WikiQuiz
Learning and science
quiz generation
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
11 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 13 critical, out of 41 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Execution: 1 for, 9 againstIdea: 3 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Neat, simple idea with a good MVP
From 3 comments
Excellent idea. There are a lot of interesting ways to improve this, but you have an MVP running, which is a good start. Regarding your codebase: clear and to-the-point code,…
Cyph0n on HNSuper super awesome, what a brilliant idea. You might want to do pattern matching such that the answer to the question doesn't match the text of the question. Your example image…
blazespin on HNGood luck mate, this is a really cool little project.
tradersam on HN
Clean, well-commented code
From 1 comment
Excellent idea. There are a lot of interesting ways to improve this, but you have an MVP running, which is a good start. Regarding your codebase: clear and to-the-point code,…
Cyph0n on HN
Objections
Questions often repeat the answer from the question text
From 3 comments
Super super awesome, what a brilliant idea. You might want to do pattern matching such that the answer to the question doesn't match the text of the question. Your example image…
blazespin on HNIt's a nice idea One potential improvement is to remove the common parts of answer and question (as in your Triumph example)
raverbashing on HNthat picture is not that great of an example, answer is right in the question.
rasz_pl on HN
Many generated questions are invalid
From 1 comment
Thanks for sharing this. I've done a similar thing to help study for exams except with pattern matching instead of nltk. I'm looking forward to understanding the natural language…
omash on HN
Only uses the summary section of articles
From 2 comments
It appears that there is an open issue[1] in the Wikipedia python library where it does not list the different sections in a wikipedia page. So right now, this would only…
lappet on HNNice, but still has some room for improvements http://i.imgur.com/EVToWfI.png
azazqadir on HN
Requests
Hosted demo
From 3 comments
Seems like a good idea, it would be great if there was a demo available.
filipmandaric on HNI had the same thought. The Flask app could be a pretty trivial deploy on the Heroku free tier.
tedmiston on HNFor the lazy, hosted: https://wiki-quiz.herokuapp.com/
xanderjanz on HN
Use DBpedia or WikiData as a data source
From 1 comment
Have you thought about using dbpedia? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBpedia
ORioN63 on HN
Export to Kahoot-style quizzes or multiplayer play
From 2 comments
Would be awesome if this could be used to generate a Kahoot quiz: https://kahoot.it/
anlif on HNCan you make it a multiplayer game played on phones, tablets, and watches, tvs, and cars? Okay, maybe not cars.
flootch on HN
Questions
How to get the local setup working (404 and 500 errors)
From 3 comments
I cloned the repository and installed the requirements but after starting 'python python/server.py' I get a 404 if I try to open index.html as described. Anyone else having that…
sonium on HNReally cool idea! Unfortunately, I'm getting a 500 error on every request. What did I do wrong?
frogpelt on HNBtw I am unable to get it working locally. I only see 404s. Do I need anything special to serve the static files?
lappet on HN
Alternatives named
Incremental reading with spaced repetition
From 1 comment
Those interested in this may also be interested in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incremental_reading which gradually converts reading material into flashcards that are memorized…
deskglass on HN
Grimoire note quiz tool
From 1 comment
thats the idea behind http://github.com/divbit/grimoire as well, except more for private notes.
divbit on HN