Genealogy Chat

lol!



I think it's more a matter of can we get ANYTHING to post, or DO anyhting on this site at the moment.


I keep getting

sorry site down for general maintenance

Sylvia

IGP is testing if he can get someone to type anything on this thread no matter what is says :-)

Michael

so I have just spent quite some time composing a comprehensive email on the technical problems I previously complained about through the Contact Us facility in Help above.


Of coruse there's no-one in the GR offices at this time of day!



IGP ... what are you testing??



sylvia

so I have just spent quite some time composing a comprehensive email on the technical problems I previously complained about through the Contact Us facility in Help above.


Of coruse there's no-one in the GR offices at this time of day!



IGP ... what are you testing??



sylvia

Hi Insp,
What are you testing? Curious.

Just testing something.

Would someone please post something on this thread - doesn't matter what it says.

I had the same response as Sylvia, I also contacted them via help. Why is the link there? They must look at their "inbox" but don't answer properly.
Starless Katie

Just testing something.

Would someone please post something on this thread - doesn't matter what it says.

so in other words ...........................


don't try to contact them through the Contact Us in the Help tab above ................... 'cos they won't respond!



Great!!!



sylvia

I received this today:


Dear Cynthia, if you just click on our name to send us a private message I'm afraid you won't get a reply. You must email [email protected] directly. All emails are answered within 24 hours.
Thanks for your feedback about our message boards. We are taking note of everything our members are telling us.

Hi Sylvia

I did get a reply yesterday........just the standard reply though.

Mary

I got a reply this (ie, Tuesday) morning to one of my emails re the problems on this site .... technical glitches, the Help Clinic, and the devaluing of other advisors. I'd also made a number of constructive suggestions in the email. This si what Estelle said:-


Dear Sylvia

Thank you for your feedback. My colleagues and I are meeting this week to discuss the Help Clinic and how we can make it better. I will definitely pass your coments on to them.

Your feedback is much appreciated. All we want to do is make the Help Clinic work and for all our members to feel valued. We're grateful for all the work everyone does helping others and we want to recognise this.


Best regards,




Someone I know contacted GR asking about the qualifications to become a starry helper ...... was told she didn't qualify, but not why.

After an exhange of emails as she tried to find out why she wasn't acceptable, they said she would be put on a waiting list ...... as the last 3 advisors had now been chosen

They told her that the "choice" was done on the basis of "first come first served" on those stickie threads on Tips and Records.



sylvia

I wrote to them yesterday and they replied saying they were aware of the particular problem, - searching trees and recently added surnames and would be sorting it as soon as possible.

Gwyn

I too still have received no answer to my complaints.

I don't think the complaints are going to make a blind bit of difference.

They still haven't opened my message let alone acknowledged it!
They must have zapped my thread, perhaps after a complaint ( ?from the same person who didn't like the unstarred suffix to my name ), or am I just being paranoid. They do seem particularly sensitive about comments/constructive criticism about the Help Clinic.
Starless

I did send GR a post re the timings-hoping they would reconsider putting back the actual times of posts-after all "yesterday" is relative to where you are globaly

I have had a reply thanking me etc

I do not know what the setup is now but prior to the Brightside takeover I believe the "staff" worked from home and no weekends

My complaint was about, in my opinion, the creation of a hierarchy with the introduction of the advisors. Basically, I feel it devalues the majority of the helpers.

I also pointed out that now that the evidence of a deletion of posts has disappeared has been removed, this can make the read through of threads nonsense, as the post that someone has responded to is deleted without trace. At least before we knew something was deleted.

I also told them that I liked the little envelopes.

On another note, most probably me being cynical, how soon before the advisors are told to direct members to Brightsolid sites for the information, when the information is available for free elsewhere.?

CM

Ys, Katie's thread disappeared overnight ...... she didn't remove it, so presumably either GR zapped it on their own, or someone complained about it and GR zapped it because of that.



none of the technical things that I've compained about have received a response


they haven't even responded to suggestions for improvement ..... constructive suggestions


Bah humbug!




sylvia

I haven't complained as I don't have an issue with the help clinic. I don't like the timings though eg 10 minutes ago etc, I'm sure other people have complained about that though and I don't want to clog up their emails for now for people with more pressing complaints such as no name.

"Correct me if I am wrong but we can apparently get "BMD & census certificate details" from Scotlands People on the Help Clinic.

Are you getting the same for English and Welsh genealogy ?"

To be fair, you can get English and Welsh census through GR & the help clinic. You cannot get English and Welsh BMD as we don't have English and Welsh BMD records digitised yet, we've all got to send away for them unfortunately. That's out of their control.