Quinterest - Revision history

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Kevin Wang at 00:30, 22 September 2021

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David Reinstein at 19:31, 25 July 2019

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Nicholas Karas at 11:26, 18 December 2015

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Jacob Reed at 04:56, 14 June 2014

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Jacob Reed at 04:59, 13 June 2014

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Jacob Reed at 17:56, 12 June 2014

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Jacob Reed at 17:55, 12 June 2014

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Jacob Reed at 17:54, 12 June 2014

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-'''Quinterest''' was a question database/search engine - it is now defunct. It was created by [[Rohit Lalchandani]]<ref>[http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=14574 Quinterest: Hassle-free Database Search] by [[rohitx15]] » Sun Jun 16, 2013 9:57 am</ref> and was later maintained by [[Jacob Reed]]. As with other [[question databases]], Quinterest stored a variety of [[question set]]s which could be accessed by users. It also allow usersed to search by keyword in either the answerline or the question text and filter the results by difficulty (middle school, high school, college, open) or by subject.</onlyinclude>
+'''Quinterest''' was a question database and search engine. It is now defunct. It was created by [[Rohit Lalchandani]]<ref>[http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=14574 Quinterest: Hassle-free Database Search] by [[rohitx15]] » Sun Jun 16, 2013 9:57 am</ref> and was later maintained by [[Jacob Reed]]. As with other [[question databases]], Quinterest stored a variety of [[question set]]s which could be accessed by users. It also allow users to search by keyword in either the answerline or the question text and filter the results by difficulty (middle school, high school, college, open) or by subject.</onlyinclude>
 Because of the parsers used to create the original database, Quinterest would sometimes include truncated questions and other problems.

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:30, 22 September 2021
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−	'''Quinterest''' was a question database/search engine - it is now defunct. It was created by [[Rohit Lalchandani]]<ref>[http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=14574 Quinterest: Hassle-free Database Search] by [[rohitx15]] » Sun Jun 16, 2013 9:57 am</ref> and was later maintained by [[Jacob Reed]]. As with other [[question databases]], Quinterest stored a variety of [[question set]]s which could be accessed by users. It ~~was one of the first to~~ allow ~~users~~ to search by keyword in either the answerline or the question text and filter the results by difficulty (middle school, high school, college, open) or by subject.	+	<onlyinclude>
		+	'''Quinterest''' was a question database/search engine - it is now defunct. It was created by [[Rohit Lalchandani]]<ref>[http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=14574 Quinterest: Hassle-free Database Search] by [[rohitx15]] » Sun Jun 16, 2013 9:57 am</ref> and was later maintained by [[Jacob Reed]]. As with other [[question databases]], Quinterest stored a variety of [[question set]]s which could be accessed by users. It also allow usersed to search by keyword in either the answerline or the question text and filter the results by difficulty (middle school, high school, college, open) or by subject.</onlyinclude>

	Because of the parsers used to create the original database, Quinterest would sometimes include truncated questions and other problems.		Because of the parsers used to create the original database, Quinterest would sometimes include truncated questions and other problems.

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-'''Quinterest''' is a question database/search engine. It was [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=14574 created by] [[Rohit Lalchandani]] and is now maintained by [[Jacob Reed]]. Quinterest allows users to search through question sets that have been stored within its database, and users can choose to filter results by difficulty (middle school, high school, college, open) or by subject. One can also choose to search for words in just the answerline or words in the answerline and question.
+'''Quinterest''' was a question database/search engine - it is now defunct. It was created by [[Rohit Lalchandani]]<ref>[http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=14574 Quinterest: Hassle-free Database Search] by [[rohitx15]] » Sun Jun 16, 2013 9:57 am</ref> and was later maintained by [[Jacob Reed]]. As with other [[question databases]], Quinterest stored a variety of [[question set]]s which could be accessed by users. It was one of the first to allow users to search by keyword in either the answerline or the question text and filter the results by difficulty (middle school, high school, college, open) or by subject.
-With the introduction of Version 1.0, [[bonus|bonus question]] [http://www.quinterest.org/bonus.html searching] capability was added. With the addition of a user-friendly front-end for adding more questions, support for subcategories, major under-the-hood upgrades, and combined tossup-bonus search, Quinterest moved to its current version, 2.0.
+Because of the parsers used to create the original database, Quinterest would sometimes include truncated questions and other problems.
-Because of the parsers used to create the original database, Quinterest sometimes (now rarely) includes truncated questions and other problems.
+While it was still active, users would frequently ask whether the site was down, as it experienced frequent downtime. Consequently, the phrase "is quinterest down?" became a meme on various online channels.
 ==External links==
-[http://quinterest.org/ Quinterest]
+==References==
 [[Category:Internet]]
 [[Category:Question Archives]]

