Why doesn't the "Today in History" thread show up in threadsearch?

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There is a thread called Today in History. @panache45 used to post to it regularly, keeping it going, along with other posters.

Now that panache45 doesn’t seem to post here any more, the thread has dropped away.

I’ve tried searching for it a few times, using either “today” or “history” as the search term, and the filter to search thread titles only.

The thread never comes up in the search. How come?

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I put “Today In History” in quote marks in the basic search box (no advanced tuning of the search) and this was the first hit, is this what you mean?

ETA: it’s the first hit for “today in history” without the quote marks, too.

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I tried “today” and “history” because I couldn’t remember the full name of the thread. It doesn’t come up either way. Now that I konw the full name and can enter it, it does come up. But why doesn’t it come up for either “today” or “history”, which was all I could remember? couldn’t remember if it was “this day in history” or a variant on it.

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FWIW, it’s the first thing that came up when I searched for Today @panache45 just now.

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Also, for History @panache45.

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Ha! I didn’t know the thread at all, so I was just going by what you said, your memory was better than you thought.

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Thanks for the suggestions, now I have easy ways to find it.

I’m still puzzled, though, why it doesn’t come up in a title search for “today” or “history”. When I search those words, filtered for thread-title, I get lots of threads with “today” or “history” in the title. there have been recent posts to the “Today in History” thread, so why isn’t it coming up when I filter by “latest post” date?

Does it come up when you guys search “today” or “history”?

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I guess those words are just too common. I tried:

today in:title min_posts:500

then it comes up in the first few hits

history in:title min_posts:500

and it’s the top hit

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Also the top hit, for me, with “history” in:title #thread-games.

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Strange. I get lots of other threads with “today” and “history” in the title, and when I limit it to most recent posts, they’re neatly arranged chronologically, but this thread isn’t there, even though there were posts in it quite recently.

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You are right, same for me - last post was Jan 12th, right? I have tried various searches with Sort By = Latest Post, and it does not show up in the chronology where it should.

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That would be me, yes. Thanks, @Northern_Piper for posting this – now I can goto ATMB and easily find the Today in History thread and not have to figure out where it is. It may be a Thread Game but it seems to me more of a MPSIMS (news stories).