in reply to "Sticky" nodes

How about adding 'enforced' related topics search next to the 'Title' input field?

When a monk decides to post a *new* topic, after he hits the 'preview' button, let PM do a search on the topic and return a list of similar/related topics. Then he can decide whether or not to post the new topic, or just add to one of the related topics.

Also would be nice to add the button 'search for similar topics' next to the 'Title' input text box, and perhaps print in small fonts some guide-line on how to post a new topic.

I know you can do this under the 'Find Nodes' box, but it seems that some monks don't do any research on PM before they post, and just keep posting similar topics again and again.

I think it would show some appreciation to the vast knowledge base here at PM, when posting a new topic, by at least make a few references to similar posts in the past.

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Re: Re: "Sticky" nodes
by BUU (Prior) on Nov 15, 2003 at 22:45 UTC
    I beliece the usual answers to these suggestions are:
    A) What makes you think the posters would pay any attention to the search results even if they were forced to view them?

    B) Dear god, this place is slow enough as it is without making every single post require a search through the database.
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      Hi BUU I agree with Part A, but not Part B. I didn't say that making every single post, I said about starting a new post, not every reply posts. I watched the site for a few days, and I found that only a dozen or so new topics are added everyday. A related topics search on a dozen or so new topics shouldn't put too much stress on PM site I thought. :-)
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      A) The point of enforcing them to view sticky nodes is to make them see that a subject was already addressed, instead of making them search through 9 or 10 or even more nodes.

      B) DEAR GOD!!! What sticky nodes have to do with the performance of the site?!?!?!?!

      my ($author_nickname, $author_email) = ("DaWolf","erabbott\@terra.com.br") if ($author_name eq "Er Galvão Abbott");
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