I agree, and was going to suggest that alternative.
Maybe it's time the rules changed, *except* for
textbooks needed by students for class.
G.Cindy
--- Ilene Sirocca <ilenesia@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I certainly sympathize with this suggestion, but I
do have a problem with it. The problem is that so
far, book are not supposed to be rejected because
they are rated fair. If they were, we wouldn't have
the fair rating allowed in the first place. If a
validator who is also a scanner rejects the original
scanner's fair book and then submits a scan of her
own, she takes away the original scanner's credits,
no matter how undeserved they might be in terms of
book quality, and gives them to herself. This is
not your intention, but this is what happens.
If Bookshare wants to have more excellent scans it
has to go to the root of the problem and not allow
people to submit fair scans, or maybe even good ones
although that's more debatable I suppose. Yes, some
scanners may drop out if they're held to a higher
responsibility, so that has to be part of the
consideration of this matter. But if excellent
books is what we are after, the original rules have
to be tougher. If just getting as many books as
possible is the goal, then fair scans have to stay.
Personally, I'd vote for a slower groth rate and a
higher quality.
There's my two cents' worth.
Ilene
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