True enough. I have seen (usually in the SOPW section) exact duplicates - answers where two differnt monks, usually within minuted of each other, submitted the same solution to a problem, often with nearly identical explanations and code samples. It doesn't happen often, because generally it only happens when the second monk submits his answer after the first monk has submitted, but before the second monk has refreshed - meaning that they both believe they are the first to answer. It's much more likely to happen when the delay is hours or days. And those are the ones that shouldn't be repeated; where the answers are so similar that there's no useful information to be gained. Multiple methods and so on - even multiple, distinct explanations of the same method - should be posted.

- Ozymandias


In reply to RE: RE: RE: RE: Categorized Q&A Cleanup Finally.... by Ozymandias
in thread Categorized Q&A Cleanup Finally.... by vroom

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