I am speaking more to being able to search by a specific subject area, model, etc. Like Rusty's parts site. Searching by thread title often gives way to many results.
N -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 8:13 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] List information management Well with this setup we are on has a archives function that you can sort however you want, by thread, author, date, etc. As long as people keep the subject line relevant, then that works good. As far as the old list/system goes, well, we all know how that works. It basically creates the archives from the digests, which you cant really sort or anything. Nick Wellinghoff wrote: > Hello all, > > I have a question about the lists information organization. This is an > extremely valuable resource and I am grateful to have found it. Many people > have spent a lot of time contributing etc. However, it is not easy to query > the list for past threads etc. (I am aware of the current search) As a > result a lot of repeat questions are always asked and answered, space is > wasted, not to mention it would be nice to be able to query with years of > responses to search from. I think formulating a system for organizing the > old data of the system is too large of a task but maybe introducing a new > system for submission of questions would be good. For example when a user > submits a new question we use a set of tags to categorize it and these tags > will carry along with the thread as users reply etc. Then we can > periodically pump the information into a relational database and be able to > query it efficiently. Not to mention backing up, optimization, etc and other > administration tasks could be improved. I would be game for helping devise > such a system with the help of SMEs to determine criteria for categories > etc. I hate to see all of this knowledge contributed by Marshall, Kaleb, > and etc go to the waste side by not being searchable. Enforcing the rules > for submission would be a breeze, no tags= no submission. Bad idea? Good > idea? Better ideas? > > > Nick > 82 300 SD > > > > _______________________________________ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For new parts see www.buymbparts.com > For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 69 250 Okie Benz Auto parts-email for used parts _______________________________________ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] For new parts see www.buymbparts.com For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
