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bump for publicity (to newbies)
and as a reminder (to graybeards like VOA)
Another Admin Moderator vanity, I see (c8
Bump for brownie points...
Ya posted a vanity into Breaking News (I always wanted to do that to a Mod).
Wasn't this already posted? *ducking*
;->
In MY DAY, we didn't Haaaave Vanities!
If you couldn't source the story, you didn't post it! We didn't have nice AdminMods that tried to TEACH the Newbeeees!!! If they didn't like what you posted, they sent you to Chat, where your head would explode and your eyeballs would fry!
Aaaaand weeeee LIKED IT!!!
Is it really so difficult to automate the search for those posters who can't be trusted to do it for themselves (similar to the way excerpting requirements are detected/enforced)? Or, at least, put a link to the Search function on the Post page?
Given all the improvements I've seen here over the years, this one seems like a no-brainer.
You could make a check box required for posting in things like breaking news, etc.
Kind of like "I have searched the site and have found no duplicate articles. I understand the penalty for falsifying this information is to find... a shrubbery!"
Zot! (just kidding)
Bump
BOOKMARKED.
I really need this
because I've posted
35 articles in 5 years.
I might want to post #36.
Seriously, this GOOD info needs a mega bump.
Abuse reported...
Standard FR response: "Bump to read later;" who died and left whatshisname in charge? :>)
What's a Newbie? :)
What I find most amusing are the duplicates where people append to the title "didn't find this". You can almost always garauntee that'll be like the 12th time that article has been posted, and at least half of those have a perfectly matching title all the up to the "didn't find this" tag.
It would be kind of funny to make a duplicate post or two of this, but far be it from me to land on the AMs' bad side.
I understand the desire to eliminate "duplicate" threads. The problem is, because we are so vigilant about it, it diminishes this sites utility as a source of breaking news.
Many people don't want to wade through thousands of comments to find the two or three posts with an update on a breaking issue. It would be different if the original poster had the ability to ammend (or append to) the lead article with new details.
But since we do not have that capability, it really makes it harder to use FR as a good source for breaking news.
Anyway, that's my two cents worth. Flame away...