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List:       aspell-user
Subject:    Re: [Aspell-user] Aspell Spell Helper produces broken hyperlinks to M-W
From:       Krzysztof =?utf-8?q?=C5=BBelechowski?= <giecrilj () stegny ! 2a ! pl>
Date:       2010-09-17 18:39:16
Message-ID: 201009172039.16467.giecrilj () stegny ! 2a ! pl
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Dnia piątek, 17 września 2010 o 03:52:25 Kevin Atkinson napisał(a):
> On Thu, 16 Sep 2010, Krzysztof ?elechowski wrote:
> 
> > For example, see submittable [1].  The entry is in the dictionary but the \
> > hyperlink [2] is fake. I am not sure though whether this is an ASH problem or an \
> > M-W problem, compare doable [3].
> 
> There is nothing I can do about it.  I have no idea what words are 
> defined in m-w.com so I just blindly create a url which will link to the 
> definition, if one exists.
> 

Why, it is technically possible to pass the hyperlink through a server-side redirect, \
and periodically examine the URL visited, storing failures in a local database.  The \
redirector could look up known failures and adjust the ultimate result, e.g. trimming \
"x-able" to "x".

Not that I would push you to do just that, because I do not know whether it is \
legally possible and economically feasible to work around problems in M-W, although I \
would use Wiktionary instead where such problems are more manageable (I have notified \
M-W about the issue, without mentioning ASH as the referrer, but I have got no \
response from them yet and I do not really expect to get one.)  

Just my 2 ¢, sorry for taking your time from more important problems.
Chris


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