> On 14 Sep
2015, at 21:43, Lester Caine <lester(a)lsces.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On 14/09/15 21:29, Michael Peel wrote:
>> >>> I've reworked the Name section and it is making a lot more
sense, but
>>> >>>> I'm still a little stuck with a citation for the post
code stuff since
>>> >>>> linking to the Royal Mail data is a copyright violation. But
we can list
>>> >>>> the name itself as it's under OGL - I believe.
> >> Links to websites aren't copyright violations, so if you have a URL for
the name on RM's site then I'd encourage you to add it to the article.
>
> Looks like I hit 'reply' rather than 'reply all' :(
Ah - I
hadn't spotted that! Feel free to copy the list back in if you want!
> Anyway ... Royal Mail are crafty sods and
the only way to get a listing
> is to search for it from the generic page.
>
http://www3.royalmail.com/find-a-postcode does not allow generated URL's
> simply to block people skimming the data via code :(
>
> And Google will not search for "Weston-Subedge" ... it always strips the
> punctuation even if you wrap in double quotes ....
It's best to not use
them as a reference, then. Think of people accessing the Wikipedia article in 5 years
time, when Royal Mail has changed their websites and it's no longer returning the same
search results - they won't be able to verify the information. It's better to
point towards a more permanent source of the information in this case.
And since there is not a quotable source ...
The information is an impotant element of the problem so I'll leave as
is at the moment and see if I can get a back door reference to the same
material on the ONS site.
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Lester Caine - G8HFL
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