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Subject:	Re: LUGNET Links "Everything LEGO" page needs an update
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general
Date:	Fri, 20 Jun 2003 16:51:31 GMT
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Adrian Egli wrote: > An updated version would make for a great community project. Say, put up a post > on general (for example) to note a revised edition and ask people if they'd like > their page on the new list. Just a thought. It would be great to see this updated, however, from my own experience I have to say that keeping a set of links pages up to date is an exceedingly difficult and time consuming task. What we really need is a capability for people to enter data into a data base of web sites, with various keys. I'm almost thinking that at this point, we need to start putting effort into developing this data base. Here are some thoughts: + Anyone should be able to submit entries + Each entry that is submitted includes one or more key words or key phrases along with a score + Each key is dynamically scored: - Base score for reliability of submitter - Improved score if others have used the same key for the same web site - score given for this key + each web site is periodically pinged by the DB, unavailable sites have a reduced score Submitters are dynamically scored: + if their site keys tend to overlap other submitters + admins can give the submitter a rating + other submitters can give the submitter a rating Searches will then return results sorted by score for the key. Searches can look for exact key match, or fuzzy key match, including complex searches. With this idea, I might rate some of the following sites (key scores on a 1-10 scale) http://ozbricks.com/portblock/welcome.htm pirates (10) sailing ships (10) seaports (10) space ships (7) imperials (10) minifig world tour (10) http://www.io.com/~sj/PirateGame.html pirates (10) evil stevies pirate game (10) sailing ships (5) gaming (10) http://www.widomaker.com/~litehous/Pirate/index.html pirates (7) sailing ships (7) http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Glade/9007/jmg-brmc.html pirates (7) seaports (10) Frank

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		Re: LUGNET Links "Everything LEGO" page needs an update
(...) snipped thoughts (...) I've often wondered if it would be possible to slurp up the links from the member information pages. There could be a check box to select/deselect wether or not you wish to have your site listed on the main link page. (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-03, to lugnet.admin.general)

		Re: LUGNET Links "Everything LEGO" page needs an update
(...) The database and scoring system idea you propose sounds like the best way to go. Like you said, just going through the task of checking every site would be a pain. I'd imagine this would be something that would take some time to get in full (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jun-03, to lugnet.admin.general)

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		LUGNET Links "Everything LEGO" page needs an update
For starters, I hope I'm posting this in the right place. Second, please don't bark if this has been brought up too many times already. The "Everything LEGO" page is a great resource but a rather dated one- dated as in not up to date. Now, I'm (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-03, to lugnet.admin.general)

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