Hi Blake - In addition to your point 2 (putting a note of the updated 
instructions date) might it be helpful to use a 'strikethrough' style on items 
that have been amended? In that way, mappers who may have come back to a 
particular task have a clearer understanding of what has changed.
--
Laura


> On 2 Jan 2015, at 16:06, Blake Girardot <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Just 2 quick notes:
> 
> 1. Because the description and instructions tab used to be the same and 
> description was at the top, I see a number of projects that really put 
> mapping instructions in the description field.
> 
> Now that the two tabs are separated, instructions are not showing up on the 
> instructions tab because they are in the Description field.
> 
> If you have running projects, you might want to review them to make sure the 
> instructions are in the Instructions fields.
> 
> If anyone would like me to check their projects and make sure the 
> instructions are showing up in the Instructions tab just let me know I am 
> glad to get it fixed up. Just send me an email and I'll be glad to do it.
> 
> 
> 2. If you change instructions on a project after it has started, please, 
> please put in a line that says something like: "Instructions Updated Jan. 3, 
> 2015" or whatever date you update them.
> 
> I have seen several instances where the instructions have changed significant 
> so that tasks validated under the old instructions would no longer be 
> validated under the new instructions. That leads to some confusion.
> 
> But even less significant changes can lead to confusion for people trying to 
> answer questions (ok, maybe it just confuses me ;)
> 
> Cheers,
> Blake
> 
> 
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