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Post by LCARS on Jul 4, 2009 12:02:32 GMT -5
I thought this forum was started for people to POST KNOWN ID's of rocks and minerals as a reference section, but I have noticed it's now mostly people asking for others to ID rocks for them. Doesn't all the unknowns and questions defeat the purpose of having a reference section?
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Post by deb193redux on Jul 4, 2009 13:32:28 GMT -5
I thought this forum was started for people to POST KNOWN ID's of rocks and minerals as a reference section, but I have noticed it's now mostly people asking for others to ID rocks for them. Doesn't all the unknowns and questions defeat the purpose of having a reference section? The purpose got confused from almost day 1. The difference between "ID Desk" and "Reference Library" just never was seen the same by all. I think the only way to have some sort of "authenticated" library is to have a moderated section. I think it also shows that the average board user is more interested in asking for ID, rather than searching them up in the library, or posting library IDs. Might make sense to go in the direction of popular demand.
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Thunder69
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Post by Thunder69 on Jul 4, 2009 15:05:37 GMT -5
Whats the big whoop about? IF you don't know somthing about a rock or mineral post it here..Once it is ID'ed then rename the thread With the correct names or names..easy fix....Then it would still be a library....
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Post by texaswoodie on Jul 4, 2009 16:50:08 GMT -5
The Specimen Board didn't work out he way I had envisioned either. What tha heck, everything is not going to be as we would like for it to be. Get two people together and you'll have two opinions on how something is supposed to work.
Take the best and leave the rest.
Curt
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Post by LCARS on Jul 15, 2009 3:03:22 GMT -5
Not trying to cause a stink or anything, just making an observation is all. I actually wanted to "look something up" and realized that the vast majority of posts here are asking for ID's for Idunnoites.
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