[HN Gopher] In Praise of Search Tools
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       In Praise of Search Tools
        
       Author : drdee
       Score  : 52 points
       Date   : 2022-01-12 22:54 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | arikr wrote:
       | Wasn't this on the homepage yesterday?
        
         | frosted-flakes wrote:
         | > Second-Chance Pool
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         | > Moderators will sometimes rescue a post which didn't receive
         | a lot of upvotes and reset the submission time on the post.
         | (This is also one of the reasons why the FAQ discourages
         | deleting submissions).
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         | > Relatedly, moderators can also invite users via email to
         | resubmit a post which didn't get much traction.
         | 
         | https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#second...
        
       | wolverine876 wrote:
       | Adding to the article above ...
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       |  _Editing a well-prepared index can be a pleasure_ ,
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       | the estimable Chicago Manual of Style tells us,
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       |  _A poorly prepared one, however, presents serious problems. As
       | an editor, you cannot remake a really bad index. If an index
       | cannot be repaired, you have two choices: omit it or have a new
       | one made ..._
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       | Also:
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       |  _As a very rough guide, an average of five references per text
       | page in a book will yield a modest index (one-fiftieth the length
       | of the text), whereas fifteen or more will yield a fairly long
       | index (one-twentieth the length of the text)._ [Printed books
       | incur a marginal cost per word, remember.]
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       |  _The old-fashioned way. Indexers used to handwrite or type
       | preliminary entries and subentries on 3 x 5-inch index cards,
       | then alphabetize and edit the cards, and finally type the index,
       | while further refining it, on 8 1 /2 x 11-inch sheets._
       | 
       | And finally,
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       |  _For greatly expanded coverage of the present guidelines, along
       | with alternative usages, consult Nancy Mulvany's Indexing Books
       | .... Anyone likely to prepare a number of indexes should acquire
       | that work._
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       | https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/CHIIndexingComplete....
        
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