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Anselm Lingnau

Anselm Lingnau

Re: Give credit to Devisers

Oct. 8, 2001, 2:59 p.m. (Message 27786, in reply to message 27778)

Eric Ferguson <x.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xx> writes:

> Far worse: no Pilling diagrams carry the deviser's name.

That's not strictly true -- a bunch of them say `Drewry' or `Cosh'.
However I agree that the WGB's attitude to crediting authors and citing
sources can only be described as extremely lax.

I also agree with Peter Hastings in that programmes (or cribs) should
really mention a published source for a dance, if available, in addition
to the deviser's name. This is not as much of an issue now that we have
DanceData, but still this is helpful information that costs nothing to
include and ought to be provided as a matter of course.

Anselm
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