Name reference suggestion

Byrnz93 said:

I think this would be a good idea.
Maybe using hashes # infront of (as well as behind?) the username?
I think people use asterisks too commonly, as a way to accentuate something.

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photonaholic said:

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Also, just as an example.... mrgoogfan was often referred to as googfart, googfreak, douchefan, etc... so it would not work too well there.

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HIMNL9 said:

Uhm, you're right, asterisks are also commonly used for onomatopeic and action indications *cough* *hides shamy in a corner*

Good point





Right, but the main utility of this function is, if you intentionally want to attract the attention of another user on a post where you reply ..... like, you see someone asking for something that you know user "X" have, and want both let the OP know about it, and also let user "X" know this post, then you can do it with a single post, instead have to post also a PM to user "X" ..... and in these cases, you still have to type the nickname correctly for make it work (like, #photon# don't work, where instead #photonaholic# work )

Well, anyway a PM is not a too hard work to do, i agree with this



But as others said, i also don't think that VB scripts already includes this function, at least as far as i remember, and write it specifically can be a long work (not bashing c0ld or other users programming ability, but remember that a plugin for VB need to work together with all the rest of the scripts, functions and plugins, without interfer with them ..... it can be done, only, is not matter of "5 minutes of programming", i think )

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KiLLrB said:

I think its a great idea only thing is who are you going to get to implement this?

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Eudaimonium said:

Well if Ave finds himself in situation of not knowing what to do, he could attempt to write it.

You know, to kill time a little

Just kidding, I know it is no small task.
Well who do you think should do it?

Ave is the admin of entire LPF. Why not him?

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KiLLrB said:

I was only curious... Anyone here capable of such a task? Im sure there are a few ppl here who could do it. Now the only thing is will the VB liscense allow for modifications like this?

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Eudaimonium said:

AFAIK all licences of software prohibit any modifications to software "without written permission of the owner" Or any permutation of such rule.

Why would there be a problem after all ...
I see no reason for VB not to allow it.
It's not like Ave is gonna sell the code or something, which is not allowed.

I see we have taken a more serious approach to this idea.
We should FIRST PM C0ld about this , see what he has to say.
Who is gonna PM him?

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KiLLrB said:

Sounds like you can handle it I nominate you

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c0ldshadow said:

i do think this is a good idea in theory, i would not be comfortable writing a plugin for it though. i think the best idea might be the mention something about it on vBulletin.org Forum - The Official vBulletin Resource! so an experiened and seasoned mod-writer can tackle it

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c0ldshadow said:

i posted it on vbulletin.org under the vb3 section

i think one potential issue is overhead due to the searches.. might be a lot not sure

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c0ldshadow said:

nah overhead on the mysql DB since it will need to be constantly searching new threads for specific strings

im pretty sure it could be resource intensive

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