Need lists for automated new article generator.

[telok]

I'm writing a web page tool that takes from some RSS feeds, does a bit of word parsing, and then runs find/replace to turn RL stuff into DtD news-type articles. I'm implementing it so there are text boxes you can copy lists of words into for replacement. Currently there's names, places, organizations, abbreviations (might drop this one?), acronyms, and specific text replacement.

I need default lists for these boxes. They currently look like:

specific:
9mm pistol:las pistol, .45:bolt pistol, sword:chainsword, Ford Mustang:hover-car

names:
Pierre, Cortez, Baron, Carlo, Carsen, Fletcher, Izayah, Kolten, Damari, Hugh, Jensen, Yurem, Mary, Anna, Emma

places:
Sigil, Abyss, Celestia, hole in the wall, nowhere

orgs:
Lucifier Insurance Co., G.W.O.T.T., Nurlge's Hospitallers, the church of Vecton

acronyms:
TVLG, LAMO, OMGWTFBBQ, NRFI


Obviously most of those are just placeholders for actually useful stuff. So if anyone wants to find, make, or fake, some comma separated lists of DtD style names, places, etc., it would help me out immensely.

Eventually this will be on the wiki (http://dtd.wikidot.com/) for everyone to use.

[Traskus]

I would love to pitch in but I have no idea what you're talking about, even with the examples.

[GuardianTempest]

He's making a random generator and needs items for the list to pad it out. I'm busy with job-related schooling so I can't do it now.

[telok]

Ah, sorry, yes. GuardianTempest is correct. I still need to either dig in and improve the language parser or find a better option.

What I've got right now is you hit a "preview" button and it gives you something like:


*FDA Announces Adderall Shortage
The FDA has confirmed a nationwide shortage of the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder medication Adderall due to manufacturing issues, with th
*Daily Affirmation: Out Of My Hands
Read more...
*Everyone On Cruise Line Fantasizing About Throwing Off Loved One, Watching Body Sink Into Deep
Read more...
*Astronaut Returns From ISS With Annoying Space Accent
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL—Adopting an affected speech pattern upon reentering Earth’s atmosphere, an astronaut aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule


It just walks through RSS feeds as you poke it until you see something you might like. Then you hit the "generate" button and get...

*OMGWTFBBQ Announces Adderall Shortage.
The OMGWTFBBQ has confirmed a nationwide shortage of the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder medication Adderall due to manufacturing issues, with the shortage expected to last through the end of the year. What do you think?Read more...
*Daily Affirmation: Out Of My Hands.
Read more...
*Everyone On Cruise Line Fantasizing About Throwing Off Loved One, Watching Body Sink Into Deep.
Read more...
*Astronaut Returns From OMGWTFBBQ With Annoying Space Accent.
TVLG CANAVERAL, hole in the wallAdopting an affected speech pattern upon reentering Earth’s atmosphere, an astronaut aboard a Lucifier Insurance Co. Dragon capsule reportedly returned from the International Space Station with an annoying space accent Monday. “He was only in space for, like, nine months, and that is not long enough to pick up…Read more...


So it missed "Adderall" as a name (not too surprising), identified "FL-" as a place (although it's missed "MD-" a few times), saw "CAPE" as a acronym while missing "CANAVERAL". Like I said, parser needs work or replacement. Although heavy use of the specific word pair replacements might help a bit.

No worries if you can't or don't want to. This is mostly to reduce my typing needs as the doom clocks for my next game generate news events.

[GuardianTempest]

I just noticed the "article" being mentioned. Ah, news articles, I can't help you there. But I know the adventure sites in Konate's West Marches game has loot generators but you probably have a system to determine equipment and other mechanics.