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Hi Jan - I'm not sure I understand you correctly, but this massive image transfer concerns me. If the photos are just going to be copied and also posted at the BRHS site, that's fine, but if they are to be removed from their albums here at the same time, that would undo a lot of work people have invested in compiling these collections without necessarily making it easier to interpret or even find things in the way you suggest. I am very happy to share photos here and in the BRHS gallery. However, the Gallery categories are not the same as the categories people use for their own albums here on the CBQ Yahoo group site. For example, some years ago, I created an album on Oregon, Illinois, and made it an open album so anyone could add to it. Most of the photos in fact are not mine. They cover a variety of subjects, from aerial views of the yards to various industries, to railroad and non railroad, buildings, passing trains, etcetera. If these are moved to the BRHS gallery, presumably they all would be broken up into different categories and filed separately, which no doubt would make it easier for people to see the images in terms of certain attributes ("locomotives" "buildings" or "passenger cars") but at the cost of losing the geographic unity of the collection as a whole. How could I search for Oregon? Or Galva? or ...? There are so many cross-cutting categories that without a completely searchable database it's practically impossible to have one system that accommodates everything. So unless we're running dangerously low on storage space in the Photos section here, I would be loathe to dismantle any one way of looking at the images to create another, because each way tells its own unique story. Jonathan ---In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, <j.kohl@...> wrote : As a very appropriate follow-on from the photos comments, I just wanted to let everyone know that a massive update the the BRHS photo gallery is imminent. http://www.burlingtonroute.com/gallery/index.php So just a few notes so that everyone knows what is going on. Every so often we pull all photos/files from the Yahoo groups and upload them to the Burlington Route Historical Society website. We haven't done it in awhile, but there are several reasons for doing this: 1. As mentioned by a few people recently, there is no requirement by Yahoo to keep anything at all, they run the old Usenet groups however they want. If we put photos into the BRHS gallery, we have no intentions to move or remove them as long as the internet is around. 2. Make it easier to find things. If you've visited the BRHS gallery, you'll see that it is broken up into various categories to hopefully make things easier to find. A few facts to note about this: 1. All credit is given to whomever posted the items or uploaded them. Note that while I have kept pictures posted to the newsgroup in a folder under the person's name, photos downloaded from the Yahoo group albums I may not know who created the album or posted the photos. For those whom I know have uploaded an image, I have appended their name to the filename (see example below). 2. We are not trying to take anyone's photos. No copyrights are assumed or changed, whomever has the copyright to a photo still has it. 3. If for whatever reason you have an issue with your photos being moved/uploaded, just let me know. As mentioned, this is a normal procedure between the CB&Q Yahoo group and BRHS website, just a way to make photos easier to find and always available. 4. If I didn't capture your name on a photo that gets moved, just let me know which photo and who you are, and I can update it. 5. All current albums (but not the photostream attachments) will be deleted after the photos are moved. If you have a problem with an album being deleted, just let me know. A few more housekeeping notes. If you upload photos to the CB&Q yahoo group or attach them to a post, PLEASE SIGN YOUR FULL NAME on the email or INCLUDE YOUR NAME as part of the file name! It is very difficult to discover who uploaded a photo to an album, it does not use anyone's full name, only their Yahoo ID. If you don't sign your emails, again, very difficult to discover who you are. As well, when you update photos, please change the name to reflect what the photo is about, date, time, ect. Randy posted a great guide about it a few posts back, and note that Hol and Louis both name their photos with appropriate names. An example that I use with my photos is such: cbq_4004_4-6-4_eola_IL_1951-05_jankohlcollection.jpg cbq_103_U25B_orchard_farms_mo_1969-09_jankohlcollection.jpg Finally, if you have other photos you'd like to upload to the BRHS website or if you are interested in helping update & maintain the BRHS gallery (for example, it would be nice for someone to go through and add keywords to all the photos) please let me know and I'll be glad to create an account. Cheers! Jan Kohl CB&Q List Admin __._,_.___ Posted by: jonathanharris@earthlink.net __,_._,___ |