Grant Parnell wrote:
> How about the ASK SLUG bot. I wonder if it could automatically scan
> the slug archives for the most relevant answer to a given
> question.
Sounds suspiciously like a few of the IRC bots I've seen around (I've only
recently started using IRC, so maybe someone else has some cool examples).
The one I like is Tux on jordan.openprojects.net's #linuxaus. You can ask it
about files and packages in Debian, and it remembers things its `masters'
tell it,
<jdub> Tux, Grant Parnell?
<tux> I heard he had some crazy idea about helper robots for SLUG.
> The requester could then rank the answers according to which
> was most helpful. This would be a web based thing and it might just
> reduce the amount of repeat questions we get on the list.
Hahahaha... Reduce repeat questions? Not likely... ;)
Actually, that's a silly assumption. Do you think people come through our
website and find out about the list, or the other way around?
> EG a question like "How do I get PPP working" might be distilled down
> to "How PPP" and this could be looked up in an index to see if it's
> been answered, and relevant messages could be returned subject to
> ranking.
This is an interesting idea, and something which I think would fit in with
Jeffrey Borgs idea for (warning: twisted interpretation) for a web based
mailing list answers directory.
That thread has given me so many ideas for web based helper applications.
I'll let you guys know if I start on anything... :)
- Jeff
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