This is probably a non-issue but, just in case there is a problem, I thought I'd save someone the time tracking it down.

I just approved Running perl script outside cgi-bin (i.e. I checked Approve the clicked Moderate). When the screen refreshed, it showed Approved by ww. So, I assume ww did the same a second or two before me.

That's never happened before. If it ever happens again, does anyone care? :-)

-- Ken

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Re: (Almost) Simultaneous Node Approval
by GrandFather (Saint) on Feb 07, 2012 at 22:20 UTC

    Why should it matter? So long as it was approved and wasn't approved by two monks and didn't take down the whole server through a deadlock or something nasty of that sort it's fine isn't it?

    True laziness is hard work
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      I reported an exception. I don't know if it matters. I don't know if it's fine.

      You seem annoyed. I don't know why that might be either.

      If it doesn't matter and everything is fine, please just tell me.

      -- Ken

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        Sorry, I didn't intend to come across as annoyed. What you described in your initial node sounded like completely normal and expected behaviour in a slightly unusual, but not unexpected, situation.

        I don't understand what you mean by "I reported an exception". Maybe you mean there was some message or text that was out of the ordinary that you didn't report? If that was the case and you can browse back to the page it may be of interest to the site maintainers if you post the actual error or warning text. Note that there are many thousands of lines of code and many thousands of lines of HTML the make up PerlMonks so it is unlikely that a vague description of something that might be an error message will elicit and "ahh" response from the maintainers.

        True laziness is hard work
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Re: (Almost) Simultaneous Node Approval
by ww (Archbishop) on Feb 07, 2012 at 22:24 UTC
    I would guess your hypothesis is correct... but I've certainly gone thru the approval process of an apparently un-approved node (perhaps one that's been open for a few moments in a tab, perhaps fresh) only to see that someone else had done the job.
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      If it's happened before and caused no problems then it would indeed seem to be a non-issue. Thanks ww.

      P.S. Re your PM: got a chuckle - petition unnecessary. :-)

      -- Ken

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        I'd expect the number of doubly (or even more times) approved notes to be quite high. Keep in mind that it generally takes quite some time to get all the way to the unapproved nodes, at least skim the node to know whether it is OK and submit the approval. During the more lively hours I'd guess there's more multiply approved nodes than singly approved.

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