User:Charu
Information for new users
- link to Goals
http://vaniquotes.org/wiki/Special:CompilerGoals
- link to Statistics
http://vaniquotes.org/wiki/Special:CompilerStatistics
- link in manual to the sections of books that we use from Vedabase to compile
http://vaniquotes.org/wiki/Manual:Tools#Vedabase
- link to manual
http://vaniquotes.org/wiki/Manual_for_compilers_in_Vaniquotes
- send questions about compiling issues to [email protected]
- my personal email is: [email protected] - for sanga etc
- skype address: visnumurtibls - for ongoing questions and training
Notes for new compilers
This is just a reminder list of basic guidelines for compiling.
Preparing VedaBase
- Click here for the list of sources to select in Vedabase.
What we do not compile
- Synonyms
- Quotes from an appendix or index
- Text segments written by the publishers, not by Srila Prabhupada (e.g. forewords)
- Purports from SB Canto 10.14 through Canto 12
- Verse summaries at the beginning of LOB, ISO, MM, NBS
- Quotes in which the expression appears only in a reading being done by a devotee and is not further commented upon by Prabhupada
- Quotes in which the expression is used by someone other than Prabhupada and Prabhupada does not offer further commentary in connection with the expression
If you come across a page for a Sanskrit term, check with your Vanitutor before compiling.
Guidelines for compiling
(be sure you are using Mozilla Firefox web browser before you start)
Formatting standards
- Conversations should always show the speakers' names, even if Prabhupada is the only speaker.
- Lectures show speakers' names only if there is a speaker other than Prabhupada present within the quote. If Prabhupada is the only speaker in the quote, do not include his name as speaker.
- Exception: Philosophy Discussions - These should be handled just like Conversations (always include the speaker)
Headings
- should include the expression (there may be some exceptions, but this is the general rule)
- should be complete sentences, ending with a full stop/period
- are not absolutely required, but should be consistent throughout the page
- are not necessary for short 'translation-only' quotes
Editing
- Quote text copied from VedaBase must remain exactly 'as is'. Do not correct spelling or grammar, and do not 'skip' through the text to select your quote (quotes must be taken from contiguous text).
- It is not necessary, however, to include the entirety of a single speaker's passage (in other words, you don't have to start your quote at the very beginning of a speaker's contribution to the conversation).
- Headings may include minor editing for clarity.