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Reverting back to cite MySource instead of the common Source page [22 July 2017]
Hi Diane -
Just a friendly inquiry... I'm curious why you reverted the last maintenance change to this page, so that it now cites MySource:Diane Hosler/Obituary which doesn't contain any information about the source as opposed to citing the general Source page from our database Source:Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States) which does contain information about the source? One of the greatest benefits to working in this wiki environment is the ability for you to connect your people to common Source and Place pages which might facilitate future relationship connections between the people you are researching and others. --cos1776 20:43, 22 July 2017 (UTC) (volunteer administrator and member of our WeRelate:Mentoring team)
Well. Earlier this year, a reviewer changed the obituary reference to this format, and then recently another reviewer changed it to yet another format. When I first started with WR, I experimented with how the different citation/source and obituaries would looked on the person's page, and choose the one I had first for the Swanson's. Sooo, now, as I have new information for a page, I've been changing to the way the first reviewer changed it.--Diane Hosler 22:14, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
- Hmm. That is interesting. There have been some changes over the years as everyone has been on a learning curve, and the site has settled in to figuring out some best practices. I, too, have changed the way I do some things as I learned more about the way the site worked, so I certainly understand.
- For this page, the history shows only the one change to the citation prior to your last one, but I would be interested to see where a reviewer had changed a Source citation (preferred) into a MySource citation, if you have a link to such a change. That doesn't seem correct. Usually MySources are for sources that only apply to a few people or that are not readily available to the general public.
- In this case, each individual obituary (text plus image, etc.) could be considered a separate MySource, but they are all coming from one or more common Sources (the newspapers in which they were printed). I wouldn't recommend that you go to the trouble of creating separate MySources for each individual obituary, however. That is certainly not necessary. It is fine to simply show the individual obituary information on the Person's page, as you are doing now, but the text and image could be part of a citation that links to the common Source page (the newspaper). Alternatively, the obituary citation could be a "Citation only" that does not link to any source page, but does identify the newspaper in plain text. You seem to be using plain text for the name of the newspaper now (that's ok), but still specifying the title of the source to be the MySource page.
- A MySource page, such as MySource:Diane Hosler/Obituary is not really helpful as it does not provide any information about any source and does not really meet the definition of a source page. The thought has crossed my mind that perhaps you wish to keep track of all of the obituaries that you are entering (which are great additions, by the way). If that is the case, there are other methods better suited to doing that. I'd be happy to show you some options, if that is the thinking behind the MySource:Diane Hosler/Obituary page. Best Regards, --cos1776 23:05, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
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