Locked Threads on Lancashire Lookup Offers

[keenbutconfused]

Can I just add that I don't look here much these days, having been ill but I did get an email yesterday saying that a new post had been made to a topic I had offered help in (it's a pretty obscure one), asking for info / photos of an area I live in but have no genealogical research in.  Because of that I was prompted to come into the thread and pick up the request.  I received another email today saying the topic has been locked.  Should anyone else be looking for Dolphinholme information, I won't know about it unless I happen upon it, which seems a shame really.

I haven't done any research myself for a bit because of work and then ill-health but it doesn't mean I'm not willing to help on the rare occasions when it falls into my field of capabilities.      

[Arranroots]

Hi KBC

sorry to hear you've been unwell - hope you're lots better now?

Actually your situation demonstrates admirably why we like to keep Offers locked!

In the past, we've had situations where people have made an offer, not expecting much "take-up" and have been absolutely swamped with requests, questions and follow-ups.  In a situation where the Offerer is unwell or unable to devote much time to helping for whatever reason (sometimes unforeseen) this means that they can choose which requests to answer and they shouldn't at any stage feel under pressure to reply.

Often, if the original poster is unable to fulfil an offer, there are others who can do the job.  It isn't often that folk have unique material to offer.

Genealogy is a slow process and if folk have to wait a week or two for a satisfactory reply - well, it's only what we had to do before the internet - and it might well be worth the wait!

Kind regards, Arranroots 

[celia]

K.B.C
Should anyone else be looking for Dolphinholme information, I won't know about it unless I happen upon it,

I know what you mean I have never seen the point of offering a lookup for one specific thing when it gets locked .By doing that you don't get any request,till as you say, you happen on it.Because you haven't posted to the new request you don't receive the rootschat Topic reply.
I don't see the point of offering a lookup in the first place really.Thats just my honest opinion though

celia

[Mr. MIGKY]

I wondered why i never had one reply to my thread of offering to lookup  service men who died in ww1 &2 privet and cwgc graves. I really do not see the point of my thread been there in this case?

Migky   

           http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,273156.0.html

[copyright_editor]

All lookup offers should be locked.  For some reason the Lancs lookup offers board did not have a USE OF THIS BOARD message like all the other lookup offers boards. This message should be read before offers are made and it clearly states that offers will be locked by the moderators. 

HOW TO OFFER LOOKUPS
If you have census information or other information that you are willing to carry out lookups for then please state in your subject line the name and details of your lookup resources. In the body of the message you should then enter details of the lookup material that you have and any requirements for performing a lookup,  eg,  'address needed'.  Please include the following line at the very end of your message:

"For a look up request please start a new topic in the CENSUS and RESOURCE LOOKUP REQUEST board for this county"

We will ask the moderators to "lock" each "LOOKUP OFFER" as soon as possible after it has been posted so that people cannot reply to it directly.

If you then go to the Request Board for the county and click the large NOTIFY button,  you will receive a notification when a new request is posted in the relevent county.

Please do not offer to do any lookups where this would breach any copyright restrictions.

Apologies for the omission.
copyright_editor

[Mr. MIGKY]

Any chance you could remove my offer of a look up then.
Ta
Migky

[Necromancer]

We will ask the moderators to "lock" each "LOOKUP OFFER" as soon as possible after it has been posted so that people cannot reply to it directly.

why not expand that to include the logic behind the statement - obviously people are confused ?

[Gadget]

Only one of the Scottish County Boards (Aberdeenshire)  has a 'Look up Offers' child board:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,84.0.html

so I'm not quite clear how the Offers on the other Scottish boards differ from the Eng & Wales County boards.


Gadget

PS - I know this doesn't apply to Lancashire but the topic seems to have become more general

[Barbara.H]

I agree with Celia, it does seem a bit pointless to make the offer if you then have to hunt around for the people you are offering to help!  

Keenbutconfused and Migky - why not just place new offers on the regular Lancashire board? Then they will stay open, people can post a reply direct and you will get notified.  

And nosy parkers like me can still butt in if we want to  
Barbara