@rUsHnUt it's not that deep lol, I used to sometimes add the author of the map for filtering purposes while going through the maps on here, I'm not gonna beg for such a trivial privilege in the end, anyone being able to edit authors was a good idea since very few cared to, too bad
It's a good idea until someone messes up the database on purpose. Unfortunately, the days where you could trust people around a project are gone. The ability for anyone to propose changes will be back, but not without control/validation by someone.
@Arkshine: Once I'm done with checking author names for all "byplt-ed" maps, I'm gonna post a big list ( all with links ) of the remaining ones where I couldn't find either author name, author country, or both. So there's a chance the list will be long. If too long for 1 post I'll just add more until everything's posted.
Ok parabolt, thanks for the info. Please post this again, but if possible in more detail, once you see my big forum message ( post it there ). I'm currently about 65% done with the (starting) 33 pages ( 50 maps per page ), so hang on for about a couple of weeks.
What is the best option when I come across an author name displayed in a txt-file like this: Davide "Chow_Yun_Fat" Pernigo 1) David Pernigo ( real name ) 2) Chow_Yun_Fat ( nickname ) 3) Davide "Chow_Yun_Fat" Pernigo ( both )
@rUsHnUt whatever works best for filtering purposes, option 3 is probably too long of a string to properly display in the author field, so then search what the author is best known as
I haven't come across it many times ( on a couple of ported dod maps ) but so far I picked option 3. Your answer indeed makes sense to better stick with what's most known/used for any other stuff this person has made so far. Technically you can use method 3 for all authors since everybody has a first and last name but it's not the most used method.
Normally I always aim towards the most complete answer/info but for this I'll just stick to "when I see a nickname I'll pick that above anything more being provided".
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@rushnut for username, I prefer the both format personally.
@Fixxor yeh there was a site exploit which someone abused and nuked the section; the files got delisted and were floating around but a few got permanently lost
@Blackcock: It seems somebody beat me to it cause when I looked the wad was already included.
@ParaBolt: I have to pick a middle ground that suits the widest amount of users. In this case "less is more" is something that fits the criteria the best in my opinion.
@Arkshine: Am I blind or can I not see a button to add files to an existing archive? All I can see is ViewZipContent ( yellow bar ) but there I can only delete stuff.
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