What does 'Open' mean?
Well,
it does not mean anarchy; and, of course, I shall be making editorial decisions.
But the process will be open, the criteria will be 'commonsense' - and I'll give
the benefit of the doubt to the sites.
Maintenance
I'm
intending to update the site monthly, approximately. I can check all the links
in one half hour with Xenu's
Link Sleuth, and there's usually some 5-10 sites moved, changed or gone.
New sites are added as I update.
Site
Principles
This is a professional site, and we have applied
for membership of the Health On the Net
Foundation, and we fully endorse the HonCode
Principles. The site has been granted membership - and we are making
our Site Principles visible and unambiguous
for visitors.
Criteria for
Listing
Broadly, any working, professional site aimed at
a clinical nursing audience will be listed. I make no judgements about professional
content, but I am familiar with my target audience!
Other
sites will be considered, but these will be subject to assessment: despite not
being 'for nurses', is there sufficient there to make them a useful resource?
Some
sites will probably not be listed. But this is for a variety of common sense reasons;
I make no decisions about how useful or 'good' your site is.
I
stick firmly to sites which are directly of interest to clinical nurses.
- I'll not include corporate sites, not of practical use to my visitors.
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I do not include sites that choose to include music or other heavy downloads
-
I do not include sites that choose to include pop-up boxes, which it slow down
browsing for many people, and is very annoying.
- No site which appears
to be an affiliate of a site which is already listed.
- The site must be
working properly. Failure may be a technical fault or (all too often these days)
overdesign.
- No sites whose URL forwards to another.
- I do not
have the resources to assess non-English sites.
- Business sites should
includes contact details, clearly visible or directly linked from the front page:
email, post address (box number is not sufficient).and telephone.
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Submissions must include a web site address !!
- Due to our limited resources,
I regret we only list national and international resources.
- I do not
list sites where essential information is only supplied on registration - I would
advise people never to register until they know what they are going to get!
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Sites where the primary aim is scams, schemes, Multi Level Marketing or an excess
of affiliations. There's a balance.
- Sites using "comet cursor"
or other intrusive software.
Business Extra
Business
sites should be user friendly; that includes having contact details clearly
visible - or directly linked - from the front page.
Contact details
must include email, postal address (not a box number) and telephone contact
points.
This applies to all business sites.
If in doubt, please
submit your site.
All sites will be
categorised, and descriptions checked against the site content; Editor's decision
will be final on that. Normally, sites will not be listed more than once.
Sites
that cannot be found will be moved to the 404 page,
and if still missing on next check (a few weeks), then the link will be deleted.
Sites may be removed, at owners request, following complaints, or for other
reasons. These reasons may not be divulged, and are not open for negotiation.
And,
like every other web resource - You Take Your Pick!
This is flexible;
I'm learning as I go along and I'm willing to change any - or all of the above.
Advertising
Policy
Advertisements and affiliate schemes contribute toward the costs
of this site. Buttons or Banners may be displayed above a horizontal line at the
top of the page, or below a full-width horizontal line at the foot.
All
'exchange', affiliate or paid-for advertisements are labelled "advertisement".
Advertisers have no say or influence on the content of the site; similarly we have no control over the content of advertisements (though in the even of a legitimate complaint, we would bar any problem advertisers). These rules are toavoid any real or perceived or possible conflict of interest.
For example: Our website hosts
Google sponsored ads and links. We do not control Google ads content
and our editorial content is free of any commercial influence.
The site is affiliated to Amazon, whose banners and
search boxes appear in the BookShop. The affiliation is
clearly stated.
Rules
and RateCard
For the background to this policy, please see "Site
Principles"
Andrew Heenan
PS I'm happy
to discuss any of this.
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Copyright matters: I do not expect payment
for use of any of this material (c'mon!), and I am happy to admit that I have
shamelessly borrowed from all over the web. But I created this page and worked
into the night to edit the material and put it all together, and I assert whatever
rights I have.
In other words ... If you do copy any or all of it, please
give me due credit, and quote the page address too: http://www.realnurse.net/directory/
Quagga accepts no liability whatsoever in contract, tort or otherwise for any
loss or damage caused or arising directly or indirectly in connection with the
contents of this website except to the extent that such liability cannot be excepted
by law. So there.
A Bit of History
I
first started a links page in 1997, when I was very new to the web. I soon realised
that many were doing the same thing, and some were doing it much, much better
In particular, Rod Ward's "Nursing and Health Care Resources on the Net"
convinced me that there was little point in continuing.
Then,
a few months ago, Rod became involved in a project which aimed to provide a 'peer
reviewed' directory of websites, along the lines of "The
Open Directory - Nursing" - but more academic.
That's
fine, of course, and there's plenty of room for more structured sites. But my
gut feeling, and this was shared by many on the newsgroups, not to mention Rod's
thousands of visitors, was that it would be tragic, if not criminal, for such
a great resource to die.
I thought about it; I kept an eye
on the newsgroups ... nothing was happening. So I determined that if I wanted
it done - I'd have to do it. So I did. And while I ruffled some feathers in the
way I did it (That's another story), this site continues the great tradition started
by Rod: an Open Resource for Nurses, Midwives and associated professionals.
If you have found this useful, please consider a link
from your site
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