Searching the site, aliases and you!

Hey all. Figured it might be a good time to write up a little FAQ on how the site's search works and some of the challenges / awesomeness involved in it.

I just have one question.  Why isn't the game Mirror's Edge in the database?

Disregard my last post.  I didn't know that you could add games.  This is really cool.

How do you add games might I ask?

"How do you add games might I ask?
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good info

So are aliases basically like tags, or do they only work for the user who registered them?

Good info. Didn't know you could add games. :P

"So are aliases basically like tags, or do they only work for the user who registered them?
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They are not tags, which are descriptive bookmarks. These should only be used as an alias for game names. An alias is an acronym or commonly referenced name for a game. KOTOR for example is an alias of knights of the old republic.
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Yes. You are editing the game itself, not attached a personal alias to it.

Cool info, thanks for posting it

Thanks for helping me out with the search, I was wondering about that.

I'm trying to create a my games collection, but everytime I click on the button to add to list, the my collection is grayed out, anyone know why?

cool, thanks for the FAQ =)

Thanks for telling us. : )

oh sweet you can add games too, but what if someone tries to add a game which never exisited

Editing pages is really fun.  I have been having a great time doing it.  :)

im having fun editing pages, but how long does it usually take for them to get moderated usually?

im having fun editing pages, but how long does it usually take for them to get moderated usually?

I am liking the blog section works great.

yeah the blog and user lists are nice

Thanks for the small guide!

thanks for the little tutorial

Hey Dave (snide for those who don't know yet), please, please, please make an official wishlist thread, and sticky it. Like this thread and the bug list thread, just a thread where we can all post our suggestions for the site and features. If you dont have the time to keep the thread updated I would be more than happy to make a thread and keep it up to date, I want this site to become the best it can be, and I have a lot of ideas that I think would rock for this site.

Thanks bro.

Any plans to add aliases to people and game characters?  A couple that come to mind would be CliffyB for Cliff Bleszinski and DK for Donkey Kong.

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How does the autosearch work?

We auto suggest a bunch of pages we think you might be trying to get to. For the most part it works out pretty well. When it fails it's normally because the game you are looking for has words that are very common in other page names. In some cases you may be typing in a term and know the page exists but it's not showing in the top 10 results. That's because search is based off of popularity. So pages that have been hit often are more likely to show up on that term. Since we're a BRAND NEW site, not enough pages have become popular, so you'll have to do one of two things:

Go to the main search page by hitting the magnifying glass

Hitting the magnifying glass will take you to a full search results page with more then 10 results.

Browse for a game

You can browse for any game by going to the games section, then clicking the alphabetical filter at the top of the page. From there you can use the A-Z filters to check to see if the page you want is there.

Doing either of these actions and finding the correct page will now help other uses find that page quicker.

great info thanks

@ adreneline

Wow! Wiki-like functionality is an awesome idea!

Aliases are a pretty neat and unique idea, i think they'll work great.

Thanks for the quick guide

Can I search for all games of a particular genre? Say if I wanted to find all Horror FPS games, how would I go about doing that. I tried just putting the genres into the search bar but it comes up with no results.

I don't think there is a way to do that, but that sounds like a good idea.

"Can I search for all games of a particular genre? Say if I wanted to find all Horror FPS games, how would I go about doing that. I tried just putting the genres into the search bar but it comes up with no results.
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Sounds good :)

"You can, but you first have to find a game of that particular genre. Ex: Looking for horror? Go to Silent Hill's game page and click on the "horror" link in the general information sidebar.
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I can no longer add Aliases to any games... why? I don't get it... it's probobly not my browser... I'm using the latest version of Firefox.

It's no longer available to normal users like us.

There was a lot of confusion with aliases. Such as "DKC" and "D.K.C." for Donkey Kong Country.

Also, the first post of this topic might need to have a few words changed around a bit now with the new site redesign ;)

"D.K.C." is considered the same as "D K C", so such an alias in not necessary, nor would it likely work.
From what I can tell, the only thing in the first post that would need to be changed is the "magnifying glass" thing.

Yep, that's what I was referring to mainly lol. I didn't check the rest of the post, I just saw that and thought I'd post it.

It's more an issue with the search in general. Only mods and staff can add aliases anyway, so they wouldn't add aliases that don't actually do anything.

Are aliases available for objects, concepts, locations, etc. yet?

abit off topic here but is there a way to search forum threads? Because i usually try to see if theres already a similar post before asking a question.

The search can be accessed from the forum toolbar at the top of the page.

No, we plan on allowing you to "search next 10 results" in the auto completer. We're aware of the problem. "

So if I want and alias added, I just contact a mod now right? Cause I don't see a thread for it.

" So if I want and alias added, I just contact a mod now right? Cause I don't see a thread for it. "