Links & Text
When GreenPRO was first begun, most entries merely featured a brief description plus a link to the original source. However, as we moved forward, we began to realize that we needed to provide more information. Therefore, the decision was made to include all the text of the specific legislation or policy (as long as it wasn’t too large) in addition to the link.
The reason for this shift should be easily understood by any frequent web surfer — links change. Sometimes pages get moved to new sections of a website. Sometimes an entire website is ported somewhere else. And sometimes pages are simply deleted.
I don’t know about you, but one of my great frustrations with many web sites is to find a link to something I’ve been searching for only to receive an error message when I try to open the link! When this occurs, I feel like pulling my hair out!
To alleviate this problem, we decided to house the text or a graphic of the text on our own server so YOU won’t meet with this same kind of frustration too. We still feature the link to the original source so you can check to see if we copied it correctly and because it will allow you the ability to do more research and/or find current contact information, if you’d like to get even more information.
~Trey, GreenPRO Senior Researcher~
Trey, I think that is an excellent decision! With a wiki you can easily find and add the new link, if it exits, and with the text here, it doesn’t matter as much.
I often use http://www.Archive.org to try and find old copies of websites and links.
Great work here!