Dockside Gallery

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While in the middle of a serious transcribing session, transcriber receives a serious PM from a moderator.

Definitely serious if the mod has come round to deliver it in person!

I love the way the moderator is so humbly dressed and courteously handing over the note to the exhaulted and finely attired transcriber.
As it should be eh?

I think it's a TWYS lesson.

I hate to mention it, but the poor transcriber looks a little out of it. Were I not so diplomatic, I might use the word stunned. Perhaps fried brain from trying to read too many illegible logs???

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Michael Purves timing how long it takes to transcribe a page when using his AutoHotKey BoxDraw script.

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Hamlet's father is horrified at how badly his son follows TWYS.

Alas, on the poor Yoriktown

You are such a punny man, Craig.

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Another one done: Jamestown 1886 is complete.

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With their great and patient skills Craig and Michael revive another transcriber working on The Patterson who has fainted from the horror of the log mess-ups

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Newbie transcriber asks moderators for help.

A follow-up to the previous one:



Moderator walks idiot newbie transcriber through the forum guidelines.

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The Mods set out in search of new Logs to keep us busy.

I didn't know the mods wore such big hats

Hey those hats are really important - you see the hairy bit at the top? That detects wind direction and speed.
The peak at the front collects rain, tips it off the head so rainfall can be accurately assessed by dint of it running down your face.
The horse has the pocket barometer.
And the sword? Oh that's for cutting the cheese slices for lunch.

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Disgruntled OW'er posts "Everything wrong with OW Whaling and OW5".

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After Hannibal's transcriber posted the 'Issues,' he was summoned before the Mods!!

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Unfortunately, the little meeting didn't go so well:



Transcriber stomps out furiously after his complaints fall on deaf ears.

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The cardinal in the original painting is Thomas Cajetan, a theologian and cardinal who was the spokesman of the Catholic church against Martin Luther and Protestants.

Now, time to continue this little story...



The PTB hold an emergency meeting on "Why are OW Whaling and OW5 so unpopular, and what should we do about it?"

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Well, it's been fun talking about the mishaps of the new interfaces, but I'd like to move on:



Two veteran OW'ers arguing about the proper way to transcribe cloud codes.

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You and your least favorite ship.

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Zooniverse developer enjoying a Saturday afternoon at home with his family... until he receives word that OW Classic has crashed again.

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The problem with this one 'You and your least favorite ship.' is that a clever person is going to fish it out of the reeds and make it terribly famous and very powerful. That'll make it nigh on impossible to ignore

The second one is spooky - that looks so much like a mobile phone in his hand. It really does

The fishing line in the little girl's hands doesn't bode well for diagnosing the problem.

The second one is spooky - that looks so much like a mobile phone in his hand. It really does

I know!
I looked up the painting - Interieur, by Pieter de Hooch - and that's supposed to be a letter in his hand. But I can't stop seeing a cell phone.

It's almost impossible not to see a mobile - it's the dimensions. I'm sure this is something that a social science doctorate could be based on.

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Zooniverse developer after a week of 12-14 hour days.

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Welcome back!



Randi making her way from France to Pennsylvania.

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Getting out and enjoying nature is one of the best ways to relax after a serious OW session.

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OW moderator to Zooniverse developer: "Please, please PLEASE keep the outdated software of OW Classic running! We're almost done!"

Okay - looks like most people have misunderstood what I was trying to say, so here's some clarification:
The skull is the outdated, frequently-crashing software that OW Classic depends upon.
The developer is examining said software, but is horrified at how old and flimsy it has become.

I sure hope OW Classic can hold on long enough for us to finish it.

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This really happened to me once while transcribing the Pioneer - good thing it was a Friday-to-Saturday night!



"Oh my gosh - is it 3 am already?"

Been there, but not with OW. Yet.

You haven't been with OW for as long as I have