[obol] Re: OBOL -- years from now
- From: Brandon Green <brandon.green18@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: joel.geier@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 16:13:58 -0700
Right, that was only part of what you were saying. My mistake.
-BJG
On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Joel Geier <joel.geier@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Brandon Green wrote:
>
> > As Joel points out, eBird and BirdNotes are better suited for
> > archiving.
>
> Ummm ... actually what I tried to say was that databases such as eBird
> and BirdNotes do a good job of archiving certain kinds of data, but they
> don't do a good job for most of the information that get shared on OBOL.
>
> I agree with Paul that there are circumstances where it's good to have a
> convenient way of searching through the OBOL archives.
>
> For instance, if I want to look up something that Wayne Hoffman wrote
> about Eurasian Collared-Doves when they were first showing up. Or Craig
> Miller's comments on Black-throated Sparrows in the Warner Valley. Or
> Darrel Faxon's comments about former shorebird abundance at Yaquina Bay.
> Or one of Roy Gerig's good stories of back-country adventures on Fish
> Creek Rim. Etc. etc.
>
> To try to say it more simply: There is value in maintaining the archives
> in a place where people can get to them. It would also be good, for many
> reasons, to develop more easily searchable versions of the archive
> contents. I've suggested one practical way to do that.
>
> Good birding,
> Joel
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