On Thu 31 May 2012, David Cantrell david@cantrell.org.uk wrote:
the obvious ones missing from that list are "I went in and spent some money" and "I work there" :-)
Good point! Though in either case you would have had to walk by, sort of... ;) Perhaps a more general "I saw it with my own eyes" option would cover all these cases.
The London guide already has (in plain text, I think, not in DB fields) info on when opening times were checked and when it was last confirmed to still exist. eg ...
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Balham_Bowls_Club,_SW12_8QX
which says (at the moment) "Last visited by DrHyde, March 2011. Opening hours taken from the Balham Bowls Club website, December 2011". I think there's value in this.
Definitely! And good to know the provenance as well as the last-updated time -- opening times from websites are useful but not 100% reliable (mind you opening times on the door etc aren't 100% either but probably closer!).
It has just (belatedly) occurred to me though -- if I copy the opening times of a business from its website, am I allowed to make that info available under a cc licence? Is it a fact rather than something that can be copyrighted? Yes, I know, I should know this stuff by now. :-/
Jx