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5 word stories collator.

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 11:25 am
by vector67
Before I start working on a python script that turns the 5 word story thread into a coherent (The use of that word is questionable) whole, I wanted to check whether anyone has made it before.

Re: 5 word stories collator.

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 11:27 am
by Talvieno
Don't think so, but a couple times I went through and compiled it manually.

Re: 5 word stories collator.

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 11:36 am
by vector67
Awesome, thanks Tal. From collecting it manually, do you have any suggestions for an automated process?

Re: 5 word stories collator.

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 11:37 am
by Talvieno
Not really. I remember a lot of people didn't post just five words. A lot of people posted more than that, and only sometimes in parentheses or smaller font. Sometimes they quoted others. Sometimes they added smilies. You'll need to find a way to get around all of that.

Re: 5 word stories collator.

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 12:27 am
by vector67
Ok, I'll try to work that all out. Thanks.

Re: 5 word stories collator.

Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 10:51 am
by outlander
I collected it (or the original 4-word story) once; did that by going into Print View, and copying the entire thread into a text document, and simply removing all but the words manually. I think that since most of the bits are fairly repetitive - for example, taking this randomly -
Re: 5 Word Story: The Sequel to 4 Word Story
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 4:52 pm
by Behemoth

how we make this thread

Re: 5 Word Story: The Sequel to 4 Word Story
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 6:03 pm
by Just_Ice_au

better than the last one.
most of the clean-up can be done by rather simple scripts.

The story would still need a manual look-over for when people post more than 5 words, emojis, and punctuation.

Keep in mind that the new phpBB engine and the layout used uses even more fancy formatting, so there are things such as horizontal separators that crop up from time to time.