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Hi, sorry if this is already explained somewhere, but I have a question regarding wiki tags: Can I combine them ?

I would like to get all SMS games from 1983, for instance.

Or, if this can be done, even better: to get all SMS games from the 80's.

Thanks!

Edit: something like http://www.smspower.org/Games/SMS-N&1983

You can do it via the search functionality but it's a little opaque.

To get all games under a specific tag, you add link=Tags.<Tagname>. However, you can't (reliably) combine them - adding it twice makes it list all pages with either tag.

Example: 3D glasses games, 3D glasses games with "1991" in the page.

You can instead rely on the tags being specified properly and simply do a plain text search for the markup that produces them, which is the tag name with an ! before it.

Example: Action + Platformer + Disney.

However, the system and year parts are (currently) done without tags - they're done with something called Page Text Variables. You can search on those too, but you need to know what they're called and use the $:name=value syntax in the search, and possibly also use wildcards for the date.

Example: SMS games from 1988 (there are of course none from 1983), SMS games from the 80s, with dates shown and sorted by date, SMS games from the 80s starting with S

To see what the PTVs are, you can edit any URL to add "?action=source". However, I'm somewhat minded to maybe use tags for this in the future, if tags can be usefully combined. (PmWiki feature request for this, I might have a go myself since it's been around since 2007...)

Great answer!

We use to play a game in orkut, the old social network from google which is very popular on Brazil.

We pick up a portion of a screenshot of a game, and then you have to guess which game it is.

It's called Game Enigma.

We inform some clues, my first one was exactly that: game from the 80's

Hey, I did it :)

Action Platformer -Disney Movie

Should be pretty fast...

Hey, we still play the game and I rediscovered this today :)

Thanks for the work.

I'm no expert at all regarding information retrieval and current state of open-sourced solutions for text search, but it took me a couple of searches (in my history if needed) to get to this thread again.

Couldn't we enhance full text searching on these forums ? Just a thought for the next year (to which some users here already have got!)

A proper full-text search is far more than our hosting offers - it's more of a dedicated server sort of thing. Google is your best bet for fast full text searches, just use the site: operator.

Indeed. Regarding that, I used to implement google site search for a client, there is a free version and a $100/year version, this one which can be fully customized with SMS Power layout.

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Niloct Joined: 25 Dec 2005 Posts: 607 Location: São Paulo - Brazil	Combining wiki tags Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:13 am
	Hi, sorry if this is already explained somewhere, but I have a question regarding wiki tags: Can I combine them ? I would like to get all SMS games from 1983, for instance. Or, if this can be done, even better: to get all SMS games from the 80's. Thanks! Edit: something like http://www.smspower.org/Games/SMS-N&1983

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14751 Location: London	Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:16 am
	You can do it via the search functionality but it's a little opaque. To get all games under a specific tag, you add link=Tags.<Tagname>. However, you can't (reliably) combine them - adding it twice makes it list all pages with either tag. Example: 3D glasses games, 3D glasses games with "1991" in the page. You can instead rely on the tags being specified properly and simply do a plain text search for the markup that produces them, which is the tag name with an ! before it. Example: Action + Platformer + Disney. However, the system and year parts are (currently) done without tags - they're done with something called Page Text Variables. You can search on those too, but you need to know what they're called and use the $:name=value syntax in the search, and possibly also use wildcards for the date. Example: SMS games from 1988 (there are of course none from 1983), SMS games from the 80s, with dates shown and sorted by date, SMS games from the 80s starting with S To see what the PTVs are, you can edit any URL to add "?action=source". However, I'm somewhat minded to maybe use tags for this in the future, if tags can be usefully combined. (PmWiki feature request for this, I might have a go myself since it's been around since 2007...)

Niloct Joined: 25 Dec 2005 Posts: 607 Location: São Paulo - Brazil	Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:14 am
	Great answer! We use to play a game in orkut, the old social network from google which is very popular on Brazil. We pick up a portion of a screenshot of a game, and then you have to guess which game it is. It's called Game Enigma. We inform some clues, my first one was exactly that: game from the 80's

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14751 Location: London	Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:36 pm
	Hey, I did it :) Action Platformer -Disney Movie Should be pretty fast...

Niloct Joined: 25 Dec 2005 Posts: 607 Location: São Paulo - Brazil	Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:54 pm
	Hey, we still play the game and I rediscovered this today :) Thanks for the work.

Niloct Joined: 25 Dec 2005 Posts: 607 Location: São Paulo - Brazil	Full text-search Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:01 pm
	I'm no expert at all regarding information retrieval and current state of open-sourced solutions for text search, but it took me a couple of searches (in my history if needed) to get to this thread again. Couldn't we enhance full text searching on these forums ? Just a thought for the next year (to which some users here already have got!)

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14751 Location: London	Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:19 pm
	A proper full-text search is far more than our hosting offers - it's more of a dedicated server sort of thing. Google is your best bet for fast full text searches, just use the site: operator.

Niloct Joined: 25 Dec 2005 Posts: 607 Location: São Paulo - Brazil	Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:29 pm
	Indeed. Regarding that, I used to implement google site search for a client, there is a free version and a $100/year version, this one which can be fully customized with SMS Power layout.

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