Follow up mail to the correction submitter

[drdhaval2785]

@funderburkjim I am not sure whether this is actually implemented or not. This suggestion is triggered by the observation here

Case 23548: 10/12/2016 dict=AP90, L=31590, hw=hradrogaḥ, user=anoojmuljee
old = current word hradrogaḥ is wrong and it rather starts with hṛd, not hrad
new = hradrogaḥ ought be corrected to hṛdrogaḥ
status =  No change needed. 10/16/2016

We have declined to correct the correction submitted by a user.

We should send a mail to the user with details like

Your XYZ correction is installed on DDMMYYYY

or

Your XYZ correction does not need correction because of this reason : ABC

This way the user will have a follow up message from our side. This may increase user engagement with our cause.

[gasyoun]

This may increase user engagement with our cause.

Fully agree, makes sense. Can you write one, Dhaval?

[funderburkjim]

When a correction form user leaves an email address, I sometimes respond. The informal rules of when a response is sent or not sent:

• If the correction is NOT made, I'll usually give an explanation of the reasoning in an email
• If this is the first time a user submitted a correction, I'll usually send a 'Thank you' email
• If the user is a frequent submitter, and I have previously sent an email, I'll usually not send one for a run of the mill correction.
• If I think the correction is especially interesting for some reason, I'll usually mention that in an email

In actual practice, I will send an email response in a very small portion of the correction form cases. This is due to:

• no email provided. For instance, some user has submitted many corrections to GRA, but he/she leaves no contact info.
• Repeat customers. Most of the corrections are by 'repeat customers', those who have submitted numerous corrections over the years, and whom I have sent Email 'Thank you' notes .

[drdhaval2785]

Dear USER,

We are happy to inform you that your correction submission dated DDMMYYYY with following details is incorporated in our data on DDMMYYYY.

CORRECTION DETAILS

You may check it on www.abc.com.

Thank you very much for your precious time. Do let us know if yoy stumble upon any other correction.

From, Jim Funderburk webmaster Colone Sanskrit Lexica

[drdhaval2785]

Dear USER,

We regret to inform you that your correction submission with the following detail could not be accepted because of the following reasons

CORRECTION DETAILS

REASON : XYZ

Please feel free to draw our attention if we have missed to understand what you wanted to convey. We look forward to more corrections from your side.

From, Jim Funderburk webmaster Colone Sanskrit Dictionaries

[gasyoun]

Dhaval, you think it could improve activity? Indeed some feedback might make one feel happy. But I would use email templates (as Dhaval proposes) and use our Google Docs tables + Google Docs emailer script that would be easier (at least for me), so it would not distract me.

[funderburkjim]

@drdhaval2785 Your two form-letter templates are indeed similar to the response I provide, when I do so on an irregular basis as I described above.

Are you suggesting that a response be generated for ALL user corrections?

[gasyoun]

Are you suggesting that a response be generated for ALL user corrections?

I guess he wants so.

[drdhaval2785]

Yes, I intend to automatically generate it to all correction submission. Non-human. Python or PHP.