Just wondering

Just wondering why only 7 of my 10 specimens were approved for July 20th
thanks
John

Please read the manual on how to add localities.
[manual.mindat.org]

Thanks David...did so and edited changes, but still getting no approval.... I'm sure managers are on holidays and taking a well deserved break.
cheers
John

John, I've noticed the reference given on this locality is not in correct format [www.mindat.org]

Ann.P. Sabina, ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR, Miscellaneous Report 32, 1983, pp. 11-12.

It should be something similar to this ...

Sabina, A. P. (1983), Rocks and minerals for the collector, miscellaneous report 32: 11-12.

Debbie

Thanks very much Debbie.
John

Well it's still not quite right, we do not capitalize titles, there is a space missing between the comma & first initial, a comma missing after the year, I don't think misc report needs capitals either.

Would have been easier to copy & paste my version

Don't forget to change each mineral entry as well ! I randomly picked a mineral & looked at the info, it still shows your original submission.

Debbie

Commas after the year should be ommited.

Unfortunately we still only have examples of reference formats on the edit form of minerals and not on the edit form of localities.

This is the example from the mineral edit form
Jones, B.M. et al (2009) Quartz included winky dinkies from the Slobovian Highlands. Mineralogical Record, 42(5), 435-441. doi:10.1023/A:1021827724818

The doi info is optional, of course.
A complete list of authors is fine and would look like this:
Jones, B.M., Smith, J.M., Hoolahoop, O. (2012) Quartz included winky ....

Ideally, the references are given in chronological order.

Commas after the year should be ommited.

I don't agree, I do like to see some punctuation after the year to break it up, either a comma or a colon.

Sorry Amir, I'm with Chet on this one [www.mindat.org]

No problem.
You do not disagree with me.
You (and perhaps also Chet, but I am not sure after reading the thread you linked to) disagree with the currently documented, albeit poorly documented, reference standard (if there is a reference standard, that is).



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/25/2012 09:48PM by Amir C. Akhavan.

Holy smokes, this is quite a detailed process, as it should be on a professional site like this. Thank you Debbie and Amir for taking the time to set me straight on this...I hope I got it right this time ( I left that disputed comma in...I hope Amir does come after me
John