Something about the Readme

[arpha_storm]

I was making this map and I downloaded lots of stuff from w3sear.ch. I didn't copy all the author's names because I thought they were in the readme. I just found out that the readme only contains "downloaded from http://www.w3sear.ch/". Now I have to go back again to all the pages that contains the stuff I downloaded so I can get the authors' names.

I think it would be a lot easier for mapmakers to give credit to the authors of stuff is to put their name in the readme. I know this is very easy to do in PHP, so it's not so hard to do.

Thanks.

 

[DeadDogNoGoWoof]

its your fault you didnt copy the authors names.
readme's aren't in php. when you upload a file to wc3sear.ch it gives you the option to upload a readme along with it.

and you better give credit to the authors. the mods have been very strict about that stuff lately.

 

[VGsatomi]

The best time to get names is when you download the resourse, since the name is right there alongside the download button. It doesnt take much just to create a quick notepad file on your desktop to copy them down as you download, then delete it after you've put the credits in the map.
-VGsatomi

 

[DarkShadow]

The ReadMe file is optional, so at least almost no submitter adds one. That "downloaded from wc3sear.ch"-ReadMe is site-generated (although I don't really see the reason for it :roll: ). It would be a nice idea if the site-generated ReadMe would contain the authors name, but that's up to Darky to decide. I think VGsatomis idea with the self-made txt-file is the best idea, spares the time for searching the authors later.

 

[SeaGull1723]

Whatever. There have been similiar threads about giving credit to the original authors. Likewise, just follow satomi's advice.