This discussion is being started in an effort to co-ordinate all questions & comments about projects that connect to the Cause of Death Portal. It would be nice to have one site / discussion for all of the discussions relating to this Portal. Right now I think there are at lease 11 discussions related to this Portal. It would allow Erica and other curators to follow-up on those projects that may need a little tweaking or other assistance. It will also benefit everyone interested in this project/portal to learn from questions someone else has asked. I often don't know what I don't know until someone else asks a question...
If you have a cause of death that you don't see listed, this is the place to ask about including it, including what to call the project if you are unsure & maybe would like to create the related project. If you don't know how to connect the project to the Portal, ask, although I think Erica put the steps in one of the discussions... If you don't want to create the project, it allows the idea to be picked up by someone else. It could also be a place to let others know if you are working on one of the cause of death projects so we don't end up with more than one person creating a project.
I am learning how to create projects for this Portal & have found that if I start by putting everything in a word document first & organize it there it makes it easier to copy / paste it into the "Start a New Project" document form (found on YOUR Project page on the top right in green above the projects you belong to)... then once created, you can modify, formate, add alt. names / tags, & associated projects (ie: Cause of Death Portal, Epidemics (under Infections) for Cholera, if it is a sub topic under another heading, such as Homicides with shooting under -- add Homicides.) Once finished you could mention it here with name of your project so the curators &/or others could help fine-tune if you miss something.
Look for pictures that might go with the project -- tactful ones -- I have found several for each of the project I have added as I wasn't sure which might be preferred. The pix will go into YOUR photo album also. I created an album named "Projects" so they all go there as I have more than one project that I was adding pix for. What you do depends on how you have your photo albums organized & how many pix you are adding to the different projects. Don't forget that you will need to be a collaborator of any project you want to add pix to...
Remember if you create the project that is added you can make changes, otherwise you need to request to collaborate on the project -- even to add pix that might go with a project.
If you copy & paste this to very bottom of the project you have created it will connect it to the "Cause of Death Portal": (It is generic, so will work for ALL related projects!)
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'''jump back to [http://www.geni.com/projects/Cause-of-death-portal/27730 Cause of death portal]'''
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>this project is in [http://www.geni.com/projects/HistoryLink/14021 HistoryLink]
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Hope this discussion will be a big help to all who are interested in this big project/portal!!!!!!!!