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Maybe I am too dumb to understand it but why are you so intent on this upload by AlexBell?
If you would really be interested in reading The Queen of Hearts by Wilkie Collins, why don't you just take Patricia's version and ignore Alex's? I would understand it if Alex's version were the only one we have but as we have two I really can't see your point. What is the problem in having an original and a modernised version? Could you please explain it? |
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When there are multiple uploads of the same material, how in the world is someone supposed to know which one has changes to text like this if the uploader doesn't indicate what he or she has done? |
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Perhaps we should use patch? Only, I don't see why you think anyone should be a computer programmer before they can read the updated version. It would seem that that is even more unfriendly towards the reader. Thank you jandrew and sun surfer for being so kind as to offer actual, constructive solutions. Last edited by eschwartz; 07-21-2014 at 10:25 PM. |
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07-21-2014, 10:14 PM | #518 |
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I think that Catlady does not understand how a correction to a digital file is made: namely as a new upload. Whatever username is on the upload, it is a new file, regardless.
Also, who cares what username is on the upload post? Aside from, "I put in the effort" Street cred, the author wrote the book and that is the name that should be associated with the book. The book is in the public domain, so anyone can do with it what he or she wants, including sell it if you can find a sucker to buy. So long as versioning is kept up - which shows that version 11 is more error-free than version 5 - the name of the uploader matters only to his or her ego. (Which is not to say that there isn't thanks due the uploader.) If I ever happen upon a public domain book not yet in the library and upload a self-created ebook of it and someone downloads the file, changes a few errors here and there, and uploads it as a newer version, I would LOVE IT! I would be the first to thank them for their time and effort on the project. I don't have my ego wrapped up in being the only source of a format of a book. |
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Also, that has nothing to do with what you said before, so I am forced to conclude that this comment was just nitpicking. Then what would solve it? There is now a warning that it has been bowdlerized, so the only further step would be to have the moderators delete the thread for violating the guidelines that don't exist for offenses that only offend a small subset of the membership. Seems rather draconian. What MobileRead content will fall under the censors next? Last edited by eschwartz; 07-21-2014 at 10:31 PM. |
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Bloody hell! Where did this cat lady came from? This thread looks like the kindergarten version of Twilight Zone. Get a book!
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So, your objection isn't really about having the information about any changes readily available? And it doesn't seem be about whether other versions you deem more correct are available. Your only satisfactory remedy would be to have this particular version overwritten with a version you approve of or removed from the library entirely?
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07-22-2014, 07:34 AM | #524 |
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I'm pretty sure that suggestions about changes to the forum administration (which includes changing rules and guidelines) are much more likely to be listened to if they are made in a polite way in the correct part of the forum, rather than whining and complaining about it in the general discussions area. The user sun surfer has done this now, and if you are really truly interested in getting these guidelines implemented, you may get a better response from the admins from posting in that thread to show support. I notice that the ones who are whining about this the most haven't bothered to go do this, even though sun surfer posted a direct link to the new thread. I guess it's easier and more fun to just whine about it? Shari Last edited by pdurrant; 07-22-2014 at 08:43 AM. |
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It can also, on the other hand, be worth hashing out suggestions, especially in thorny/contentious areas, before making them formally. Both approaches can work.
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