We have this on our suggestions for following the usgenweb guidelines within our state project: "The USGenWeb Project requires a pointer to our State page. That can be to either the main NEGenWeb Project page or to the NEGenWeb Project County Site List. Links to both pages are a good idea, as the main page offers the researchers more places to look for Nebraska information." Our guideline has read that way for some time. I think the national guideline may have read differently when I first came on board. A few years ago when I was getting ready for our annual sweep of county sites and checked the guidelines again, I was surprised that they read this way. The main state page is where researchers should be pointed. If the county selection list is a separate page there will be a link to it from the main state page. Just who decides what goes into the guidelines? I don't remember them being updated along the way, but may have missed it. Connie Betsy Mills wrote: > I am quite disturbed to realize that the requirement for "Pointer to state > page" states: > > "Every page must have a pointer to their State County Selection List > maintained by the state coordinator. (You might also put a note telling > people that if they have an interest in adopting a county they should > contact the state coordinator and provide the state coordinator's email > address)." > > There is NO requirement to link to the main state page although that is how > most of us have interpreted that rule. There has been discussion on this > list, I think, about how to keep people from linking to sub-pages instead > of the main site page and yet, this rule can be used/interpreted exactly > that way. A county site MUST link to a sub-page rather than the main > state page. Also notice that this states "EVERY PAGE" - and so that means > I need to change my state links on every one of my county pages to the > County List page rather than the main site? I am really not happy about this. > > Has anyone else besides me not noticed this before???? I personally will > not enforce this in my state, but I know other states are. > > Betsy > ARGenWeb SC