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I wonder if you can add automated researching of the specific topic, using some NLP and maybe wolframalpha, you can perhaps get a crude version of basic topics such as 'the height of the Eiffel tower'... You can just paraphrase that into a question and ask WA.

It would be great to do that as part of the editing stage! So you go to fix your markers and it's already partially researched or a search is 1 click away.

If you're using Python, check out my new NLP library: http://honnibal.github.io/spaCy

I think this feature is very viable!

> TK Checker only works on Posts currently, although you can copy into a Draft Post and have it check for missing info. It can then be copied over to a page or other document ready for publishing.

What is the technical limitation for this? I wouldn't think there would be much work getting a plugin to work on both pages and posts (or any custom post type for that matter), but most of my wordpress work is done on theme level so I'm not really sure. Is there something specific to posts that make it work?

It's certainly an option for an update. I think for the first version I just wanted to get it out there, see if it helped people's writing & work flow.

I have spoken to some professional writers who didn't know what TK was. What a fantastico way to keep the pace in fiction!

I'm also quite delighted by the use of wordpress as a popular fiction platform. New chapter releases for Worm got me pretty excited, no way to beat that level of reader engagement.

Important note: if facts are irrelevant in your nonfiction, discard them. The explanation will be clearer without all those facts that can possibly be deleted.

In fiction this method is mostly used to mark places where a more descriptive word is needed. Helps to avoid repetition of vocabulary.

Also even with non-fiction most people have their own version of TK and don't realise it.

I've seen plenty of posts published with <> and ???? still in them.

Kinda like "FIXME" parsing in code. I like it.

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