[sw-l] Guidelines for Dictionary Editors ;-)

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
October 18, 2004

Charles Butler wrote:
> Can others add to the ASL list for your editors to look at.  I have 
> permission to do some of the Rochester Technical Manuals, but I don't 
> want to add unless I have your editors look at the interim products.

Hello Everyone, Editors, and Charles -
Anyone can add signs to a Sign Puddle dictionary. They do not have to 
be an Editor to add signs...

But Editors can do other things...like rename signs, delete signs etc...

So feel free to add those signs, Charles. The Tech Signs Manuals are 
not a problem...they have excellent signs that are used in the United 
States! And their books use SignWriting, so there is a connection with 
our history. So go right ahead and add them.

The one thing that concerns me slightly is keeping the dictionary 
usable for parents and children, and it may be that some of the sexual 
signs may be difficult in an online dictionary...but that has nothing 
to do with NTID's Tech Signs manuals...those signs are fine....

So I do have a question for everyone...Should there be some guidelines 
for Editors, or should we leave it to each country to make their own 
decisions as to how editing is done?

Val ;-)


Valerie Sutton
Sutton at SignWriting.org

1. SignWritingSite
http://www.SignWriting.org
Read & Write Sign Languages

2. SignBankSite
http://www.SignBank.org
Sign Language Dictionaries
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