Draft guidelines on writing a good entry

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+title: "Submission Guidelines"
+date: 2025-06-23
+draft: true
+---
+# How to make a good entry
+
+We've developed a few guidelines for how to make Nerdy Day Trips
+entries more useful, and consistent with each other.
+
+## Title
+
+Use the name that the place calls itself -- i.e. what it says at the
+top of their website. This should be available for almost everywhere.
+If there isn't an official website, then take your best guess as to
+what the locals call it.
+
+Don't use the title to do the job of the description (i.e. "East
+Flumpsted Railway Museum", not "Steam Trains!").
+
+## Description
+
+Explain why this place is interesting. What is it, what things to look
+out for (if they're not obvious). It's usually more interesting to
+have your own description of the place, than simply to copy-paste text
+from their own website.
+
+## URL
+
+If there's an official website or page for the place you're adding,
+use that. Museums, national parks, shops, and many monuments have
+dedicated websites. Otherwise, try to find something that describes
+the place, and why it's interesting. (Wikipedia will often do this;
+Atlas Obscura is another good place to look).
+
+## Location/address
+
+Try to use the postal address of the place from the official website.
+This can sometimes be surprisingly difficult to find. (It's often
+hidden away in small text at the bottom of the "About" or "Visit" or
+"Contact" pages). Include a street (and number, if relevant), town,
+state (if relevant), postal code, and country.
+
+## GPS
+
+If the place you're adding is a single building, drop the GPS location
+in the middle of the building. If it's a small area, like a city park,
+drop it in the middle of the area, or onto the main attraction.
+
+If you're adding a large area with multiple attractions, such as a
+national park, drop the location onto the visitor's centre, if there
+is one. Otherwise, pick the most likely main entrance to the park.