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Baanos
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« on: November 12, 2012, 01:08:28 pm »

In the SNDB sometimes there is a little star icon next to a "low" or a "high" SN, but not always. What does it mean?
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« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2012, 01:10:32 pm »

In the SNDB sometimes there is a little star icon next to a "low" or a "high" SN, but not always. What does it mean?
It indicates that the note has been confirmed with a scan.  Click on the bold serial number to view the image.

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« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2012, 01:49:47 pm »

Oh I see, why do some "low" "high" notes need scan confirmation and some others don't?
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« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2012, 02:56:49 pm »

Any new highs or lows get flagged to ask that a scan be submitted.

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« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2012, 04:01:39 pm »

Oh I think I get it. Please correct me if I'm wrong. If it's the first low ever reported for a given prefix, no scan will be asked. But if a note lower than the current low note is reported after that, it will be considered new and a scan will be asked.

If that's not how it works, it does not explain why for some lows I entered, which are new and which are the first ones entered for a prefix, I was not asked for a scan.
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« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2012, 04:57:55 pm »

Oh I see, why do some "low" "high" notes need scan confirmation and some others don't?
If you are an admin you are deemed infallible and will show as not needing confirmation.

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« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2012, 09:47:08 pm »

If you are an admin you are deemed infallible and will show as not needing confirmation.
That's a bit of a sarcastic way of putting it, but the end result is the same.  Because the vast majority of the notes I enter don't stay in my hands much longer than it takes to record them, getting scans is nearly impossible.  I unflag them as unconfirmed to make the visual display a little cleaner and make the job a little easier for the person who takes the submitted images and confirms the notes.
« Last Edit: November 13, 2012, 02:47:07 am by BWJM »

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« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2012, 01:28:27 am »

That's a bit of a sarcastic way of putting it

Just poking fun at admin culture in general.
I know coding even the simplest of things can end up taking hours, so thanks for donating your time.

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