CollectingData

How we collect information

Collecting more than 130 years of Dharmaraja's history and maintaining it for posterity is an enormous task. Therefore Dharmaraja College Archives have started this website (as a private wiki) such that all can collaboratively complete their own pages to complete the College history.

Please find/make the relevant pages for you and update them.

Autheticty of information is ensured.

• The access to pages is granted only for registered users.
• Users can see who has edited the pages and also the Archives moderate the edits.
• It is expected that you edit this site as a "True Rajan" who does not damage anyone's character or include private information harming others.
• Please ensure that you enter correct information only and refrain from entering any deformation to harm anyone.
• Some of the pages are generated by a database and hence you cannot edit them. You can edit all other pages.
• The pages of this website use symbols (Markups) to format. Use the above buttons to do simple formatting. Advanced formatting can be easily learned from Editing Guide.
• If you are unable to format just type the text. We will format it.
• If you can't edit on the website we can create a Google document for you to edit or you can send a Word document in any language. We will publish it for you.

Editing Guidelines.

• Add only correct information and give references as much as possible.
• Attach the reference to your page if it is a document.
• If the reference is another website it would be better to copy the entire website as it would be removed after some time from the original location.
• Add links to other pages as much as possible.

Procedure of editing information

• Anyone can see the information on this site without logging in.
• First the potential authors should register at https://me.dharmaraja.net as new users.
• To register, relevant information should be submitted and an automatic email verification link will be sent to ascertain the validity of the new user's email
• When the email link is pressed, the new user's account will be activated allowing them to log in to the database and also to this website. However until the new user's information is linked to the record in the college (a manual process and hence may take a couple of days), the user's record in the database or this website cannot be edited.
• Some of the information in the database is automatically displayed on this website. Such information can be added/edited only by editing the database.
• The editor can add/edit this website to include any other information, or photos and make links to other documents on this website or other websites.
• If the editor requires to add a link to any other website, it is recommended to make a copy of that website as a page in this website because other websites may become defunct someday.

How to collect information

• Collecting data is done in three ways. The involved groups of Rajans are Old Boys and Past Teachers, Present Students and Teachers and the Archives Committee.
• A hierarchy of responsibilities is established so that every aspect of the history is covered.
• Old Boys and Past Teachers Collect data from the past, and Present Students and Teachers Collect the data from the years they are in the school.
• The Archives Committee will monitor the progress and find missing data to guide the other two groups to fill the gaps.
• The Archives Sub Committee of the OBU coordinate with the Old Boy Groups and Past Teachers.
• The Archives Student Society of the College coordinates with the present teams, students and teachers.
• The page Data Collection Teams shows the responsibilities and please update as appropriate. You may add additional areas and Rajans.