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juan999999
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Don't you hate when people duplicate threads?I personally get annoyed and makes my head explode.

What if when someone makes a thread similar to another using similar words and something like this would come out.



http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r471/JuanAmaro56/Untitled-17.jpg?t=1226095084

The "Etc." things would be links to those threads.

What do you think?

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juan999999
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Jester

Blocking is not equal to locking.


I meant to say block.
raddude62896
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Nomad

how do u ask on profiles???

plokkey
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Firetail just thought of a great compromise idea. *throws away original idea*

I found a flaw with firetail's idea. How would the threads be listed from? Keyword? That would just be like the old community search. You'll get a lot of junk topics that have nothing to do with anything,

plokkey
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how do u ask on profiles???


Check your profile, I posted a comment. Reply back on my profile.
juan999999
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Jester

how do u ask on profiles???


Go to newcomers forum,and ask question there please.

Then how do you suggest it?
firetail_madness
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Blacksmith

*shrugs*

It was all I could come up with.
Although the code would still be pretty hard...

juan999999
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juan999999
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Jester

Yes and that's the main problem that i hope can be fixed.

ShintetsuWA
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Maybe it can just be:

This topic has already been created:

(links)

Do you still wish to make your thread?

Yes?
No?

I mean, if it was similar, it would probably ban all club threads.


This can work. It would probably be a tedious task for shpigford, but it would be highly beneficial. As for this problem with the words, it would have to be THREAD NAME ONLY! I'm POSITIVE that there can be a code that would have that happen. With this, some users would think it's funny by posting a thread name, but have an irrelevant topic, which we can simply ask a moderator and they could promptly lock/delete it.
firetail_madness
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THREAD NAME ONLY! I'm POSITIVE


Well, what if your title was "We need new armatars!", and there were lots that were titled "armatars" or "new armatars". As long as it includes just one of the words.
ShintetsuWA
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Nomad

Well, what if your title was "We need new armatars!", and there were lots that were titled "armatars" or "new armatars". As long as it includes just one of the words.


Well obviously the three topics would be about armatars, so the new thread wouldn't be needed. If they were all discussing the same topic, then there would be another unnecessary thread to deal with.
plokkey
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code


I hate that word now 0:0

I agree with Shintetsu's idea of yes/no if yo uwant to create the topic.
Pazx
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Shin, how can you manage to find so many ways to block spam?

What I'm saying is, I'd like to have shin's message. It would help a bit.

crazynaitor
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This is quite a good idea I must say it would be good because I HATE duplicate threads, it doesn't kill you to search for a thread.

InTheZone
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This can work. It would probably be a tedious task for shpigford, but it would be highly beneficial. As for this problem with the words, it would have to be THREAD NAME ONLY! I'm POSITIVE that there can be a code that would have that happen. With this, some users would think it's funny by posting a thread name, but have an irrelevant topic, which we can simply ask a moderator and they could promptly lock/delete it.


Shin -- your idea... your idea has been implemented already! Has anyone ever used Yahoo! Answers? Well, long story short, when you post a question Yahoo! Answers does a search for very similar sounding questions. Although, the system isn't perfect, it still works very well and can prevent users from posting similar questions (even though there are a bunch of "Is my penis long enough?" questions still around >.&gt
ShintetsuWA
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Wait a sec..It has?? *facepalm* That's right lol... Well, that idea needs to be much more durable than it already is! That's the reason why I don't use it, because I don't find it any useful right now, but if it was stronger, I would use it frequently.

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