More dedicated board guides needed on this forum

weeowens

djc58 wrote: »

Yeah, the problem is if I put the green tick on the duped post, which later to be expired as you suggest. Sometime later I saw orignal post without my green tick, So I re-enter from there....Ouch! (I think only reason to merge is to avoid this to be happen)
Also who is check if it is actual duped post or not, as not want many posts went expired due to error as they may are actual seperate comps.

Generally dupes are spotted quite quickly on here.

As mentioned in the past it is good practice to wait a bit before entering a newly posted comp to see if anyone flags it as a dupe.

Plus make it a rule never to enter via a post that has been marked as dupe.Red Cross it then enter via the original post.If the merge is delayed the red cross will deter you from opening the thread.

weeowens

IDeamOfFairies wrote: »

Date of this post: 04/03/15 (7 days offline)

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weeowens

oliveoyl wrote: »

How about for dupes, we use the expired button to get rid of the post instead of giving the BGs and forumites more work with merge requests?

I can see no real advantage in merging if the comp is already on the board.

Just a suggestion.

Discussed here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4734946

Posted by Glad: # 43

HTH

fire**fly

mjm3346 wrote: »

Thanks (20 mins looking and I still couldn't find it)

hi, it's in the

PLEASE READ - Posts by the MSE Team and BG's - merged

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/24817

post # 383
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=62818911&postcount=383

IDeamOfFairies

Originally Posted by IDeamOfFairies View Post
Date of this post: 04/03/15 (7 days offline)

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weeowens wrote: »

Discussing other Forum users

It is only the same as saying

Merge request sent to Glad
Merge request sent to Dalkirst

weeowens

IDeamOfFairies wrote: »

It is only the same as saying

Merge request sent to Glad
Merge request sent to Dalkirst

Seems not as forum advice is to do as I posted. For clarity here it is:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1014121
Please also post on the duplicate comp thread that it is a dupe, include a link to the original thread & if you mention that you have sent a merge request to whichever BG you sent it to, then that will save others doing exactly the same thing & bombarding the poor BGs with multiple requests for the same thing.

weeowens

oliveoyl wrote: »

How about for dupes, we use the expired button to get rid of the post instead of giving the BGs and forumites more work with merge requests?

I can see no real advantage in merging if the comp is already on the board.

Just a suggestion.

# 447
Hi everyone

Just a reminder the expired button is for competitions that have finished. Please don't use them to move threads you feel shouldn't be somewhere.

Thanks

Andrea

mjm3346

This is the more recent thread on the subject

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5305575

skintpaul

I'm usually online mid mornings, late eves, if that can help.