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giscus-bot giscus-bot 2022-12-17 01:28:09
Guest *Scott Kostyshak* @ 2017-10-10 22:19:42 originally posted:

Cross-posts without cross-references are very frustrating. Another benefit to referencing cross-posts is that if someone in the future is searching and has the same question, they might find one of the posts, follow the referenced cross-post, and thus find the solution. I have a similar problem as a teacher: sometimes students send the same question to both me and the TA, thinking they will maximize their chance of getting the quickest answer. I think part of it is education: although it is obvious to us, I sincerely believe that many people don't realize they are wasting people's time. My way of educating is to first kindly point out the problems that unstated cross-posting poses, and if they make the same mistake in the future, I just put in the comments that it is a cross-post and I do not spend time answering their question. I think that a great link that helps people understand the problem is http://latex.org/know-how/latex-community/94-etiquette/454-crossposts

yihui yihui 2022-12-17 01:28:11

Yes, this is a great link. I'll add it to my post above. Thanks for sharing!

Originally posted on 2017-10-11 00:18:14

giscus-bot giscus-bot 2022-12-17 01:28:10
访客 *Cyrus Yip | 叶寻* @ 2021-01-31 13:17:59 写道:

The link of Gimme Pizza! is broken.

@CyrusYip

yihui yihui 2022-12-17 01:28:12

I tried for a while but it seems the post has gone and there is no way to find it now...

Originally posted on 2021-01-31 16:16:23

giscus-bot giscus-bot 2022-12-17 01:28:13
访客 *Cyrus Yip | 叶寻* @ 2021-01-31 21:57:50 写道:

What a pity. I found a solution to dead links: using Internet Archive to save pages for future reference.

I just saved this page via Internet Archive.
https://web.archive.org/web/20210131214359/https://yihui.org/en/2017/10/cross-posting/

@CyrusYip

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