I was making this map and I downloaded lots of stuff from w3sear.ch. I didn't copy all the author's names because I thought they were in the readme. I just found out that the readme only contains "downloaded from http://www.w3sear.ch/". Now I have to go back again to all the pages that contains the stuff I downloaded so I can get the authors' names.
I think it would be a lot easier for mapmakers to give credit to the authors of stuff is to put their name in the readme. I know this is very easy to do in PHP, so it's not so hard to do.
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its your fault you didnt copy the authors names. readme's aren't in php. when you upload a file to wc3sear.ch it gives you the option to upload a readme along with it.
and you better give credit to the authors. the mods have been very strict about that stuff lately.
The best time to get names is when you download the resourse, since the name is right there alongside the download button. It doesnt take much just to create a quick notepad file on your desktop to copy them down as you download, then delete it after you've put the credits in the map. -VGsatomi
The ReadMe file is optional, so at least almost no submitter adds one. That "downloaded from wc3sear.ch"-ReadMe is site-generated (although I don't really see the reason for it ). It would be a nice idea if the site-generated ReadMe would contain the authors name, but that's up to Darky to decide. I think VGsatomis idea with the self-made txt-file is the best idea, spares the time for searching the authors later.
). It would be a nice idea if the site-generated ReadMe would contain the authors name, but that's up to Darky to decide. I think VGsatomis idea with the self-made txt-file is the best idea, spares the time for searching the authors later.