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Upvoted. If not 'merge' (hard), at least detect the duplicate and automatically add links to the previous discussions and save @RiderOfGiraffes from doing it ma
by agentultra 16y ago
Upvoted. If not 'merge' (hard), at least detect the duplicate and automatically add links to the previous discussions and save @RiderOfGiraffes from doing it manually. :)
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoI have a robot that used to do that, but it provoked an extremely strong negative reaction from a sizeable proportion of the community. I discontinued its use, and after some of the comments, I'm reluctant to bring it back.
- russell 16y agoIt sounds useful, but I fear that new comments would be buried in the old comments, particularly if old comments retained their points in determining the ranking.
- agentultra 16y agoDoing it in the comments with a bot.. yeah, I can see why that might've struck a nerve. But it's the old usenet problem. FAQs I don't think would work here though. I was thinking more as a collapsable "see also" section added only to duplicate articles. Update Added reference to usenet.
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