Re^3: Avoiding accidential reposts

in reply to Re^2: Avoiding accidential reposts
in thread Avoiding accidential reposts

have to test it again, both posts were not completely identical...

Cheers Rolf

( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

update

indeed, identical posts are suppressed: :)

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Re^4: Avoiding accidential reposts by hdb (Monsignor) on Feb 26, 2014 at 07:24 UTC
A more general solution would be desirable: a question will be rejected if it has been asked before... probably to difficult to implement.	[reply]
Re^5: Avoiding accidential reposts by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Feb 26, 2014 at 07:41 UTC
a question will be rejected if it has been asked before... What if a better answer is now available? Or a new member knows or sees a better solution? With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]
Re^6: Avoiding accidential reposts by hdb (Monsignor) on Feb 26, 2014 at 07:52 UTC
Good point!	[reply]
Re^5: Avoiding accidential reposts by LanX (Saint) on Feb 26, 2014 at 14:01 UTC
Quite a thread drift ...IMHO such a hypothetical technology is better used to automatically link to older questions. Maybe connected to a reminder when previewing. Cheers Rolf ( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)	[reply]

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