What happens if, using for example a French AZERTY keyboard as I do, I type a word with its normal accents which all have their own keys, usually in the free text evidence box? Will it come out with hieroglyphics? This used to happen in RED but the new version of UKRED has worked round that, at least for French, German and Spanish, in order to deal with evidence submitted in languages other than English. Obviously in LED, composers' names like e.g.

The following query and response passed back and fore by email, but it's worth posting them here in case anyone else is wondering the same thing:

Query: Does the Title of a source book *ever* go in that first source field or is it always in the format of 'Letter from X to Y, date xxxx', 'Diary entry by Y, date xxxx', regardless of whether or not the material has been published in book form?

Several contributors have been alarmed by the 'big red X' that appears at the end of a field after you enter some data in it. Please don't worry - it doesn't mean that you did something wrong! The red cross is just the icon you would click on if you wanted to delete the information in that field and start again. We do realize though that people find them rather threatening, and we already have them on our list of things to amend. They're also on our list of FAQs, which we're planning to publish on the website this week.

Best,
Helen

I tried to submit an experience that I had in college that changed the place of music in my life. But the system would not accept my entry, apparently because the "source" is my memory. It seemed to require publication reference.

We know this currently throws up all sorts of weird suggestions. Don't worry - ignore the mad stuff and input something sensible. We're working on it, but surprisingly perhaps, we haven't been able to find a usable external dataset to link to that will give us the kinds of results we want. So I think we're going to have to devise a list ourselves. Another job of the new year.

Helen

To fill in or not to fill in when the original language is English? There's obviously no harm in filling it in, but it's only really significant if the original language is something other than English.

Helen