This is a facility in Rods Railroad Directory, the one that WORKS for you. Auto-Tagging solves the GP9 problem discussed in messages 21 and 27. It takes a word...
Having each author name, photographer name and tag as a clickable link is rather meaningless, and can be misleading because: 1. A large majority of searches...
In the "NMRA" index, there seems to be quite a number of tags that consist of more than one actual tag. An extreme example is: STRUCTURE, CA, CM, MA, SB, ...
Rods Railroad Directory <http://railroads.almontecentral.ca/rd_item_control.php> is the best railroad index because its unique combination of design features...
In the development and implementation of Rods Railroad Directory, there is a constant striving for quality. There are several aspects to quality, but it...
I log searches on The Railroad Index to see which ones may or may not have given the user what he/she was looking for. Recently, a search was done for "dash9"....
Confidence in The Railroad Index as a Communication Link Confidence in The Railroad Index is like a coin - it has two sides, two views of its value. On the one...
No Wild Keywords Because there are no "keywords" per se in The Railroad Index <http://the-railroad-index.com/rd_item_control.php> , we do not get things like...
Search Words Are Logged Words people use to search The Railroad Index <http://the-railroad-index.com/rd_item_control.php> are logged. From the log, I pick up...
Regular Updates for Refresh There are two things that cause items in The Railroad Index <http://the-railroad-index.com/rd_item_control.php> to become "old" ...
Items Are Displayed by View Count So that some items do not become "lost", the number of times an item has been viewed is kept in the database. Items are...
Continuous Evolution of the Augo-Tagging Control Table Improvements to the Auto-Tagging Control Table are triggered by text used in the articles being indexed...
The Railroad Index has more Descriptive Text The Railroad Index has more text per item than some major RR indexes. It is easier to see if a particular item is...
The Railroad Index Uses Only Fresh Data for Input The Railroad Index does not use old index files for input. Those old files were usually put together by one...
The Railroad Index Is the Most Mature Railroad Index on the Web The Railroad Index has evolved over more than two decades. There have been innumerable...
The Railroad Index Is the Only Railroad Index to Attache Corrections to Index Items The best plan, executed with the utmost care, will still get messed up at...
Anyone May Become an Editor of The Railroad Index Many people are needed who will each do a little (or a lot) for the benefit of the hobby at large. That's...
Index Almost Anything on The Railroad Index The Railroad Index is the ONLY major railroad index to allow you to index anything about railroading in a paper...
Easier To Find All Items by an Author, Photographer, Etc. on The Railroad Index When an author's name varies for some reason, most railroad indexes treat the...
The Railroad Index Has More Useful Features The Railroad Index is the most innovative of all the major railroad indexes on the Web. I have looked at the...
The Railroad Index has some Error Detection Everyone makes mistakes, especially keying errors. They are hard to spot when scanning the stuff you entered. On...
The Railroad Index Is the ONLY Online Railroad Index with a Single Quality Control Point In the past (and present?), some indexes suffered from inconsistency...
Searching is Simpler on The Railroad Index There are no fancy connector words like "AND" and "OR" in The Railroad Index. If you want to see CPR boxcar items,...
Items on The Railroad Index Are Protected Against Vandalism Some Indexes allow any editor to modify or delete any item(s). On such an open system, occasionally...
Tag Expansion Is an Absolute Necessity It is my firm opinion that the ultimate success of a railroad index depends on its tag expansion. Ask about the tags in...
The Railroad Index now has selectable visible link text. A new feature has been added to The Railroad Index <http://the-railroad-index.com/> . A link to a...
It is not the user's job to have to think a lot about how the index works! It is the users job to enjoy model railroading. That is why the index exists. The...
