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baronderkilt
28-Sep-11, 15:54

PLAYER SEARCH SUGGESTION ...

I would very much love it if the PLAYERS search page would not only search by NIKs, but have the option to search by the players REAL NAME instead, also.

This would make it so much easier to find old Postal Chess & Tournament friends online ... at least for those who do include part of their real name in their profile.
What do you think, everyone ?
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kingdawar
28-Sep-11, 17:23

Respect my privacy
Regards
G.G.

baronderkilt
28-Sep-11, 17:48

Too late ...

Everyone knows you are the Good Guy

shamash
29-Sep-11, 00:42

moniker search

Here at GameKnot, we have some very accomplished, yet neglected, chess book authors, translators, and OTB Grandmasters.

Such a tool would help those of us who value their work
1) to learn that they are actually here among us; and then
2) to let them know that we enjoy, respect, and benefit from what they have achieved.

baronderkilt
29-Sep-11, 02:41

very good points Shamash ...

also to kingdawar ... in case I was not clear on this point ... my idea is simply that the profile line showing true name could be added into the search function. If a player does not reveal their name on their profile, then it would not be searchable, and remains private. Nothing shows up for that search.

Of course, if it IS on the profile, then they have already made it "public" here.

However, only what they put on the profile as name that would be searched. So if they did not put their real name, and chose to use their Chess playing pseudonym instead, then that is all that would show up. Like then it would only show me as GM Kotov, not CA Collister. ok?

Oh, I blew it didn't I ... Well see my next book. "Swim Like A Grandmaster, Conquering The Bering Strait With Tree Analysis".

shamash
29-Sep-11, 05:09

noms de guerre

yah and just call me Aron and study my next text "Chess Prophylaxis, Conquering Chess vith Condoms"

hexs
08-Nov-11, 07:41

Too...

It would help locate players who change their nicknames. Unless they changed their real name
too, that is. That would be somewhat paranoid, however.

thundaknuckle13
26-Dec-11, 13:34

Am I asking too much?

I've always wanted the search feature to include gender. There aren't many female chess players in the world and for some reason I've always liked playing against them. Now that is probably worse than adding the search feature for real names but I still would like to see it though. And with what kingdawar said about privacy, maybe adding a feature where we can limit who sees things on our profile (or only in searches) like FB does might be beneficial for those concerned about privacy (just a thought) but I also agree with baronderkilt if it is on your profile then you've already made it public so I don't know why you'll be concerned about it.
Another thing that I would like to see is a database of inactive players where we can search instead of just deleting them after they're inactive for a period of time. I personally like looking at the history of the website (including my old accounts) but deleting inactive players kind of hinders that. I would love to use my old accounts if they didn't delete them but to my dismay they do. Also they're real big about only having one account and so if you think about it they actually kind of make it hard to do that with their current policy of deleting players. (I do know it's because of how it's programed and the space it saves but I'm just saying) Anyways I'll save my rambling for next time
Regards,
Jeremy

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