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Originally Posted by shalym
So what should be done with someone who doesn't follow the guidelines, then? Since you and Catlady both agree that it is a grievous crime, should the offender be banned from the forum? Should he be banned from uploading? Should he be drawn and quartered? Or...should someone who is very very worried about it maybe do something to fix the problem? Something like maybe posting about the issue in the thread related to the uploaded book file? Or possibly creating a corrected version of the file and uploading it to the library and posting that your version is definitively based on what you hope is the definitive print version?
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Clearly, all culprits should be shot at dawn. Come on, don't you think you're overdramatizing, just a tad?
Let's review, shall we? The problem is DELIBERATE changes to text not being clearly noted. This means the uploader has made a choice. AlexBell, for example, knows he made the choice. If someone had read his upload and been previously familiar with the work, enough to notice the change from "gay" to "light-hearted" (before he told us about it), and contacted him, what would have been the response? He would, I believe, have said what he said in this thread--he thought he was improving the text for the modern reader.
An uploader who has made a deliberate choice is unlikely to go back and undo it. This is entirely different from someone reporting a typo, which presumably an uploader might fix.
But HarryT thinks I am supposed to go and find typos in all the MR library, even though my concern isn't typos, but deliberate changes to text. I am sure he is quite aware of conflating two different issues, so the reason he continues to do it is puzzling.
How it would hurt anyone to include some guidelines about uploads is also puzzling. Of course it would not solve the problem entirely, but they would act as a reminder, at least. Material is removed for copyright violation; why shouldn't it be removed if someone reports that an upload has deviated from the source text without such deviations being clearly noted? Is that so off-the-wall and absurd to contemplate?
ETA: First of course, the uploader should have the opportunity to note the deviations clearly in the text.
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As for Catlady's question about criticizing polititians:Expressing an opinion is one thing...that is NOT what you are doing. You are demanding that changes be made. In that case, then yes--if someone is that adamant that change needs to happen, then yes...the best way to ensure that the change actually happens is to run for office herself, or at least work to get a favored politician elected. In other words, actions speak louder than words. If all you can do is complain about something, all you are is a complainer, and really truly not worth listening to.
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Where did I make any demands? I expressed my opinion and I made suggestions. Where are the demands?
The library here is suspect, and most people apparently don't care one bit that it is. I stopped using it long ago. I would think that those who do use it, and especially those who upload to it, would care the most about trying to ensure that its contents are accurate, but that doesn't seem to be the case. And that's another puzzle.