Re: [edict-jmdict] additional info

[Jim Breen <jimbreen@*********>]

On 24 October 2010 01:47, Stuart McGraw <smcg4191@frii.com> wrote:
> On 10/23/2010 07:31 AM, Michael Engel wrote:
> > When I use WWWJDIC, I miss a button behind each search result which
> > leads to a page where I could add another translation or a comment.
> > example
> >
> > 硬化 こうか (n,vs,adj-no) hardening; vulcanization; vulcanisation;
> > sclerosis; (P); EP *BUTTON HERE*
> >
> > so, I could quickly tell you that another translation is "curing"
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curing_%28chemistry%29 => see the link to
> > the Japanese entry
>
> It's there; it's just not where you are looking for it. See
> the "Suggest" button near the bottom of the page.

Michael's question has set me thinking. That approach of having a link
at the foot of the page and checking the radio button on the entry
you wanted to edit, etc. was how I did in the old days, and with help I was
able to carry it forward into the new database interface.

It occurs to me that it is quite easy to have an Edit/Promote link on each entry
as Michael suggests, and this is probably a cleaner way to do it.

I have whipped the code to do this into the testbed version at:
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic2.cgi?1C
It puts one of three links at the end of each entry: Edit/Promote/No-edit.

Please try it out and give me some feedback as to whether it is preferred
to the current database. (I think it may result in more corrections/promotions.)

Cheers

Jim
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Jim Breen
Adjunct Snr Research Fellow, Clayton School of IT, Monash University
A/g Treasurer: Hawthorn Rowing Club, Japanese Studies Centre
Graduate student: Language Technology Group, University of Melbourne