I'm not sure if it's browser specific or what, but these blank nodes are driving me nuts. It seems that in some areas just requesting a page by clicking a link will create a new node. This is a problem, because I rely heavily on the back button and when I simply traverse back across a page in which I was writing a reply, a new blank node gets created. It doesn't seem like everyone has this problem, but I do all the time and I've seen some other unintentionally repeated posts (merlyn comes to mind... he mentioned it too a while back). Wouldn't it be better to only create a node when you actually clicked the submit button rather than the reply link? That way you could also change your mind when you decided you didn't actually have anything to say after all. Not all the submit pages are like this, it seems only replying to a node in some sections does it.

In reply to Blank Nodes by athomason

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