May I ask about redundant threads?

[chinabig]

Nothing serious, just curious.
Why didn't the mods or anyone who have authorization delete or move the redundant threads to the similar threads but just close it?
Or they just simply can't?

Then why can't?
Wouldn't it be better if threads were moved or deleted than leaving like that? Just give a PM to the OP(with hyperlink) after deleting or moving.

[MemoryLane]

If I sent mails to the OPs with links to existing threads, I'd never get to leave the forums. Repetition happens, but some topics are brought up multiple times a day.

We can merge the repetitive threads to existing threads, but that is usually only done when there's lots of the same threads, such as a server down. Normally we do that because it's faster to provide updates to one thread.

I would advise using the search function to see if a topic already exists before creating a new thread to avoid thread closure or deletion.

[chinabig]

If I sent mails to the OPs with links to existing threads, I'd never get to leave the forums. Repetition happens, but some topics are brought up multiple times a day.

We can merge the repetitive threads to existing threads, but that is usually only done when there's lots of the same threads, such as a server down. Normally we do that because it's faster to provide updates to one thread.

Oh, i see.

I would advise using the search function to see if a topic already exists before creating a new thread to avoid thread closure or deletion.

Yup, just like what I would advise