h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Morning Bumblebee

There is a shortage of ACES/GURUS this morning so I've come to see you!

Just a silling question really, but when you search for somethign to read in the guide it comes up with Edited % and a Score %. What is that about? (I kinda grasp the edited percentage!)

Does the score mean if I find something with 70% then it is a good read??

Thanking you in advance!!

That's a very good question you're asking me there! I'm not sure of the answer though, I'll have to do some inquires myself. I'll come back to you as soon as I've found out.

OK, this is what I've found:

"For the technically-minded, the mechanism scores points independently for the subject line and the body text and then combines these scores with a bias towards the score from the subject line. This combined score is further modified by a multiplier depending on the entry's status, so a non-Edited Entry will have to be a much better match than an Edited one to score higher than it. The highest points are gained for an exact match of the search string entered (once 'noise words' are removed). Points are also scored separately for each word or phrase (phrases being words inside double quotes) and inflectional forms of these, with extra points for proximity of the individual phrases."

There, clear as mud!
May I ask why you need to know these things? Knowing things like this only makes me dizzy...

I'm a nosey person!!!

I was just curious, when I search for something to read it gets a score, so I wanted to know why!!

Thanks for your help bumblebee, have some nice flowers as a thank you!

Genie x

Glad to be of service, Genie.
I also happen to know that Jim Lynn himself isn't quite sure how that score is working.....!
Don't hesitate to drop by if there's anything else I can do for you.

hi I wondered something too, whats wrong with non moderated stuff? I've a few bits the reason I don't have them moderated is cause I like them the way they are I don't want someone messing with my vision.

Ah, so you have your un-[moderated] stuff that way on Purpose! Or have I got it all wrong, and you want your stuff [moderated] like everyone elses [moderated] stuff, is. Only in [moderation]. ?

kind of