directory of existing « Common Knowledge » keywords

http://www.librarything.com/topic/83159#1748310 lists
"... for the person who is (a) short-story writer, (b) novelist, (c) playwright, (d) screenwriter, (e) poet ..."

I assume that "scientist", "mathematician" and many others can be splitted further.

Does LT generate a a list of used keywords. I ask because it make sense to use the existing words wherever possible.

Thanks for any hint in advance!

Like almost everything else on LT, the content of CK is pretty much user generated, with little or no standardization. That has both advantages and disadvantages, which are discussed extensively on many threads here.

Each of the fields in CK will expand to accommodate additional entries, so you can easily list multiple occupations for an author. It would probably be best to list each occupation on a separate line, so that the author can be linked with each of the occupations in which s/he was active. For example, see the author page for Richard P Feynman, which lists his occupations as physicist, professor, musician, writer.

I mainly asked because I make much English spelling errors (some because of poor English and some because of bad keyboards). Normally I verify them with google. It would be nicer to look on a suggiestion list (with the available keywords) . If that list would be structured hierarchically it would be a great place to start.

I assume the list could be generated with Java script and could be similar to the tag cloud at « /catalog.php » .

If you type the first letter or two and wait a few moments, you'll get a drop-down box that lists other CK entries beginning with those letters. There will be bars to the right, too, that show how much they are used compared to other entries in the list, which helps pick the right one if you aren't sure about, say, "London, England, UK" or "London, England". (Though I think that's a bad example, since while the former is preferred for exactness, the latter is more correct when speaking of periods prior to 18whatsit.)

I use this technique sometimes to dig up poor CK, such as those that list multiple entries in one line.

>4 keristars: Of course, some of those existing entries are misspelled or inaccurate in other ways. Good to know that I am not the only one digging through there to clean up some of the worst messes.

Gangleri, I wouldn't worry too much about your spelling. You seem to do better in English than many of the native speakers here.