philatelia
Member 
Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
Posts: 3,655
What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
|
Post by philatelia on Jul 4, 2022 12:01:08 GMT
If you’re a new member working towards those 50 posts or even an established member who would like to contribute a bit more, please think about this idea. View the forum as a “Wiki”. We are essentially compiling the philatelic knowledge of our members to act as a data base. Take a look at the section for an area that you collect. What information is lacking? Could you add a thread that would enrich that topic? Can you describe varieties, history, pictures of unusual items, links to resources etc.? You don’t need to be an award winning philatelist or an expertiser - every collector has something they can share.
The concept of the forum as a wiki also explains why our moderators work so diligently to move threads to an appropriate section. Make sure your threads/posts are in the correct category.
Happy stamping!
|
|
Beryllium Guy
Moderator 
Posts: 5,911 
What I collect: Worldwide Stamps 1840-1930
|
Post by Beryllium Guy on Jul 4, 2022 12:56:32 GMT
Many thanks for your post, Terri ( philatelia).... as usual, you are "spot on" as the British would say! I would just mention that better to contribute a thread (or post) in the not-necessarily-best-place and then have it moved, than not to contribute at all for fear of putting it in the wrong place. Threads and posts can always be moved after the fact, and sometimes hindsight is indeed the best sight. I would also add to this that posting images without captions is not a great practice. Members should please try to bear in mind that images that contain text, while they might look fine without any explanation in the text of the post, are not searchable for any of the text that they contain. Sad, but true. If you want others, both TSF Members and the general public searching online, to be able to find what you have posted in a search, then the relevant info needs to be entered in a text format that will show up in said search. OK, I am now stepping down from my soapbox, and thanks to everyone for helping to make TSF a great place to be. Stay stampy, all!  |
|
renden
Member
Posts: 9,162
What I collect: Canada-USA-France-Lithuania-Austria--Germany-Mauritius-French Colonies in Africa
|
Post by renden on Jul 4, 2022 13:15:09 GMT
Many thanks for your post, Terri ( philatelia ).... as usual, you are "spot on" as the British would say! I would just mention that better to contribute a thread (or post) in the not-necessarily-best-place and then have it moved, than not to contribute at all for fear of putting it in the wrong place. Threads and posts can always be moved after the fact, and sometimes hindsight is indeed the best sight. I would also add to this that posting images without captions is not a great practice. Members should please try to bear in mind that images that contain text, while they might look fine without any explanation in the text of the post, are not searchable for any of the text that they contain. Sad, but true. If you want others, both TSF Members and the general public searching online, to be able to find what you have posted in a search, then the relevant info needs to be entered in a text format that will show up in said search. Nice intervention but I guess I need a dictionary: 2nd paragraph OK; 3rd one......what is caption in our context ? An example of a bad useless post and a good one to make it searchable.... Thanks !! René btw Terri philatelia - good subject !! |
|
Beryllium Guy
Moderator
Posts: 5,911
What I collect: Worldwide Stamps 1840-1930
|
Post by Beryllium Guy on Jul 4, 2022 14:08:29 GMT
Thanks for your post, René ( renden ). Very simple: an example of a poor-quality post for searchability is one that contains only an image, with either no descpritive text or any other info. I think that is self-explanatory. A caption: "a title or brief explanation accompanying an illustration/image" (une légende en français) As an example, posting an image of a stamp either with no description at all or something meaningless, such as "Here's this" or "How about this?" or "Have a look at this" or "Here's another one" is not good for being found in a search. All it takes is a bit of common sense, not a bunch of rules or policies. If you post the image of a stamp or cover, provide some description in text: - Country where the item is from
- Catalogue number
- Date of issue for a stamp
- Date and location for a postmark
- Any other descriptive info
Does that help? |
|
renden
Member
Posts: 9,162
What I collect: Canada-USA-France-Lithuania-Austria--Germany-Mauritius-French Colonies in Africa
|
Post by renden on Jul 4, 2022 15:21:22 GMT
Thanks for your post, René ( renden ). A caption: "a title or brief explanation accompanying an illustration/image" (une légende en français) As an example, posting an image of a stamp either with no description at all or something meaningless, such as "Here's this" or "How about this?" or "Have a look at this" or "Here's another one" is not good for being found in a search. All it takes is a bit of common sense, not a bunch of rules or policies. If you post the image of a stamp or cover, provide some description in text: - Country where the item is from
- Catalogue number
- Date of issue for a stamp
- Date and location for a postmark
- Any other descriptive info
Does that help? That helps the non Oxford trained member  and looking at my posts I always try to give the facts/description and now we call it caption - Thanks, appreciate - René |
|
Beryllium Guy
Moderator
Posts: 5,911
What I collect: Worldwide Stamps 1840-1930
|
Post by Beryllium Guy on Jul 4, 2022 15:27:09 GMT
Ha ha, well, I am not Oxford trained either, as it happens. I just live here!  The comments I made are general guidance, René ( renden ), and not directed at you or any other member in particular. I agree that you generally always include descriptive text in your posts with images, which is great, and much appreciated. |
|
and looking at my posts I always try to give the facts/description and now we call it caption - Thanks, appreciate - René