Well, if pigs flew ... fried pork wings would be a perfectly good idea, too. The point is, we don't have a dynamic system. We have what we have (until someone makes something better). That means, currently, creating book clearances you don't intend to use shortly is a "bad idea." I'm not trying to be rude; I'm just trying to point out a behavior that doesn't work well in the currently implemented clearance system. Josh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wallace J.McLean" <ag737@freenet.carleton.ca>

It would be a perfectly good idea, if the clearance system and IP list was dynamic and allowed for contact between volunteers.

I'm shocked that the system is still the way it is. I'm half surprised it's not on the back of envelopes and napkins.

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That's probably not a good idea. The only "list" we have of things people are supposedly working on is the clearance list. I know a lot of people will skip a book if they see someone else has cleared it recently. You should probably only clear something if you plan on working on it... and probably only if you plan on working on it soon. DP churns through a lot of books and if you clear something but don't work on it for a year, you're blocking that content from DP.

----- Original Message ----- From: "N Wolcott" <nwolcott@dsdial.net> To: "Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion" <gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org> Subject: Re: Canceling Clearances (Was: [gutvol-d] Top 100 EBooks thisweek(and other stories)) Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:03:02 -0500

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I often submit clearances for books I think I might get around to if

only so

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that PG knows they are available PD and others can make use of the clearance. Not a dog in the manger thing.

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