Sorry for any inconvenience or misunderstanding in my previous posting. Looking back on its content I should have probably PM�d the information to the relevant people rather than putting it on the forum (put it down to Christmas and so many things going on). This will be the route taken in the future, though it is probably better that a specific �work group� be set up for this purpose.
Will England wrote
Standards(:) I believe that there should be some and that most should be adhered to. If I say grind/mince coarsly I could always add, "I use a 3/4 inch plate or a 15 milimeter". Fine-Medium- Coarse would be great as a start. This idea can always be modified. Let's not make it difficult for folks to contribute.
I would never be so pretentious as to tell people what they could submit, or what they are capable of making/producing. The purpose of my post was to question how the �work-group� would manage/standardise what was submitted by forum members to make it a standardised formatted forum as opposed to other forum�s recipe databases that are out there.
Will England wrote
I don't know if there is difficulty removing a post or editing it after it has been posted. Maybe an updated recipe is posted and one of the site managers is asked to remove the "uncorrected version" I think that this can be worked out as well.
I would recommend that there would only be one version of each recipe in the database at any one time (the older revisions should be kept for reference purposes), though their may well be various recipes for the same product (example Lincolnshire Sausage, Keilbasa). These �MASTER� recipes will/should also be marked with a revision number (0a, 0b, etc with the next main revision 1) so that the latest revision can always be followed.
Will England wrote
I think abbreviations should be standard. If your not sure of the abreviation write it out. If you are copying someones recipe and they write out Tablespoons and you use TBS. Then use it.
As I mentioned that was one of my main concerns, however, I would suggest that whatever anyone posts be changed/standardised as required to match the rest of the postings and the agreed database format/content.
Will England wrote
I think this recipe publication is a good idea. Maybe we should not consider trying to correct someones spelling or grammar. If you reply to the post use the correct grammar or spelling. My American English is not exactly like the Queen's English. As long as we convey our ideas to someone else, does the spelling really make a difference?
Though the �work group� may decide otherwise, in my opinion the grammar/language should also be standardised across the whole database for continuity.
Kind regards
Parson Snows