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Re: LUGNET Links "Everything LEGO" page needs an update
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sat, 21 Jun 2003 00:49:19 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Frank Filz wrote:
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> 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.
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> I'm almost thinking that at this point, we need to start putting effort
> into developing this data base. Here are some thoughts:
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> + 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
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> 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
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> 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)
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> http://ozbricks.com/portblock/welcome.htm
> pirates (10)
> sailing ships (10)
> seaports (10)
> space ships (7)
> imperials (10)
> minifig world tour (10)
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> http://www.io.com/~sj/PirateGame.html
> pirates (10)
> evil stevies pirate game (10)
> sailing ships (5)
> gaming (10)
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> http://www.widomaker.com/~litehous/Pirate/index.html
> pirates (7)
> sailing ships (7)
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> http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Glade/9007/jmg-brmc.html
> pirates (7)
> seaports (10)
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> Frank
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
working order but to see this would be a great addition to our community.
Adr.
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