Talk:Tips on entering data

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I am getting a Page Not Found error when I go to the New Orleans page? What do I do?

The form has moved, I think, it is now located here: http://ethanzuckerman.com/entryform.html ++Lar 23:55, 4 Sep 2005 (EDT)

I think the latest form is here: http://www.katrinalist.net/katrinaPeopleFinder/submit.html Denisemc 21:35, 8 Sep 2005 (EDT)

Table of contents

1 delicious?

2 Updated Field Guide

2.1 If You Are Transcribing a Post Updating a Missing Person's Status
2.2 Copy the following information from the source post in all cases

3 Diagram

4 Looks good...

delicious?

I have 2 additional lists in my first claimed "chunk" (http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/hurricanes/list/ and http://www.fullcircle.net ), but I don't know how to tag them in delicious. A little more detail in that part of the faq would help. Thanks.

Updated Field Guide

Entry Date 

The date which you (the volunteer doing the data entry) is entering the data.

First Name

The first name of the missing person.

If the source post supplies multiple first names for family members that share a last name, create separate posts for each family member (remember that families can be separated during things like this.)

If the source post supplies names for multiple people who do not share the same last name, create an individual entry for each person listed.

If there is no first name supplied in the source post (i.e., the posting is looking for "the Smith Family"), enter "Unknown" in the first name field.

Last Name

The last name of the missing person.

If there is no last name supplied in the source post, enter "Unknown" in the last name field and please enter as much supporting information as possible in the rest of the form.

Phone

The phone number belonging to the missing person.

If there is no phone number supplied in the source post, leave this field blank.

Address

The address that the missing person was known/believed to reside.

If there is no address supplied in the source post, leave this field blank.

City

The name of the city where the missing person is known/believed to be from.

If there is no city supplied in the source post, leave this field blank.

State

The state in which the missing person is known/believed to be from.

If there is no state supplied in the source post, enter "LA." You can also use the city name as a clue (i.e., New Orleans is in LA).

Home Neighborhood

The neighborhood (i.e., French Quarter, 9th Ward) that the missing person is known/believed to be from.

If there is no home neighborhood supplied in the source post, leave this field blank.

Email

The email address of the missing person.

If no email address is supplied in the source post, leave this field blank.

Company

The missing person's company or place of employment.

If no company is supplied in the source post, leave this field blank.

URL to Photo

A URL to a photograph of the missing person.

If no URL or photograph is supplied in the source post, leave this field blank.

Other Any other information supplied in the source post that may help identify the missing person. If no other information is supplied in the source post, leave this field blank.

If You Are Transcribing a Post Updating a Missing Person's Status

Note Entry Date

The date on which the source post was made.

Found

Check the box if the missing person has been found.

Email of Found Person

The email address that the found person can currently be reached at.

If no email address is supplied in the source post, leave this field blank.

Phone of Found Person

The phone number that the found person can currently be reached at.

If no phone number is supplied in the source post, leave this field blank.

Last Known Location

The last known location of the person at the time the source post was made.

If no location is supplied in the source post, leave this field blank.

some structured information identifying shelters may soon be added to this field [[1] (http://katrina.internet2.edu/wiki/index.php/PeopleFinderShelters#Inter-operability_between_people_and_shelter_data)]

Text

Any other information in the source post about the person's location and status.

Copy the following information from the source post in all cases

Author Name

The name of the person who created the source post.

If no name is supplied in the source post, enter the username or other identifier of the person who created the source post.

Author Email

The email of the person who created the source post.

If there is no email address supplied in the source post, enter "Reply to Site."

Author Phone

The phone number of the person who created the source post.

If there is no phone number supplied in the source post, enter "Reply to Site."

Source Name

The name of the source (i.e., Craigslist, NOLA).

Source Date

The date that the source post appeared.

Source URL

The URL of the source post.

Diagram

I made the diagram for this page; however, there still seems to be some vagueness on the various field names. So I went ahead and uploaded the original .svg file that I used to produce the diagram. If you know how to edit such files and need to modify it, you can get the file here:

(I tried to upload it here but Firefox kept crashing, not sure what's up with that -- maybe mediawiki doesn't allow .svg files or soemthign?)

http://ruphus.com/stash/labelsample.svg

--Patfm 05:51, 5 Sep 2005 (EDT)