
More information about web indexing and the rollout can be found on the FamilySearch Blog.
The system where two separate people index the same information has not changed with browser-based indexing. Each name is indexed twice, then checked and arbitrated if necessary.Frb.Henrik wrote:In old times when a CD was sent to people, the data was only accepted, if another person made the same "translation"; could we please get such a system again (verification of entered data)?
Not so. "Review" now consists of a second person reviewing entries of one person. It takes longer as a "reviewer" than it did as an "arbitrator" with the old system, but the total time (instead of 2 people redundantly indexing and a 3rd arbitrating) is reduced.lajackson wrote:The system where two separate people index the same information has not changed with browser-based indexing. Each name is indexed twice, then checked and arbitrated if necessary.
It is my understanding that arbitration still occurs. I read in one of the indexing posts that the "Review" process is meant to make arbitration faster by presenting fewer discrepancies to the arbitrator. Arbitration is the current bottleneck to getting records released and searchable.mfmohlma wrote:Not so. "Review" now consists of a second person reviewing entries of one person. It takes longer as a "reviewer" than it did as an "arbitrator" with the old system, but the total time (instead of 2 people redundantly indexing and a 3rd arbitrating) is reduced.lajackson wrote:The system where two separate people index the same information has not changed with browser-based indexing. Each name is indexed twice, then checked and arbitrated if necessary.