whatcha think, mod squad?

here's how it works, i just edited the word "eastereggnog" into two posts, one into a post of cinemo's in the links project just to make sure i could do it in my forum and to see how it looks, and one into a post of mine in the humongous APB thread so give this a try:

1) use the existing search function to find posts with the word "eastereggnog" in the default-any member-any date parameters.

2) click on the "APB Cinemo" thread to find the keyword flagged post.

3) click the "quote/response" icon in any posting at random as if you were going to respond.

4) type Command-F Return (or mouse the find command in your browser)

5) check out the exact post on the correct page pinpointed by the highlighted keyword in that monstrous thread in a few easy steps.

it should be an easy process to find any post that has been tagged with the "68kMLA moderators (encoded seal of approval) bronze star citation" denoting that the post was very good but not excellent or freakin' awesome.

it's a fairly quick search method for finding tagged "best of the best posts" and no software modification is required at all. just down and dirty utilization of the crap we've already got on hand.

it's kind of an expanded, informal version of the linking to informative threads that you've already done on the site. a Q&A kinda keyword reference interface to go with it would be required, but my process gets you to the exact "post of merit", nopt just to the thread in general. anybody having a mod flag their post should take it as a compliment.

whatcha think?

jt ™.
Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball
C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF

keyword (periodically updated list in first post of the thread)
username
link to thread
date of post

but that'll never happen! maybe just:

keyword - forum - pasted heading from post - pasted link of topic

eastereggnog
Trash80toG-4
"NIGHT STALKER"

USA
1918 Posts
Posted - 26 Jun 2002 : 08:34:13
topic.asp.TOPIC_ID=1660.html&whichpage=13

which quickly becomes:

eastereggnog
Trash80toG-4
Posted - 26 Jun 2002 : 08:34:13
topic.asp.TOPIC_ID=1660.html&whichpage=13

that should be easy to copy the entire thread and massage into a spreadsheet to sort/tally if need be. but, it's not like we need to cross reference forums entirely, it'd just be nice to be able to tell a new recruit to search for "eastereggnog/whatever" to find some of the better answers to their (commonly recurring) question (cinemo's currently available ISP bandwidth/ethernet treatise pops into mind!).

i don't think most new members catch on to searching the forums for answers right off the bat, telling them the keyword or sending them to the website to the keyword/list/howto should be very helpful for recurring questions.

dunno, i'm jus'thinkin'in ASCII (rambling incoherently) again, suggestions from anybody would be appreciated.