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2009-11-20
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This post is strange. Notice how it points to the very thread it's currently in. I'm sure it was merged from somewhere, yet there is no indication of that.
Threads merged, title adjusted slightly to (hopefully) increase visibility in search, and tags added to (again, hopefully) assist with search.
A "[merged]" tag for each post would remove some head-scratching when seeing this kind of posts. A "[merged from thread #]" would be even more useful, showing which posts belong to every thread (which might be useful in places like 'shipping delayed', where there is a lot of merging)
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2009-11-20
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The degree to which I dislike the idea of editing posts would be difficult to overstate. There's ugliness down that path, and I want no part of it.
Even were that not the case, the work involved in adding a little note to every post in a merge would be prohibitive.
Can you think of any alternatives that would be helpful?
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2009-11-20
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I was thinking more about changing the script used to merge so that it automagically adds the [merged] tag.
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2009-11-20
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This post is strange.
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2009-11-20
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2009-11-23
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2009-11-23
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PS: sorry if this has already been discussed, i seem to be doing a lot of re-suggestions. I just can't seem to find the old places in this huge maze of topics
EDIT: i noticed that later on sjgadsby posted about the merger and some other things. This solves this example, but i'm not sure it happens everywhere. Also, it would probably be less hassle for mods if this tag was automatically applied (less explaining to do)
I don't mean to crush your hopes, I just can't help it
Last edited by MrGrim; 2009-11-20 at 16:31.