Free Northman Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Hi there.A while ago a google search had me stumble upon a version of the So Spake Martin collection that is categorized according to topic. This was immensely helpful for researching Martin's comments.However, I cannot seem to find this resource anymore. When I go to the Citadel's site, all I find under So Spake Martin is a categorisation according to:InterviewsCorrespondence with FansBook Signingsetc.Nowhere can I see the breakdown per topic of discussion.Please help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Hrm. And you found this per-topic break down at Westeros.org? We don't really use much in the way of tagging... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Northman Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 Hrm. And you found this per-topic break down at Westeros.org? We don't really use much in the way of tagging...OK. I thought it was on Westeros. But maybe it was on another site then.I must say, while it would obviously be a huge undertaking to classify the So Spake Martin collection per topic, its value would be immense.I recall the the Wotmania site doing something similar for the Wheel of Time, which was eventually transferred to the 13th depository when Wotmania closed.For example, I'm currently in a discussion on the How did the Seasons get so Screwed Up thread. And I was looking for Martin's exact quote where he states that the seasons have a magical explanation, not a scientific one, but of course it is inconceivable to begin a search through every So Spake Martin entry since the 1990's to find the one comment I'm looking for.A topic listing with references to the specific Martin quotes under it would be incredibly valuable. I'll go and search for the site where I saw it, and let you know. Because I definintely found one. I just don't know how complete it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissdbyfire Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 I was thinking exactly about this today... I think I'll play with it a bit, actually. Because it would be great to be able to search the SSMs by topic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Google search:site:www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM seasonsShould work pretty well. It's what I do most of the time. :)ETA: http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1365/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Hrm. And you found this per-topic break down at Westeros.org? We don't really use much in the way of tagging...Depending on how long ago this was, the break-down might have been 'on Westeros' for a very loose definition thereof. I was writing an 'index a site by keywords' tool for a friend's site that would analyze a series of articles and build a keyword index. As a test-case, I pointed it at the SSM archives, since that provided a large blob of data conveniently located on the same machine.The testbed output was in my user directory on the machine, so could've been reached via a Westeros.org user directory URL; at the time, all user accounts on Noderunner had their public_html directory accessible from all domains, so would show up via Noderunner.net, Blackdawn.org, Riverdark.net, Westeros.org, Nausicaa.net and so on. An outdated and un-updated copy sat there for several years before I cleaned out a lot of the Random Outdated Stuff in my home directory. If that *was* what was found, I had no idea the testbed directory had been found and indexed, since I hadn't recalled linking to the page from anywhere. Or someone else might've also done an actual indexing project elsewhere, of course. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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