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Old 07-09-2022, 04:12 PM   #349
j.p.s
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X-ray feature request

I am requesting a couple of enhancements to the interpretation of the contents of the of the user created worddumb-custom-x-ray.json file. The first is important, the second nice to have. I do not think the changes would introduce any incompatibility or ambiguity with the current functionality.

1. Omit the entity if description is null and the source is null. This would allow exclusion of entities that do not need to be in the XRAY. An empty string could also be used for the description, but I think null is more appropriate. The rationale for this method is that if there is no description and no source, it must mean that entity is not a character or thing in the book or does not belong in the X-ray for some reason.

2. If the description is null and the source is Wikipedia or Fandom, the user is trying to correct mislabeling and/or adding alias but the description found by WordDumb is correct. Of course, the user could copy the previously found description but that would add clutter to worddumb-custom-x-ray.json and added work for the user and maybe prone to error.

I think #1 would allow significant quality enhancement to the generated X-ray and that #2 would add significant convenience but not strictly required.
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