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- balleriana_coder
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Scratcher
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Guide to Finding Duplicates
Wow new guide to duplicates? (Congratulations on the sticky)
- balleriana_coder
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Scratcher
500+ posts
Guide to Finding Duplicates
Wow new guide to duplicates? (Congratulations on the sticky)And the site to search for duplicates is much more modern then the previous
- mtnif
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Guide to Finding Duplicates
i've waited! there were no posts for the last 12 days, so i can make a new topic!
- mingo-gag
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Guide to Finding Duplicates
i've waited! there were no posts for the last 12 days, so i can make a new topic!Why do you always want to make the next topic when it comes to these kinds of topics?
- ScodexPerson
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Guide to Finding Duplicates
i've waited! there were no posts for the last 12 days, so i can make a new topic!it doesn't matter if the sticky is inactive.
As long as the OP is active, it can stay.
And also as mingo-gag said, you always want to take over the stickies but you already have a sticky in HwS.
- zispe
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Scratcher
500+ posts
Guide to Finding Duplicates
i've waited! there were no posts for the last 12 days, so i can make a new topic!That is infact not a rule or a thing that anybody has ever said. I'm okay hosting this sticky, and seeing that the older one was around for like forever I'm assuming there will be many more days than 12 left in this one. Unless you have something constructive to add to this topic, please refrain from continiously posting on it.
- ilIusionator
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Scratcher
100+ posts
Guide to Finding Duplicates
oh wait a new sticky!? that's so awesome and cool
- unisparks8
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Guide to Finding Duplicates
oh wait a new sticky!? that's so awesome and coolIts not really new…
- AdaVesta_
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Guide to Finding Duplicates
i think they mean “2026 new”oh wait a new sticky!? that's so awesome and coolIts not really new…
- zispe
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Scratcher
500+ posts
Guide to Finding Duplicates
It's… pretty new.oh wait a new sticky!? that's so awesome and coolIts not really new…
- 5C1AdrianAu
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Scratcher
500+ posts
Guide to Finding Duplicates
The custom search also works if you need to find topics that were made by you long time ago
- PaymerAlt
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Scratcher
63 posts
Guide to Finding Duplicates
Good guide. A few additions that might help people who are new to the Suggestions forum:
1. Duplicates aren't always obvious.
Sometimes two suggestions sound completely different but are solving the same underlying problem. “Add a way to run code when a clone is deleted” and “Add an ‘on clone death’ event block” are the same suggestion wearing different clothes. The keyword search won't catch that - you need to think about what problem your suggestion solves, not just what words you used to describe it.
2. A duplicate isn't a death sentence.
If your topic gets flagged as a duplicate, that's not a punishment - it means someone else already agreed with you before you even posted. Go find the original, add your voice there, and make the argument stronger. Two people pushing the same idea in one thread is more persuasive than two identical threads with half the engagement each.
3. The real problem isn't duplicates - it's abandoned originals.
Half the time, the “original” topic is a three-post thread from 2019 where the OP posted once and never came back. Sending people there to “constructively voice support” means they're shouting into an empty room. There should be a way to adopt or revive dead suggestion topics instead of just linking to them as if they're still active discussions.
This is the most important line in the whole guide. Too many people see a vaguely similar title and immediately call duplicate without actually reading the posts. The suggestion forum would be better off if people spent as much energy engaging with ideas as they do policing them.
Nice work on the guide, zispe. It's earned the sticky.
1. Duplicates aren't always obvious.
Sometimes two suggestions sound completely different but are solving the same underlying problem. “Add a way to run code when a clone is deleted” and “Add an ‘on clone death’ event block” are the same suggestion wearing different clothes. The keyword search won't catch that - you need to think about what problem your suggestion solves, not just what words you used to describe it.
2. A duplicate isn't a death sentence.
If your topic gets flagged as a duplicate, that's not a punishment - it means someone else already agreed with you before you even posted. Go find the original, add your voice there, and make the argument stronger. Two people pushing the same idea in one thread is more persuasive than two identical threads with half the engagement each.
3. The real problem isn't duplicates - it's abandoned originals.
Half the time, the “original” topic is a three-post thread from 2019 where the OP posted once and never came back. Sending people there to “constructively voice support” means they're shouting into an empty room. There should be a way to adopt or revive dead suggestion topics instead of just linking to them as if they're still active discussions.
Be careful when looking for duplicates that you read through all the posts that could be the original. A topic might seem similar or have a similar title, but that does not mean your topic is a duplicate, so always make sure before throwing your idea away.
This is the most important line in the whole guide. Too many people see a vaguely similar title and immediately call duplicate without actually reading the posts. The suggestion forum would be better off if people spent as much energy engaging with ideas as they do policing them.
Nice work on the guide, zispe. It's earned the sticky.
- zispe
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Scratcher
500+ posts
Guide to Finding Duplicates
-snip-I feel like everything here is.. entirely redundant, since nearly every point was already made in the OP. It also seems incredibly artificially written, but I'm not here to point any fingers, especially on a topic that hasn't anything to do with that.
- _Paymer
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Scratcher
500+ posts
Guide to Finding Duplicates
Guess what!-snip-I feel like everything here is.. entirely redundant, since nearly every point was already made in the OP. It also seems incredibly artificially written, but I'm not here to point any fingers, especially on a topic that hasn't anything to do with that.
- Scungilio64
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Scratcher
500+ posts
Guide to Finding Duplicates
whythoGuess what!-snip-I feel like everything here is.. entirely redundant, since nearly every point was already made in the OP. It also seems incredibly artificially written, but I'm not here to point any fingers, especially on a topic that hasn't anything to do with that.
- zispe
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Scratcher
500+ posts
Guide to Finding Duplicates
Yeah, I already guessed. Please don't post on this sticky topic unless you have something important to add, which your artificial “intelligence” did not.Guess what!-snip-I feel like everything here is.. entirely redundant, since nearly every point was already made in the OP. It also seems incredibly artificially written, but I'm not here to point any fingers, especially on a topic that hasn't anything to do with that.