports was that the latter was very large and > the associate name aliases overwhelmed other information. Having two > reports was always intended to be a temporary measure; > http://www.freebmd.org.uk/SuspectFiles.html would eventually contain > associate name aliases. > > Currently http://www.freebmd.org.uk/SuspectFiles.html contains 134 > entries and http://www.freebmd.org.uk/SuspectFilesAlias.html contains > 1412entries. Whilst this is a lot better than it was the latter still > rather overwhelms the former. > > Could I therefore ask syndicate coordinators to look at the report > http://www.freebmd.org.uk/SuspectFilesAlias.html and try to get it > reduced so we can merge it with the report > http://www.freebmd.org.uk/SuspectFiles.html. > > Please note that the warning "Pages outside range" was intended to pick > up transcriptions where the quarter and/or event had been incorrectly > specified. However, the ones I have looked at are transcriptions where, > instead of using UCF for illegible words, transcribers have just made up > words (particularly districts and sometimes plainly wrong). > > I have also noted that there are a number of transcribers who are > ignoring the warning about aliases and are still uploading > transcriptions with aliases incorrectly transcribed. I will be sending > syndicate coordinators concerned the details. > > Thanks > > Barrie > FreeBMD Quality Assurance Coordinator > > > > --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner-- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-SYNDICATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > This message has been processed by Firetrust Benign. >