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How to ContributeSigning when creating a locality ?
7th Jan 2012 03:49 UTCJean-Yves Lamoureux
Would it be an acceptable (or desirable) practice that the creator of a new locality indicates his/her name, or should the contributions be anonymous ?
7th Jan 2012 04:41 UTCDebbie Woolf Manager
7th Jan 2012 13:50 UTCJean-Yves Lamoureux
Thanks for the quick reply ! Yes, I know that Mindat automatically records my input as I create a locality under my ID.
Please see the new locality "Carrière Bonsecours" : I have added my name and date of the input of info.
What I wish to ascertain is : is this acceptable as a practice ?
My reason for doing so is that other collectors might want to contact me through a PM and ask further info as I clearly indicate having visited this site recently.
On the other hand, people knowledgeable of the Mindat site could find me anyway as I copyright the site and mineral pictures under my name. But, this means having a closer look...
Rhaaaa, what would life be without those deep, existential questions ! :-D
7th Jan 2012 14:10 UTCAmir C. Akhavan Expert
And then it will not be clear who wrote what - except for the management (and only with some effort).
Everybody would have to add her own section and in the end you would have a big mess of possibly conflicting information.
Even a note like "Locality entry created by Mr.X" might cause problems, because localities are moved, split and merged.
If you want to write something about the locality and leave contact information, it is better to write a Mindat article and put a reference to this article on the locality page.
Then you also have much more freedom in what and how you write and you can add photos etc.
7th Jan 2012 15:32 UTCJean-Yves Lamoureux
Thanks for the reply and the relevant comments ! It's highly appreciated. :)-D
You're right : in the long run, not only is there a "possibility" that conflicting info may occur, it will definitely happen !
Errare humanum est !
The suggestion of creating an article is interesting and so much more appropriate...
But... sigh... my self-esteem just took a beating : how can it be that I din't think of this solution in the first place ?
Learning is a never-ending procees !
7th Jan 2012 15:33 UTCAmir C. Akhavan Expert
I've edited the localities
http://www.mindat.org/loc-235907.html
http://www.mindat.org/loc-235908.html
http://www.mindat.org/loc-235912.html
to be more in line with the general policy.
So I've taken out the signage, changed the order of languages and removed a few things that had to do with the actual field trip and the specific findings on that trip. These things should be done in an article.
7th Jan 2012 15:34 UTCJean-Yves Lamoureux
7th Jan 2012 15:38 UTCAmir C. Akhavan Expert
Anyway, I forgot to mention: my French is very limited, so check if I have contorted any of the sentences beyond recognition.
7th Jan 2012 15:39 UTCJean-Yves Lamoureux
You were writing at the same time I was answering...
Just took note of your newest post, about the changes you had to input.
Would like to be in line to the general policy, but is there any guide I can refer to ?
7th Jan 2012 15:48 UTCAmir C. Akhavan Expert
For everything not written there, use common sense:
- This is an English website
- No advertisements, or things like "go there, there's tons of stuff, just climb the fence..."
- General information, no trip reports and the like
7th Jan 2012 15:49 UTCDebbie Woolf Manager
The locality editor gives details of what to say in descriptions.
7th Jan 2012 16:07 UTCJean-Yves Lamoureux
Just read the Locality Editor info : sure will be handy...
Thanks !
Jean-Yves
7th Jan 2012 16:30 UTCJean-Yves Lamoureux
Further to this thread, just finished editing the localities and photos I had uploaded...
They will all be in English only, and limited to what is described in the manual.
Just realized it will save me work - I had done my latest additions in both French and English !
:-)
Jean-Yves
8th Jan 2012 00:32 UTCPhil M. Belley Expert
8th Jan 2012 02:26 UTCRock Currier Expert
8th Jan 2012 02:36 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder
The only sensible way to do it is to write in third person (never in first person please!) and attribute certain comments etc to yourself. For example, I could write:
"When Jolyon Ralph visited the locality in March 2010 he noted there were five open pits, with three headframes still standing, and plenty of traces of secondary copper mineralization on the dumps."
That makes it easy for someone in the future to add to it without having to rewrite everything you wrote.
Jolyon
8th Jan 2012 04:05 UTCJean-Yves Lamoureux
You were right, I did forget to correct the French in the locality names...
Just edited those I had created, changing "carrière" to quarry, which is more appropriate.
Learning the ropes, gents !
:-)
8th Jan 2012 07:24 UTCLloyd Van Duzen Expert
Its all our contributions that make mindat what it is and hopefully we all can take pride in our contributions because others benefit from the information we take the time and effort to add. Down the road someone else may decide to update your information and any additional info is always a bonus so we must keep that door open keeping in mind that the person who updated the information shares the credit that others benifit from. I guess thats the bottom line.
keeping it profesional and accurate is what mindat is about. We all benifit from the scrutiny of the adminstators here, they all deserve some credit for their efforts even though sometimes a member`s pride or ego may be hurt if they are not mentioned directly on the locality page.
A uploaded picture showing a member`s copyright is a good link to inquire with. Other than that maybe a member association link added to the page is another way, but ultimately Jolyon and the administrators make the calls, and they know whats best and whats right or wrong for mindat.
Keep up the good work everyone, I know I appreciate it.
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