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 [http://quinterest.org/ Quinterest]
-[[Category:Quizbowl on the internets]]
+[[Category:Internet]]
 [[Category:Question Archives]]

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 '''Quinterest''' is a question database/search engine. It was [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=14574 created by] [[Rohit Lalchandani]] and is now maintained by [[Jacob Reed]]. Quinterest allows users to search through question sets that have been stored within its database, and users can choose to filter results by difficulty (middle school, high school, college, open) or by subject. One can also choose to search for words in just the answerline or words in the answerline and question.
-With the introduction of Version 1.0, [[bonus|bonus question]] [http://www.quinterest.org/bonus.html searching] capability was added, though it is still limited in scope. With the addition of a user-friendly front-end for adding more questions, support for subcategories, major under-the-hood upgrades, and combined tossup-bonus search, Quinterest moved to its current version, 2.0.
+With the introduction of Version 1.0, [[bonus|bonus question]] [http://www.quinterest.org/bonus.html searching] capability was added. With the addition of a user-friendly front-end for adding more questions, support for subcategories, major under-the-hood upgrades, and combined tossup-bonus search, Quinterest moved to its current version, 2.0.
-Because of the parsers used to create the original database, Quinterest sometimes (now rarely) includes truncated questions and other problems. Users can easily report errors by clicking a button, and most fixes happen very quickly.
+Because of the parsers used to create the original database, Quinterest sometimes (now rarely) includes truncated questions and other problems.
 ==External links==

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 '''Quinterest''' is a question database/search engine. It was [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=14574 created by] [[Rohit Lalchandani]] and is now maintained by [[Jacob Reed]]. Quinterest allows users to search through question sets that have been stored within its database, and users can choose to filter results by difficulty (middle school, high school, college, open) or by subject. One can also choose to search for words in just the answerline or words in the answerline and question.
-With the introduction of Version 1.0, [[bonus|bonus question]] [http://www.quinterest.org/bonus.html searching] capability was added, though it is still limited in scope. Quinterest is currently on Version 1.0.1.
+With the introduction of Version 1.0, [[bonus|bonus question]] [http://www.quinterest.org/bonus.html searching] capability was added, though it is still limited in scope. With the addition of a user-friendly front-end for adding more questions, support for subcategories, and other fixes, Quinterest moved to its current version, 1.1.1.
-While the search functions are an improvement over [[Quizbowl DB]], Quinterest only has about the same amount of or fewer questions, and often truncates questions or sticks them together. Users can report errors for fixing.
+Because of the parsers used to create the original database, Quinterest sometimes (now rarely) includes truncated questions. Users can report errors for fixing.
 ==External links==

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:55, 12 June 2014
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−	'''Quinterest''' is a question database/search engine. It was [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=14574 created by] [[Rohit Lalchandani]], and is now maintained by [[Jacob Reed]]. Quinterest allows users to search through question sets that have been stored within its database, and users can choose to filter results by difficulty (middle school, high school, college, open) or by subject. One can also choose to search for words in just the answerline or words in the answerline and question.	+	'''Quinterest''' is a question database/search engine. It was [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=14574 created by] [[Rohit Lalchandani]] and is now maintained by [[Jacob Reed]]. Quinterest allows users to search through question sets that have been stored within its database, and users can choose to filter results by difficulty (middle school, high school, college, open) or by subject. One can also choose to search for words in just the answerline or words in the answerline and question.

	With the introduction of Version 1.0, [[bonus question]] [http://www.quinterest.org/bonus.html searching] capability was added, though it is still limited in scope. Quinterest is currently on Version 1.0.1.		With the introduction of Version 1.0, [[bonus question]] [http://www.quinterest.org/bonus.html searching] capability was added, though it is still limited in scope. Quinterest is currently on Version 1.0.1.