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Subject:	Re: Idea for automatic Lugnet Set Database linking
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish, lugnet.admin.database
Date:	Sun, 11 Jul 1999 13:33:11 GMT
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> > Just search the text (subject and posted message content) for three or four > > digit numbers, and add the proper URL to do a set search. > > Susceptible to false positives. Examples: > > "I bowled a 295 yesterday!" > Not referring to the #295 Homemaker Office set. <SNIP> Hmmm... Here's an idea. If I'm talking about set #295 instead of my bowling score, I could type "...telephone from :295: is my favorite....". Just a random thought... Charles

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		Re: Idea for automatic Lugnet Set Database linking
(...) Or you can do the opposite and require special markup around the number to be considered a set # for automatic linking. Some ideas: I'd really like to my hands on a set:5952-2: soon! I'd really like to my hands on a <SET>5952-2</SET> soon! (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish, lugnet.admin.database)

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		Re: Idea for automatic Lugnet Set Database linking
(...) I was contemplating doing something similar a couple weeks ago when MikeS was talking about how much he used the search box... Rather than just giving a link into the DB, it really ought to (if it could) give a thumbnail and the set's data (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish, lugnet.admin.database)

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