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This self-test
checklist is to assist you in preparing to apply.
By using it honestly you
increase the probability of receiving an award. Ready?
Lets go...
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GENERAL
CRITERIA
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| Your website must not contain
any adult only related material, pornography nor violence to
any creature (including humans). |
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| The site must be related to
genealogy. |
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| No stealing bandwidth. Please
see the article on Bandwidth
Stealing by Maestro
Awards. |
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| You must be at least 13 years
old. |
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| Causing crashes of an
evaluator's computer. Test your new pages first! |
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| No more than 5% of all
internal or external links do not work. This will be
verified! Be sure to run a link checker before
submitting your application!! |
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| The site can not be evaluated
unless English is used. |
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| Pop-ups that are not directly
related to your site. If your server requires one for
advertising there will be no penalty. |
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| No forced newsletters, forced
guest books, password entry requirement. |
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| There is a method of the
viewer contacting you? |
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| No excessive amount of time
to load. |
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| Violation of copyright laws.
Crediting graphics & music is required. Don't
steal! |
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TIPS
HOW TO SCORE THOSE POINTS
| Surnames
Only use a surname once when filling out your application.
This is where you score huge points!! Help the Evaluator and
list only those surnames you are using for point purposes! |
| GEDCOM
If you have a GEDCOM then put a link to it on your site and
grab 5 points. |
| Use
Family Links
Have you found other web sites out there related to the
surnames you list in your application? If so, score 5
points by putting links to those sites. |
| Document,
document, document!
This is where you impress the Evaluators big time!
Show where you got your genealogical information. Give
those contributor's name (after you have their permission). |
| Uncluttered
Counts It's
your site, but....a sure way to lose points is to have all
those snazzy flashing icons, dancing people, running cats
and dogs, things that chase the mouse around and all that
eye wash stuff. It adds nothing to a genealogy site
except...well, nothing. |
| "Under
Construction"?
A web page is always under construction! Publishing
pages that aren't finished frustrates viewers (and
Evaluators too) and will cost you major points. |
| Music?
OK, some sites have wonderful music and is appropriate.
But not everyone wants to listen while they review your
family data. If you have music be sure you give the
viewer a method of cutting it off. Losing these large
points for this area could cost you a Genealogy Excellence
Award...and we want you to receive one. |
GEDCOMS
= GEDCOM, PAF, Roots or other methods of electronically transmitting
the entire or portions of a genealogical database.
Surname Researched
= Specific surnames are posted and capable of being followed on the
site. Credit is given for Rootsweb based databases IF you
maintain the database.
Documentation Sources
= Means of identifying the source information. Method should
be either of: "Cite Your Sources" by Richard Lackey or
"Evidence!: Citation & Analysis for the Family
Historian" by Elizabeth Shown Mills. |
