Here's a good idea.

Whenever a user makes a post containing one or more instances of "(sp?)," the forum software should check a standard dictionary file for the closest match to the token immediately prior to the "(sp?)" and make the change automagically. This gives us a powerful spellchecking feature with minimal overhead; no download on the client side, no complete spellcheck on the server side with every post, just a quick scan for all instances of "(sp?)" and the concomitant checks as a result.

Example: NCSUStinger posts, "Yes, I really enjoy padding my post count with drivil (sp?)." The server notices the "(sp?)" and checks the token immediately prior: "drivil." A check against the standard dictionary brings up "drivel" as the first match, so "drivel" replaces "drivil" when the post is entered into the database.

This won't always work properly, but hell, it's not like we couldn't look things up for ourselves, either.

[Edited on March 14, 2002 at 10:51 AM. Reason : Example.]

3/14/2002 10:44:20 AM

damn that seems a little much

3/14/2002 10:47:22 AM

It only seems a little much because I explained briefly how it would work. In practice, you wouldn't think much of it at all. You think that LeGo's [user] tag idea was easy to implement?

3/14/2002 10:50:50 AM

But in a way, keeping spelling mistakes shows how dumb a user really is (i am probably the worst speller in the world, but im not dumb... im joking.)

3/14/2002 10:56:47 AM

I'm not saying I support the idea of a spellchecker. I think all youse dumb bastards ought to know how to spell in the first place, or at least look things up for yourselves. I'm just saying that there has been some demand for spellchecking on the Wolf Web in the past, and this is a happy medium.

3/14/2002 10:59:34 AM

Thats retarded. Nobody says (sp?) on TWW, and how are they supposed to learn to spell the word if nobody ever calls them a dumbass for spelling it wrong?

3/14/2002 12:44:19 PM

haha... I was usered... also I believe the correct syntax would be [sp]drivil[/sp], then it would be as easy as my request.

P.S. Everyone use my suggestion like FroshKiller did so that I will look cool. Or because it will make Joe and CrazyJ feel good about responding to the request about message board. Plus I am also tired of seeing stuff like,

"yeah thats great jason", b/c there is no user name jason in the topic. I have a hard time following the topic and who people are responding too becuase I don't know every users real name.

3/14/2002 3:25:43 PM

Justin had a good point.

3/14/2002 3:36:27 PM

yeah using real names on here is retarded

3/14/2002 5:04:46 PM

I agree, Ben.

3/14/2002 5:32:59 PM

FroshKiller, I could even deal with that, as then I could atleast find out whom they are. When it is just a name w/ no link it sucks...

so who is Justin...

[Edited on March 15, 2002 at 9:02 AM. Reason : premium must be nice.]

3/15/2002 8:58:31 AM

Justin is me.

3/15/2002 9:10:51 AM

Why would you use somebodys real name on here? Everybody knows their TWW name, but only a few people know their real name. You are posting it on a public messageboard. You arent trying to restrict what you say to certian people who know a name. So use the TWW name.

3/15/2002 2:14:09 PM

Ben has a point.

Here's an idea. At B-Boys, our forum software allows you to add parameters to your tags. For instance, we allow URL masking like so:

[URL=http://www.thewolfweb.com/]The Wolf Web[/URL] renders as The Wolf Web, or just a vanilla [URL]http://www.thewolfweb.com/[/URL] as http://www.thewolfweb.com/.

Couldn't we have something like this, at least for the [user] tag? This is what I have in mind: [user=InsaneMan]Ben[/user] would be rendered as Ben. What do you say?

3/15/2002 3:04:57 PM

who is gonna take the time to type that when they can just do a normal user tag with the TWW name?

3/15/2002 3:16:32 PM

Well, Ben, apparently I will.

[Edited on March 15, 2002 at 3:22 PM. Reason : People were asking, "Who will actually use the [user] tag?" too.]

3/15/2002 3:22:10 PM

1 person dont mean shit

3/15/2002 5:19:35 PM

One person means EVERYTHING.

3/15/2002 5:22:40 PM

They arent gonna add features to TWW that only 1 person is gonna use, but...

3/16/2002 5:16:36 AM