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Please, read this article before you contribute to the [https:// | Please, read this article before you contribute to the [https://timeline.oldera.org/timeline Timeline]. | ||
==Notability== | ==Notability== | ||
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==Where to save your layers in the Library== | ==Where to save your layers in the Library== | ||
Use the folder Sandbox/Add your layers here | Use the folder ''Sandbox/Add your layers here''. The rest of the folders in the Library are protected from editing. The reason is that if someone messes up the Library structure, be it accidentally or on purpose, this will make entire app unusable for everybody until the problem is fixed. That’s why only admins are allowed to place layers in folders other than the one specified above. If everything is OK with your layer, some admin will eventually move it from the Sandbox to a more appropriate location. | ||
The rest of the folders in the Library are protected from editing. The reason is that if someone messes up the Library structure, be it accidentally or on purpose, this will make entire app unusable for everybody until the problem is fixed. That’s why only admins are allowed to place layers in folders other than the one specified above. If everything is OK with your layer, some admin will eventually move it from the Sandbox to a more appropriate location. | |||
==How data is organised in the Library (categorisation)== | ==How data is organised in the Library (categorisation)== | ||
Regular users can’t place layers anywhere other than the special folder already mentioned above. If you have a suggestion on where to put your layer, or maybe you have some general thoughts on how to organise data in the Library you can message me on | Regular users can’t place layers anywhere other than the special folder already mentioned above. If you have a suggestion on where to put your layer, or maybe you have some general thoughts on how to organise data in the Library you can message me on my [[User_talk:Karen|talk page]]. | ||
Basically, how to organise data in the Library is an open question. I’m not a historian, and even if I was, I wouldn’t want to impose my views on everybody. So there must be a way for everybody to have a say in this matter. | Basically, how to organise data in the Library is an open question. I’m not a historian, and even if I was, I wouldn’t want to impose my views on everybody. So there must be a way for everybody to have a say in this matter. | ||
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When the program reads the instructions, it places time intervals on the Timeline one by one, in order of their appearance in the list of instructions. It happens very quickly so it seems as though all the time intervals appear on the Timeline at the same moment. But in reality there is a process that looks like upside down Tetris, where each time interval tries to end up as high as possible. | When the program reads the instructions, it places time intervals on the Timeline one by one, in order of their appearance in the list of instructions. It happens very quickly so it seems as though all the time intervals appear on the Timeline at the same moment. But in reality there is a process that looks like upside down Tetris, where each time interval tries to end up as high as possible. | ||
So what happened in our example, is that Time interval 1 was placed first as high as possible. Then Time interval 2 was placed as high as possible. Then when it was time to place Time interval 3 on the timeline, the | So what happened in our example, is that ''Time interval 1'' was placed first as high as possible. Then ''Time interval 2'' was placed as high as possible. Then when it was time to place ''Time interval 3'' on the timeline, the space in the highest level was already occupied by ''Time interval 2'', so the third interval had to go lower. | ||
To fix it, you simply change the order of time intervals in the instructions, placing Time interval 3 before Time interval 2. | To fix it, you simply change the order of time intervals in the instructions, placing ''Time interval 3'' before ''Time interval 2''. | ||
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Looks much better. | Looks much better. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[File:QuintillusConflict.png]] | [[File:QuintillusConflict.png]] | ||
One layer says that Quintillus began his reign in April 270, while | One layer says that Quintillus began his reign in April 270, while another layer says he died in April 270. If one of the sources has an error in it, then such error should be fixed. You can always fix errors on Wikipedia. However, if we genuinely don’t know when Quintillus died and the sources simply cite two different versions which come from two different books, and one version is not better then the other, then it’s OK to just show the conflicting versions of history on the Timeline. | ||
The fact that we can visualise the conflict of versions of history on the Timeline is actually a good thing. | The fact that we can visualise the conflict of versions of history on the Timeline is actually a good thing. | ||