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Shotgun Justice
02-02-2012, 11:25 AM
Hi all
Quick query, I want to find a comment that someone left below the line on a BoLS artilce on the homepage. I cannot remember the article or the poster but can remember enough of the content to search for it. I know it was in the last 3 months but apart from content that's all I've got
However, using google I have been unable to get search results for comments left, I would really appreciate any searching tips on how to find this comment if at all possible.
Cheers
Wildeybeast
02-02-2012, 04:10 PM
You may struggle as the things below the lines are signatures and not comments and I don't think the forum search tool picks them up. I just tried with 'KIERKEGAARD' from my signature and returned zero matches, despite plenty of posts with it on. You could give it a try though. Hit serch on the menu bar just below the header banner, go to advanced search and try a keywords search. I wouldn't hold out much hope, but good luck.
Psychosplodge
02-02-2012, 05:02 PM
post the content you're typing into search, see if anyone remembers it
Shotgun Justice
02-02-2012, 06:43 PM
Cheers,
Wildeybeast - I don't mean below the signature line, I mean it in the sense of comments that follow an article. It's a term used on newspaper websites for the comments on articles, journalists write above the line and occasionally venture below it with the rabble.
Psychosplodge - I've used the site search function but it doesn't return discus posts seemingly. I might be onto a loser with this one.
If you can remember roughly what the article was about try going into one of the categories, the last one in in most of the categories is three or more months old, though if it was in one of the wargames gallery posts you will just have to cycle back through the older posts button.
Psychosplodge
02-03-2012, 02:32 AM
I meant type into this thread what you are typing into the search box and if you're lucky somebody might recognise it and point you in the right direction.
DrLove42
02-03-2012, 05:46 AM
The average BOLS thread recieve 75-100 comments. At 3-4 a day, and 90 day window that gives you 36,000 comments to search through.
Good luck.
Wildeybeast
02-03-2012, 12:17 PM
Wildeybeast - I don't mean below the signature line, I mean it in the sense of comments that follow an article. It's a term used on newspaper websites for the comments on articles, journalists write above the line and occasionally venture below it with the rabble.
Ah, right that clears things up. Sorry I can't be more helpful, good luck with your search.
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