Re: Request Nova BBS add easier-to-remember search URL links for Usenet article lookups

Andrew wrote:

Background Ancient History on Usenet Search URLs...
 < HISTORY >  <https://news.admin.peering.narkive.com/>
 <https://tinyurl.com/news-admin-peering>
 <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/news.admin.peering>
 <https://groups.google.com/g/news.admin.peering> No longer updated 22Feb24
 <https://www.novabbs.com/computers/thread.php?group=news.admin.peering>
 < / HISTORY >

1. Having been on Usenet forever, I search before I post    (and more importantly, I link to search references within my posts).
2. Today, I needed to link to this article on Android Debug Bridge.
   <https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=50818&group=comp.mobile.android#50818>
3. I wish(ed) there was an easier to remember way to obtain that link.

I'm NOT complaining. I'm ecstatic that someone took on the role
of replacing the now no-longer-updating Google Usenet search engine.

But... I went to great lengths prior to ask Google to make their
link humanly rememberable from what it was prior to that change.
 <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/news.admin.peering>

Which, for years, I had accessed using this simple-to-remember URL.
 https://tinyurl.com/news-admin-peering

You should be able to create your own shortlink to any page on the site.

Until Google made the suggested change to easily rememberable URLs.

Please make an example of an easily rememberable url. That's not a challenge, just a request :)

Now I have the same request to ask of the wonderful NovaBBS folks.
a. Might you consider making the search link easier to remember?

Do you mean the link to:
https://news.novabbs.org/computers/search.php ?

b. Might you consider adding a "link" to each article?

I have already planned to do that. I just have not taken the time yet. It will eventually happen.
It will be like the 'copy mid' link, just 'copy_link' instead.
Also, as you already noticed, there is a link to search for a message by Message-ID at the top of the page.
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Retro Guy