In the past few months, there has been someone who thinks they are the messageboard marshal and has been placing these objections ... this is not an Ancestry/RootsWeb staffer, and when it happens it starts a thread. You may want to ask about it on the Board-admin list. Joan may be able to help you. Jen in cold Opelika ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Gordon" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 11:41 AM Subject: RE: [GAGEN] Message Board - Objections :I just logged into rootsweb and went to one of My boards and I see that : I/you can click on "Message Boards Admin Center" and it will tell you : all of the boards you manage and also show if you have any objections. : I have asked Rootsweb how to delete all the messages in the recycle bin, : any one know I do not see a delete option. : : Regards : : Ed : : : > -----Original Message----- : > From: Vicki [mailto:[email protected]] : > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 12:34 PM : > To: [email protected] : > Subject: Re: [GAGEN] Message Board - Objections : > : > : > Objections to what? You've lost me on this one. What are : > they objecting to? : > : > Vicki : > : > : > At 10:48 AM 1/17/2005, you wrote: : > >I thought I'd pass this along since I know some of you do : > manage County : > >Message Boards. : > > : > >This a.m. I had a letter from Rootsweb saying that I had an : > unusually : > >high : > >number of "objections" on the Jones County message board : > and to please : > >deal with them. : > > : > >I really hadn't a clue what this was about....and then went to the : > >Jones : > >Board in my Administrator mode, and sure enough there is a : > line at the : > >very top left hand corner "Review Objections". : > > : > >I had 46 objections --- waiting for a decision. (I have : > since checked : > >my : > >other boards and didn't have any "objections"...so I think : > someone is just : > >annoyed with the Jones Board). : > > : > >Most of them were in regard to the multiple surnames listed -- which : > >were : > >all the surnames the individual was researching, and most : > not included : > >within the message itself. It took me a while, but I : > finally got through : > >all those, editing the surnames appropriately. : > > : > >Each objection has to be considered and a decision made.... : > >my guess is that individuals reading a message, must then "report : > >abuse" : > >and that is how an objection occurs. : > > : > >After this, I'm sure going to watch that board more closely so : > >objections : > >don't stack up. : > > : > >Virginia : > > : > > : > > : > >==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== : > >Confused about Copyrights? Review USGenWeb's policy on copyrights at: : > > http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html : > : > : > : > ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== : > USGenWeb's motto is - Volunteers dedicated to free, on-line : > information. : > : > : > : > -- : > No virus found in this incoming message. : > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. : > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.12 - Release Date: 01/14/2005 : > : > : : : : -- : No virus found in this outgoing message. : Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. : Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.12 - Release Date: 01/14/2005 : : : ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== : Confused about Copyrights? Review USGenWeb's policy on copyrights at: : http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html : : : : -- : No virus found in this incoming message. : Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. : Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 1/16/2005 : : -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 1/16/2005