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Feature request: Notepad

I think it would be useful to have a plain text file for notes. With the possibility of including games (just like in a forum post), could make this serve as a player's personal record. Especially useful when trying to refer to a specific move in a game, trying to group a set of games etc.

What do you think of this ?

By all means.. easy to do yourself. All the tools are present. Notes are available to be made in every game.
Let me elaborate a little bit on this one.
Besides making a note in a game (which is already possible), what I meant is to have a text file where you can comment and include games (more than one, obviously) for easier access. Also useful for making sets of games according to taste (opening etc).

Is there a way to do this in Lichess ?
Thank you for your reply but I don't see how this covers what I described in my previous posts.
There is no way to add notes in the Analytics section - please let me know if I am missing something. Furthermore, you cannot group a selection of games for easier access.

So, my recommendation is to have a notepad available so that one can write text and being able to include games, just like it is done in a forum post. This "note" should be editable from each player and could be available to the player for viewing* (and not for posting in the forum section).

* The option of authorizing other players view your notepad could also be considered here.
Most devices already come with some sort of text formatting program. If you don't have access to one you could always download one. Openoffice is pretty decent and free.
I think what you mean is a blog. Yes, lichess doesn't one
But you can create a team for yourself and have a forum.
Otherwise you can use study function.
You are asking a lichess dev to do all the work for you. Your personal preference of how you'd like files to be organized and referenced. Point is, all the information you need is there. Games can be saved, notes made, saved to studies, imported for analysis, exported to a pgn viewer where you can create your own "notebook" format that fits your needs.
Players save their games for later study in all kinds of formats. You're thinking your suggestion is universal, everybody would do it the same way, that a dev should devote his volunteer time writing code that suits but a minority, when all along the information is available to do the work yourself. The Study function suits all your needs, except possibly how you prefer to organize and group the games, which you can easily manage by creating your own "notebook".
Hope this explains it.
I just thought that it would be a useful feature (for some or many, I don't know) posted in the "Lichess Feedback post" along with many other suggestions. I do not know how easy or difficult this might be to implement as I also don't know if other players would find this useful as well. And to be clear, I did't ask from anyone "to do all the work for me".

Did you think about my suggestion ?
Create a team for you.
lichess.org/team/new
Go to its forum and post your studies and games there. That is more than what you suggest, I guess.

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