Re: Request regarding inputs

[Chase Colburn <kanjistudyapp@*********>]

Hi,

Just for a variety of opinions, I'll throw in my thoughts. I actually think
the system Jim has created works well enough. I don't think having separate
files for each of the 200k+ entries will be easier to manage. Although I
love Github, I don't think this project is a good fit for it. That being
said, if the editor site code itself was on github, perhaps we could
contribute and submit pull requests for these kinds of features ourselves.

Regardless, I'm always thankful for the work put into this epic project.

-Chase

On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 4:12 PM Chris Vasselli <clindsay@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jim, Ben,
>
> For what it’s worth, as a “casual” contributor to JMdict, I also would
> love to have the features Ben mentioned. In general, the current system is
> pretty hard to use. I would probably contribute a lot more if it were
> easier (especially emails when someone follows up or your edit is accepted)
> and I’m sure it’s a big barrier to entry for new contributors.
>
> I wonder, has there ever been a discussion of moving the entire project to
> a platform like GitHub, rather than using a custom-made system? They have
> solved a lot of the same problems, so after migrating you would benefit
> from all of the work that they have done making collaboration and public
> contribution like this easy. I think storing JMdict as a set of XML files
> on GitHub that people can create pull requests to modify would be a pretty
> natural fit. KanjiVG <https://github.com/KanjiVG/kanjivg> is a good
> example of a project that operates this way.
>
> Of course, I also understand that the current system has worked for a long
> time, and the high barrier to entry might also have some benefits. Just
> throwing it out there.
>
> Chris
> On Feb 17, 2024 at 6:36 AM +0900, Jim Breen <jimbreen@gmail.com>, wrote:
>
> Hi Ben,
>
> Is it possible for the web site to be set up to remember people? Every
> time I go to the edrdg pages, I have to type in my name and email again and
> again. Surely it should be a simple task to remember a user via a cookie?
>
>
> Can certainly put in on the list of possible extras. I must say that
> these days browsers tend to handle that sort of thing for you. I find
> with Firefox it will often pop up common values for a field when I
> start typing.
>
> Also it would be useful to have a way to access the things I've submitted
> to the dictionary in one page. It says that the email address will be used
> for follow-up queries, but I've never received one of these emails, the
> discussions seem to go on in the comments of the entry itself.
>
>
> That's more-or-less there via the options at the foot of the Advanced
> Search page in that you can get a list of all entries where a
> particular person has commented/submitted in a particular time range.
> It can be in a tab by itself and be refreshed. I use it when I'm
> "monitoring".
>
> Again, a thought for a possible future upgrade.
>
> Re emails, I use the address when I want to give some individual
> feedback, etc. We've never gone down the path of having the system
> send automatic emails - it can be a problem on a number of fronts and
> after 14 years of operation without it, the need is obviously not
> pressing.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim
>
> On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 at 14:36, Ben Bullock <benkasminbullock@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> Is it possible for the web site to be set up to remember people? Every
> time I go to the edrdg pages, I have to type in my name and email again and
> again. Surely it should be a simple task to remember a user via a cookie?
> Also it would be useful to have a way to access the things I've submitted
> to the dictionary in one page. It says that the email address will be used
> for followup queries, but I've never received one of these emails, the
> discussions seem to go on in the comments of the entry itself. So if I want
> to go and check what happened to my inputs I have to search through the
> pages of submissions.
>
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