definition wrote:Metadata is data that describes other data. Meta is a prefix that in most information technology usages means "an underlying definition or description." Metadata summarizes basic information about data, which can make finding and working with particular instances of data easier.

Zzz wrote:Human readable but specific works best. We have no provision for adding or parsing meta data other than date or author. Let's not overcomplicate it

Zzz wrote:I have to admit my eyes glaze over at your thread titles and they all begin to look the same with your date thing. We already have dates assigned to topics and posts, and google crawls and stores that without it being in the subject title.

Ultimately, Google shows the subject title as the search result title, which we as humans parse visually. Plain language works best for scanning through those results.

8GCBC wrote:Please provide a sample syntax for me to search for 8GCBC for 2015-11-20 thread?

No need for emotion! Just help me!

Zzz wrote:Let's stop posting in "Where did you fly today?" It's been an epic thread, longer than any other on this forum, but have you ever tried to find something specific in there? Unfortunately few have specified custom reply subject title so they're all "Where did you fly today?" making even a Google search useless. I'd like to suggest making new threads for each of your trip reports, or doing like Evan and Oregonmaule have done and create your own running blog-like thread. The objective is better browsability/searchability.

hotrod180 wrote:[
Some of the posts in "where did you fly today" are epics, or have a huge string of photos- I can see wanting them to go into a full-blown trip report. But what about a quick post and photo or two that doesn't really merit a stand-alone TR? Maybe you could close the original where did you fly thread, and start a few new ones based on which part of the country they take place in- west coast, east coast, middle America. That way it'd be easier to dredge up specific posts later. And / or whenever someone posts, they could put the destination or route in the title.

hotrod180 wrote:

Zzz wrote:Let's stop posting in "Where did you fly today?" It's been an epic thread, longer than any other on this forum, but have you ever tried to find something specific in there? Unfortunately few have specified custom reply subject title so they're all "Where did you fly today?" making even a Google search useless. I'd like to suggest making new threads for each of your trip reports, or doing like Evan and Oregonmaule have done and create your own running blog-like thread. The objective is better browsability/searchability.

Some of the posts in "where did you fly today" are epics, or have a huge string of photos- I can see wanting them to go into a full-blown trip report. But what about a quick post and photo or two that doesn't really merit a stand-alone TR? Maybe you could close the original where did you fly thread, and start a few new ones based on which part of the country they take place in- west coast, east coast, middle America. That way it'd be easier to dredge up specific posts later. And / or whenever someone posts, they could put the destination or route in the title.

Zzz wrote:I'd like to suggest making new threads for each of your trip reports, or doing like Evan and Oregonmaule have done and create your own running blog-like thread.

Crzyivan13 wrote:Here is the main reason I made my own thread similar to OregonMaule.

Many times someone here posts a memorable picture or an awesome video, and then they go into the Where Did You Fly Today thread, or as I like to call it, the "basket." You guys know what the basket is right? Its that thing that you throw all of the mail into when you walk in the door. Or that toolbox you have that has all the random sockets in it that don't have matching brethren (And the one that you cuss every time you know the socket you need is in there but you have to dig to find it.) Or the drawer in the kitchen that has all the leftover bolts, screws, and keys in it.

They are the "catch all." And its damn near impossible to find what you are looking for when you want it.

The where did you fly today thread served its purpose and then some. Its time to let it go.....

Bdiazair wrote:Is it possible to rename my last topic I posted about and use that as my trip report blog?

hotrod180 wrote:But what about a quick post and photo or two that doesn't really merit a stand-alone TR?