What is a collection?
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How do I create one?
Click on the "Write a knol" button and select the option to create a collection. You can also, from any knol, click the "Collect" link and start a new collection that way.How can I add more knols to my collections?
Once you have a collection, there are two common ways to add more knols to it. First, when visiting a knol that you want to add to any of your existing collections simply click on the "Collect" link on top of that knol. A dialog box will then allow you to select the collection you want to add it to.The other option is to start with your collection and clicking on the "Submit a knol to this collection" link that appears at the top of the knol list. A dialog box will then help you find the knol you want to add to the current collection.
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| Adding a knol to a Collection Click on the image to expand |
You can remove a knol from a collection by clicking "Edit this knol", and using the "x" on the top right corner of each listed item.
You can reorder a collection by clicking "Edit this knol" and changing the numbers shown to the left of the knol list.
Is there a limit on how large collections can be?
We do not have a strict limit on how many knols can be in a collection.If your collection is large -- 800 or more knols -- then you will not be able to page through the entire collection. Instead, explore the collection using search and sorting.
I already have a knol with a list of links. Can I convert it into a collection?
No. You will have to start a collection from scratch.Can I change how my collection list looks and how the knols it contains are sorted?
Yes, visit our Knol Collection Display Settings help page for more information.How do I search just within a collection?
While viewing a collection, the search box on the top right corner of the page gives the option to search within the collection or search all of knol.How can I find out if my knol is in a collection?
On the right hand side of your knol there is a link "Search for uses of this page ". Click on the link and it will have an option to look for collections that have collected your knol.Someone put my knol into a collection that I don't want to be a part of. What can I do about it?
Anyone can create a web page that hyperlinks to any other web page. Adding a knol to a collection is not much different -- in principle anyone can collect any knol they like, for any purpose, without asking permission. However, if the collection as a whole is offensive, you may use the Report inappropriate content. Collections must follow the same Content Policy and Terms of Service guidelines as do ordinary knols. See moderated collections for special rules regarding this type of collections.
Georgian Knols
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I am interesting how can I create collection form template. It is possible?
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Georgian Knols
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How remove knol from collection?
You can remove a knol from a collection by clicking "Edit this knol", and using the "x" on the top right corner of each listed item. I did not find "X" on my collection http://knol.google.c
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Victor Porton
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Why collections, not simple Knols with links?
Well, there are one advantage, the possibility to search all Knols in a collection. There are also possibility to sort a collection in a different order, but this should be not done with books having established certain reading order.
But are there more advantages for writing a book as a collection rather than as a simple Knol?
I'm writing a book in Knols. Should I use collections or not?
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Peter Baskerville
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Need for a Knol Help Collection
With that in mind, I think it would be a great value-add for the Knol Community, if Knol Help were to create a collection of all their instructional Knols. This would allow us and new authors to just do a search of all Knol Help's Knols, to find the targeted 'correct' answers to our questions.
http://knol.google.c
http://knol.google.c
http://knol.google.c
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How about an intro something like
"Please Note: The default search option here is set to this collection only. This allows you to search only our Knols when looking for information and guidance relating to a particuler issue on Knol"
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Rajamanickam Antonimuthu
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How to keep order of Collection?
I would like to keep the existing order of collection untouched while adding a new knol to the collection.
Is there anyway to force the newly collected knol to add at bottom of the collection?
I agree with Knol Help answer. I am having below suggestion to achieve both things.
- Display Setting can have option for specifying place for the new knol. i-e it can be a drop-down box with options like "top", "bottom" and "custom". On selecting "custom", a textbox can be displayed for getting the number. For example, if I enter 6, then the new knol should be inserted/shown at 6th place.
i-e First 5 knols will be untouched, the remaining knols will be shifted down by one place.
The default value can be "Custom" with number "9".
I think this approach will keep the manually arranged Top knols untouched while giving opportunity to show the new knol at first page.
Thanks,
Rajamanickam.
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Best,
Jag
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Krishan Maggon
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eHow- poor quality content gets badges
It is difficult to believe that poor quality health content (without references, clinical evidence or results) from unknown authors and unknown qualifications gets quality badges. Reflects poorly on the google algorithm and the knol team endorsement. Incidently I have 5 collections
Murry Shohat
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Collections Coming under Heavy Justified Criticism
The absurdity is amplified by one example: an eHow collection that has earned a Top Pick badge contains 13 Knols, none of which has earned a badge from the readership. This collection and many others DO NOT merit awards, much less awards taken away from authors to be given to a list instead.
Peter, Krishan and I appeal to you for a quick fix.
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Peter Baskerville
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'Q' badges for collections? I don't agree.
I personally do not think that collections should qualify for 'Q' badges at all. It is a bit like allowing a bookstore that simply collects the 'best of the best' to compete with their authors for the Noble Prize in Literature. For me, 'Q' badges should be kept exclusively for authors who contribute valuable original work to the Knol Library and should not be awarded to publishers who simply take those works and gather them into a collection.
I believe that collections should only be ranked by 'most viewed' and should not be included in the competition for 'Q' badges.
We would like for good collections to be identified and recognized for their curation efforts, but maybe a separate badge type is a better approach to take. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Norman Creaney
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To help promote the collection concept you might consider featuring some collections on the knol homepage.
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http://knol.google.c
Also the top 100 'Top Pick' Knols are all collections. I'm hoping that this is just a bug but it does open the debate about 'Q' badges for collections. See my comments above - I don't agree with 'Q' badges for collections because what is to stop our recent 'copy&paste' friends from creating copious collections of our works, competing and eventually outranking us even though we are the original authors. What do you think?
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I do appreciate the general point thought that it is - in a way - double counting to award badges to collections. I guess the question that needs to be asked about a collection is - does it add value above and beyond the individual knols that it contains (is the whole more than the sum of the parts)? If so then an award is merited. Can Google devise a metric that captures this ....
I should be careful that I don't talk myself out of the badges that I've just been awarded!
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Krishan Maggon
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Swine Flu Collection and Discussion Board
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