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Australia / Easy fix for a problem - trish251
« on: Tuesday 24 March 09 13:47 GMT (UK) »
Hi All 
,
I've just noticed a new thread on the Australia board titled "Trish251 goodbye thread – Accidentally Deleted" by Krisesjoint.
Kris, on that thread, you have very graciously apologised for accidentally deleting the original thread.
MarieC, you were the OP on the original thread, and you have now, also very graciously, said that you totally accept that Kris's deletion was accidental and it can't be helped now.
But Kris, MarieC, everybody else who posted on the now deleted thread (including me), and others - surely it can be helped? And can very very easily be put to rights.
MarieC, couldn't you start another thread saying just what you originally posted? No doubt you remember the gist? And couldn't all of those who posted on your original thread post again saying essentially what they said originally?
That would easily fix the accidental deletion problem.
And MarieC, hopefully, the replacement thread would not be locked - which distressed you so very very much when it happened to your original thread. Which would mean, as you wished, that others could then add their views if they wished.
As it happens, MarieC, I copied your original post intending (though I thought that you would already have done so) to email it to trish 251 - who, I thought, would appreciate your publicly expressed views.
So here 'tis.
MarieC, your OP had the following subject line:
"A sad goodbye to an Australian researcher"
and read:
"I'd like to register here a big thank you to trish251 for all the help she gave, particularly on this Australia board. Her knowledge of Australian sources, especially passenger lists, was extensive, and she was very generous with her help to many of us. (That reminds me - she had an excellent thread on passenger lists here, but unless I am going mad, I think it has disappeared! ) She personally owned a number of resources, and would sometimes look things up for people in the State Library and Archives as well, so she was able to help in all sorts of ways. I fully understand her reasons for leaving, but Rootschat is the poorer for her no longer being a member.
MarieC "
So Kris and MarieC and everybody else, all is anything but lost and the accidental deletion can be very very easily redeemed.
If only all of life's problems could be so easily set to rights.
Kindest regards to all,
JAP
Later edit: MarieC, today I remembered that you had added a footnote to your original post (which I quoted above). To the effect that the shipping list resource thread by trish251 hadn't disappeared but had been moved to the Australia Resources board.
It is at:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,26946.0.html
and is by far the most popular Australian resource (over 20,000 views!).
,I've just noticed a new thread on the Australia board titled "Trish251 goodbye thread – Accidentally Deleted" by Krisesjoint.
Kris, on that thread, you have very graciously apologised for accidentally deleting the original thread.
MarieC, you were the OP on the original thread, and you have now, also very graciously, said that you totally accept that Kris's deletion was accidental and it can't be helped now.
But Kris, MarieC, everybody else who posted on the now deleted thread (including me), and others - surely it can be helped? And can very very easily be put to rights.
MarieC, couldn't you start another thread saying just what you originally posted? No doubt you remember the gist? And couldn't all of those who posted on your original thread post again saying essentially what they said originally?
That would easily fix the accidental deletion problem.
And MarieC, hopefully, the replacement thread would not be locked - which distressed you so very very much when it happened to your original thread. Which would mean, as you wished, that others could then add their views if they wished.
As it happens, MarieC, I copied your original post intending (though I thought that you would already have done so) to email it to trish 251 - who, I thought, would appreciate your publicly expressed views.
So here 'tis.
MarieC, your OP had the following subject line:
"A sad goodbye to an Australian researcher"
and read:
"I'd like to register here a big thank you to trish251 for all the help she gave, particularly on this Australia board. Her knowledge of Australian sources, especially passenger lists, was extensive, and she was very generous with her help to many of us. (That reminds me - she had an excellent thread on passenger lists here, but unless I am going mad, I think it has disappeared! ) She personally owned a number of resources, and would sometimes look things up for people in the State Library and Archives as well, so she was able to help in all sorts of ways. I fully understand her reasons for leaving, but Rootschat is the poorer for her no longer being a member.
MarieC "
So Kris and MarieC and everybody else, all is anything but lost and the accidental deletion can be very very easily redeemed.
If only all of life's problems could be so easily set to rights.
Kindest regards to all,
JAP
Later edit: MarieC, today I remembered that you had added a footnote to your original post (which I quoted above). To the effect that the shipping list resource thread by trish251 hadn't disappeared but had been moved to the Australia Resources board.
It is at:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,26946.0.html
and is by far the most popular Australian resource (over 20,000 views!).
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