Steve
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 86
Tewksbury, MA
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Posted on Nov 06 2012 10:26 AM
You could go moderately high-tech, and try to match the subject of a new post against the existing threads, and then redirect them to a page that says "Did you mean to post that over here?"
You won't have 100% success, but looking for particular keywords (which you can modify as-needed) will probably reduce the creation of duplicate threads by a significant number.
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RK
Joined: Sep 25, 2009
Posts: 127
Montreal, Kwee-bec
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Posted on Nov 06 2012 12:56 PM
How about using tags? These could then be displayed when posting (or reading) and would provide a sort of instant search. Perhaps the tags could be generated automatically, or from the subjects found in the wiki.
— RK
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
Posts: 19277
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Nov 06 2012 01:56 PM
Obviously I need to make it easier to search. I think putting a search button on the new topic form that becomes available after the user has typed in the subject of the new topic should do the trick. A message should pop up and say "Hey would you like to search for previous topics first?".
An anonymous friend also suggested it should be a bit snarky: "Hey I noticed you are creating gear topic that is really redundant and boring. Maybe you should get a clue and/or a life. Say, have you ever heard any "surf music"? You might like it! That's really why we are here you know."
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WinstonTexas
Joined: Aug 07, 2011
Posts: 34
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Posted on Oct 25 2013 02:54 PM
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
Posts: 19277
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Oct 25 2013 05:32 PM
Well that was a strange bump! Did I miss something?
Since this thread was started there is now a search field on the new thread form.
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elwrongo
Joined: Jul 05, 2010
Posts: 60
Perth
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Posted on Oct 06 2014 04:30 AM
bigtikidude wrote:
I'm so glad I don't need reverb for bass
What do you mean you don't need reverb for bass???? I DO!
Last edited: Oct 06, 2014 04:32:17
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