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User talk:Claire

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Welcome to Bloomingpedia! We're looking forward to reading your contributions. Thanks especially for starting the Atwater Parking Garage article. Chris Eller 21:35, 5 April 2009 (EDT)

parking garages

Claire, if you know about the Fee Lane Parking Garage, that's an article that is on the wanted list. Chris Eller 21:39, 5 April 2009 (EDT)

Not sure, will see if I can find out! --Claire B 22:06, 5 April 2009 (EDT)


Verbatim copies from Wikipedia

Claire, I appreciate your effort and while there aren't really any rules against taking articles verbatim from Wikipedia (because of the way the licensing works), we discourage this because Bloomingpedia is not so much about copying data from other places as it is about exploring our region. Wikipedia simply put is on a very different scale. For instance, the article on Brown County may seem long on Wikipedia, but I would expect eventually that it would be much longer on Bloomingpedia, since there is much interaction between our two counties. Copying verbatim defeats the purpose of local people working together to write something unique and from a Bloomington perspective. -- Mark 13:18, 6 April 2009 (EDT)

Hi Mark, I agree, though at the same time, some information is better than a dead link. (The page was being linked to, but had no content) People can always add their own information and change it, at any time. Seems better to put something in. --Claire B 13:40, 6 April 2009 (EDT)