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?
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