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No probs Katie. I sometimes don't understand what happens on here either!!!

By the by, I saw a programme on Enid Blyton once and seem to remember that she wasn't all sweetness and light which shattered my illusions somewhat. Having said that, I have her to thank for my love of reading and literature for which I am eternally grateful.


Take care.

My daughters project - 'My Role Model' and like you Enid Blyton has inspired her to become the book crazy child she is today and if her research is true i think you're right she had a tough upbringing and that might of brought out a bit of 'crazy' but boy did she write some great childrens books.

Night.

Katie .

Katie and Ginny


It seems that people delete posts and threads because they think .........

........ the information has been seen and responded to,

........ "I've" read it and got all I need,

......... there has been no response to the information I posted, so I'll delete it and s*d 'em

........ I'll start a new thread 'cos this one has got too long


in fact someone seems to get upset by any or all of those reasons!!


I would suggest that the thing to do would be to add SORTED to the title heading and leave the thread up ............ that way no-one will open the thread (except to see how it was sorted), but the information will still be available.

I find it most annoying to go on a thread and find that posts have been deleted that have obviously contained information (NOT sensitive information), but it is no longer there ......... if I'm helping someone to find information on family, I need to get my head around and into that family ..... and every little bit of information helps that process.

Knowing that another helper has found the family on a census (or a bmd record, or whatever) AND what they found and posted can help me later. Did they look at the actual image and find the address/occupation/marital status/lodger ........... that can all help, and leaving it on there can save ME time.


That is also why I personally don't like to see threads removed and new ones started! A whole lot of information can be missed from the new thread ..... and lead new helpers repeating all the work all over again.



sylvia

I read most of them also when I was a child and am still an avid reader,so she has done a lot of good for a lot of people I woud say.

I think I must have read every Enid Blyton pubished up until about 1956 or so ......... I used to spend Christmas money every year to get the latest one, and then borrowed others from the library


Poor old Noddy is now non-pc!

I'll echo everything Sylvia said twice over.

There's no answer to your question, Ginny - because there is no good reason to delete a thread.

(*Unless* sensitive/personal info has been given that it isn't wise to leave lying around cyberspace because it's information about living people who don't know it's here. In that case, saying it will be deleted and then leaving it two days, so anyone who contributed can see that the info was read and acknowledged, isn't going to hurt anybody.)

There isn't much more frustrating than doing a search, composing a post, clicking submit and being told the thread is now invalid. I always use my back button to get the thread back, and send a message to the poster to point out why this is frustrating to others.

These boards contain a wealth of information that doesn't really belong to any individual -- it's collections of historical info, and *other people's work*. I think deleting threads is plain rude. All that needs to be done is to add a post at the end saying thanks and I'll be able to carry on from here, like.

As for starting new posts, don't like it. But yeah, okay, sometimes they've got really long and do contain tangents and wild goose chases that came before the real info was found. The thing to do then, if starting a new one, is start out by giving the URL of the old thread, so anyone can consult it, and reproducing *all* the relevant info in the new one. Just saying "my old thread" doesn't help anyone. No one here keeps someone else's ancestry and posting history in their head.

Old threads don't take up room on your computer. They sink to the bottom of the board, and of your "my threads" list, and don't bother anybody. And someday, somebody else may see them and learn something they are looking for.


Ricohet? Yeah, I find him abrupt -- and if I do, well just imagine. ;) But it usually happens in reponse to abrupt requests -- very little info, no indication of any effort by the poster to do their own work, and no actual request of the please variety. And he often comes right back with info to help with the request anyway.

And I dunno. If people are reduced to tears by what somebody says to them on the internet, they might want to consider another way of communicating.

Or -- paying a little attention to who all these people are whom one is asking for help, before starting. An hour spent reading posts on the boards, and noticing that everybody else here is a human being too, is time well spent.

You took your time woman
Take no note of her Katie ,shes not as scary as she makes out ,and deffo not as scary as Ricochet.

Come back Ericthered all is forgiven.

roflol!!


now there's a name from the past



and I agree with all that evie said


uh uh

mutual admiration society!!

One point I do take from this thread is that email can sometimes be misread..I'm not defending being rude but with email there is no tone/bodylanguage so it can be hard.

I sometimes respond to people in the middle of things (Like when I'm marking assignments..it allows my brain to work!) and they are succinct but I always put a 'x' at the end so people dont think I am beign rude or abrupt.

This may not be appropriate for some posters, so maybe a :) might help.

I have been 'picked up' on a point or two that I have made and when I have appologised I have received no reply...now thats rude, if you are going to 'nit pick' on someones posting then at least acknolwledge when the poster appologises.

Katie there are no 'daft' questions on here babe, you can ask what you want, we've all done it so dont worry. If I see a post a from you, I'll respond with a 'x' You keep on asking most of us on here good people.

x and another for Katie x

Cant believe after all my pontificating that I forgot to say thanks for the explanation of why people delete threads!

thank you everyone it now makes sense

x

here here Jonesey. well said. Why would anyone want to mascarade as someone else...maybe it's best I dont know!



x

One of the petty things I have found on this site - apart from the 'who thanks whom' business, is when a researcher deletes information they have found simply because it hasn't been acknowledged. It sometimes appears that the deletion is done in a fit of pique.

Ok, I know it is bad manners not to reply and thank everyone etc. etc., but.......the person who has asked the question may be ill, called away or simply, as is more often the case, unaware of how to find their thread again. I would prefer to give them the benefit of the doubt rather than get annoyed with them.








On the subject of members who are well versed in all things genealogical, what has happened to Glitterbabe? I put up a thread asking this just before Christmas and discovered that she had had a bad fall and damaged her knee but I don't think she has returned......or am I wrong?




Can anyone remember the name of the Enid Blyton book where a group are stranded at a railway station overnight but manage to have a wonderful time? I vaguely remember they were able to cook a meal because of pooling their resources from their luggage. I can still smell that frying bacon!!!

Cynthia Today at 09:44 Request review
One of the petty things I have found on this site - apart from the 'who thanks whom' business, is when a researcher deletes information they have found simply because it hasn't been acknowledged. It sometimes appears that the deletion is done in a fit of pique.
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That's me & if that makes me petty then so be it

hi everyone please dont let the minority over power the majority, as well as being a helper myself, I depend on help myself.
I always say thankyou on the board itself and send a p.m.

its a lovely day here hope it is for all of you

hi everyone I havent had my hand slapped yet for deleting posts, but in my case sometimes I need to, I specifically try to help lost children and adoptees for personal reasons.

Sometimes when information is found and on here, after thanking everyone I delete it which gives the adopted child time to get intouch with the person concerned instead of seeing it on here first. (and by this I dont mean live information which will be detrimental to now but could give an indication that a family is being searched for)

Not everyone deletes out of rudeness, what does GR say on deleting threads what is their policy does anyone know?

GR doesnlt seem to have any policies at all!!!

Members who volunteer their time, skills, resources and effort to help other members: placed under a microscope.

Members who ask other members to use their time, skills, resources and effort to help them: free pass.

Always remember: people who want other people to help them are sensitive human beings with human weaknesses; people who choose to help other people are automatons with no feelings or flaws allowed.

Well Evie those pearls of wisdom have gone right over my head.
In english?
please.

well I know where she's coming from!! and what's with this new heading - Welcome to the Genes Reunited Community Boards?

it may be the lowest form of wit but I love it!!!!!