In Reply to: Re: Hey Beaker… great work – my WG grandparents (m) posted by Beaker on May 1, 2003 at 5:31 PM:
: This sounds like a good idea. I've actually created a separate page for that, which I will link to at the top of the Tree. Does it look good, or still need work?
Heck, it looks good to me.
I have one suggestion in reference to: "B. Entered it before registering"
Perhaps, somewhere you could also list the procedure for locating & claiming a bill that was entered before registering (and creating a profile). Below are the instructions that I suggest for Team Aqua – Contact Us Inquiries. Feel free to re-word. *smile*:
"There are millions of bills entered on the Where's George site; hopefully this suggestion will work for you. *smile* If you do not know the serial # at all, please go to 'ToolBox / The Where's George? Zip Code Hit Report (Find all bills with hits in any zip code!)', and enter the same zip code that used when you initially entered the bill. Verify the dates and notes on the bill. Send the bill information via the Contact Us Form. After Hank and/or Team Aqua receives the information from you, they will send you the full serial number. Then you can go to 'ToolBox / Where's George? Lost and Found Department' and enter the required information to credit your account. Good luck!"
It would be nice if Georgers could actually locate their parents and not be orphans. *smile*
: add to the "EMS" section
Done
: "recommend" against highlighting the serial
Done
Thanks again,
HMG,
: : I really like the WG Family Tree. You really amaze me sometimes. I could not imagine myself dedicating the amount of manual effort that put into your webpages. I guess, I need to get out of my 'computer programming' mindset. Heck, at least you get things accomplished. Sometimes, I start things and never finish. Most times I just procrastinate and never start. *laugh* Anyway, I wanted to thank you again. *smile*
: : O.K.… to the point of my post…
: : I was wondering who my WG grandparents were. So, I will attempt to contact my WG daddy via anonymous e-mail. Maybe he will respond, maybe he won't. It can't hurt for trying. *smile*
: : So, I was wondering if this suggestion makes sense to you?
: : Maybe somewhere down the bottom of your page could you:
: : 1) list instructions of how to locate your WG parents (this is more for new Georgers or inactive Georgers)
: : 2) Request that other Georgers try to locate their WG parents as well.
: This sounds like a good idea. I've actually created a separate page for that, which I will link to at the top of the Tree. Does it look good, or still need work?
: : So, what do you think; am I a complete idiot, or what?
: : Hmm, As a matter of fact, I just changed my WG Welcome page: http://www.hansmguy.com/wg/wheresgeorge.htm . *laugh*
: Looks good, although you might want to add to the "EMS" section a couple of these Hank posts so that people will know how serious it is.
: Also, several times when you "recommend" something should be probably be worded somewhat more seriously as many people think "recommend" is just a personal opinion (for example, where you "recommend" against highlighting the serial - Hank has said that he doesn't want anyone doing that). Or maybe I just take this more seriously then I should.
: : Thanks again for taking the time to read (and hopefully not offended by never ending suggestions) *wink*
: : HMG,