Historical version 3 of FAQ (view current version)

What's this guide for?

Our aim is to create an up-to-date, searchable, and categorised directory of the businesses and services available in Croydon. We're doing this mainly for our own enjoyment and convenience. We live in Croydon, we like gathering data, and we like to shop in small local shops rather than from huge megastores.

If this is a wiki, why can't I edit it?

We don't have the resources to put into moderating user submissions; we would rather spend that time out and about looking for new things in Croydon. If you would like to join our team of contributors, do get in touch, but please note that we are unlikely to be interested unless you already have a proven track record of providing reliable data (i.e. we should probably have already heard of you in a London/online context).

Why can't I leave a comment?

Because [Kake]? has not yet written a thing that will let you email comments directly to us. We don't plan to have user comments displayed automatically on the site, for the reasons given above.

Why don't you cover the market stalls on Surrey Street?

Because they're not all there every day, so it would be hard for us to keep the data up to date — if a stall is absent on a particular day, this could be because they've ceased trading or simply because they didn't plan to come that day. With permanently-located shops, this sort of thing is a lot easier to check out.

What's the connection between this guide and the Randomness Guide to London?

The Completists' Guide to Croydon (CGC) is a sister project to the Randomness Guide to London (RGL). It's run by some of the same people, and it uses the same software, but it is a separate project.

CGC is a completists' guide. We aim to document every business within our area of interest, whether we've used its services or not. For this reason, we include only factual data, and not our own opinions.

RGL, on the other hand, focuses on providing in-depth information and opinions on places in London that we have actually been to ourselves. The intention is not to cover every pub/restaurant/etc in London, but to only write up a place if we have something original to say about it.

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