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The referencing of threads;

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  • 30-09-2005 5:55pm
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    Boston
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    I'd like a little feedback on this. Is it a good idea/bad idea. It's something i've been meaning to do for along time. And i think it will be of great use to people. However interest seems to have been very lack luster. I was kinda hoping that people would give me a hand doing this.


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    Hmm_Messiah
    Registered Users Posts: 1,964 ✭✭✭Hmm_Messiah


    i saw it yesterday and thought it was a great idea, potentially very useful.

    regarding help: I wouldnt have a clue how to do it :)

    Maybe regular readers could be responsible for a "theme", e.g. "coming out" and when they see a thread they do the referencing bit ...would that share out the work involved a bit ?


    Now please some one else quickly reply because when i see my name as the last post in so many threads I become aware of just how little work I've done


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    Stark
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    We could make a wiki article out of it maybe.


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    Boston
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    Tried a couple of times. To much editing for moi. Maybe theres a handy dandy way of converting the tags. I don't know it.


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    Annasopra
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    I think it's a good idea - you should put in a section on gay parents

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    Boston
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    Kinda been making the sections as I've discovered the threads. I've lost the ability to edit posts, so things will be more difficult to edit from here on in.

    Theres a htlm to wiki convertor here but it seems to be some kinda perl script and designed for linux. Stark you got any ideas on how to use it?


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    rsynnott
    Registered Users Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭rsynnott


    LiouVille wrote:

    Theres a htlm to wiki convertor here but it seems to be some kinda perl script and designed for linux. Stark you got any ideas on how to use it?

    That should work on any correctly configured perl installation with the required libraries. I emphasize should; some versions of perl common in the wild are extremely buggy. You can get perl for Windows at http://activestate.org/Products/ActivePerl/?mp=1


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    Boston
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    I haven't a clue how to use this. Never even looked at perl before.


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