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Why Don't People Search The Forum Archives?

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I spent some time searching the forum archives, and was amazed at the wealth of information contained within. Often, many individuals have and post legitimate questions. Although, these questions (in many cases) have been answered time and time again in the forum archives.

Unfortunately, due to the redundancy of these questions, many of the well established Audiogoner's will no longer respond to these redundant/repeat questions. This may leave the individual asking the question feeling somewhat neglected, not realizing that their question has been answered and/or discussed many times previous.

I also find it interesting, that Audiogon management explicitly states in the "What We Will Decline" section of "Moderation Guidlines", that questions of repetitional nature will be filtered and declined.

http://forum.audiogon.com/fr/moderated_guide.html

The forum archives are a tremendous resource of information. Is there a manner in which individuals posting in the forum could be directed to the forum archives BEFORE posting their particular question? I mention this because the individual posting, may find more complete coverage of their particular question already exists, yielding them much more thorough results/information. Could the Audiogon moderators utilize "keywords" of a newly asked question in order to refer to the archives before that particular question is actually posted?

Would this be considered or construed as unreasonable?

Could this be considered "overmoderated"?

Any suggestions/input?
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gaudio_eek
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I always search the forum archives first before asking my question. I spent hours on end sometimes just reading the valuable archives. This is why I don't answer to those that have been answered in the past. It's always easier to ask the question again but it's rather inconvenient for other people who wants to help. Best to just ignore and move on. My other pet peeve is a reference to a website without using mark-up tags. The format is fairly easy but very few people are using it. The cut and paste gets really old and tired.
I also notice that A'goN has a lot of new members. It's a process of education if you have the time to spare. I can only empathize with you but have no answer.
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