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Nafcom
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 588 |
Implement http://ftp.pokefinder.org/ into CSDb
Implement http://ftp.pokefinder.org/ into CSDb for alternative download link search!
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Perff
Administrator
Posts: 1679 |
Now you people have noticed that it is possible to alter the search string in the new window that pops up????
;P
(I'm not planning to make this link-routine the first true AI.. :) )
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11384 |
ehrm.... AI ? all i suggested can be done in one line of php (or whatever else you are using) probably. atleast removing non alphnumeric characters is a must imho. |
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Perff
Administrator
Posts: 1679 |
he.
I already did that - removing non alphnumeric characters if you havn't noticed. (Perhaps not all of them - had a small problem making a simple php-routine that removes all non alphanumeric chars, but not special letters like æøåôêá and what different contries have thought up. Anyone got a 100% idiot-proff thing to do that?)
I could just see where it was going. Removing simple chars is one thing. Next search for special abrivations and remove them or convert them. Also look for other words like preview, fix etc. and do stuff to them too. The next post would probably have sounded a bit like "Make a routine that understands the meaning of the title, and make a smart search from that understanding." ;)
.. or perhaps it's just me who is lazy.. hmm.. :):) |
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CyberBrain
Administrator
Posts: 392 |
Is this pokefinder link really a good idea?
It doesn't give unique results, like download-links does.
So it's likely you won't get the release you were looking at in CSDb.
Wouldn't it perhaps encourage people to not upload files?
Also, if there is a release without a download-link and someone finds the file (f.e. at pokefinder), shouldn't he upload it at the release page, so that other people later will get the right (unique) file? If so, i guess the pokefinder-link not really needed (maybe it could be nice to have at the edit page, but not on the main release-page) |
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Nafcom
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 588 |
Quote: Is this pokefinder link really a good idea?
It doesn't give unique results, like download-links does.
So it's likely you won't get the release you were looking at in CSDb.
Wouldn't it perhaps encourage people to not upload files?
Also, if there is a release without a download-link and someone finds the file (f.e. at pokefinder), shouldn't he upload it at the release page, so that other people later will get the right (unique) file? If so, i guess the pokefinder-link not really needed (maybe it could be nice to have at the edit page, but not on the main release-page)
I just did that for a couple of releases, upload the file for broken downloads with results of the C64 ftp search :)
Since many contain the group name in the file name, uploading the same version as in CSDb is not hard.
So I think it was a good idea :) |
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tlr
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 1790 |
Quote: I just did that for a couple of releases, upload the file for broken downloads with results of the C64 ftp search :)
Since many contain the group name in the file name, uploading the same version as in CSDb is not hard.
So I think it was a good idea :)
I'm not so sure of all those names are correct though. I think you should atleast run it to see if it is the correct one. If the screenshot is missing (or any credits) that can be added at the same time. |
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Nafcom
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 588 |
Quote: I'm not so sure of all those names are correct though. I think you should atleast run it to see if it is the correct one. If the screenshot is missing (or any credits) that can be added at the same time.
Oh it was just a game, no worries, I am pretty sure I got it correct :) |
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tlr
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 1790 |
Quote: Oh it was just a game, no worries, I am pretty sure I got it correct :)
How can you tell without even looking at it?
You can always run into stuff like these two different releases from Relax: Road Runner +2 and Road Runner +4.
There's little point in csdb if the information here is not validated by the people adding it. |
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Nafcom
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 588 |
Quote: How can you tell without even looking at it?
You can always run into stuff like these two different releases from Relax: Road Runner +2 and Road Runner +4.
There's little point in csdb if the information here is not validated by the people adding it.
I have more brain mass than you think I have ;)
But thanks for the care! :) |
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tlr
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 1790 |
Quote: I have more brain mass than you think I have ;)
But thanks for the care! :)
It wasn't meant as an insult, no hard feelings? :)
Anyway, there are lots of people reading this thread, so I just wanted to point out the fact that it is quite often that there is incorrect info in the filenames, or atleast incomplete info. (like only one group, when it was an import and bugfix, etc...)
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