MadSci Network: Other
Query:

Re: How do you (the moderators) determine if questions similar to mine are in the archives?

Date: Mon Aug 15 15:11:26 2005
Posted By: Michael Onken, Moderator, MadSci Network
Area of science: Other
ID: 1123982446.Ot
Message:

Hi chris - 

A question similar to yours has been answered on our site at:
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2003-01/1042320728.Ot.r.html


	Michael Onken, Moderator MadSci Network

Just kidding! I can't speak for all mod's, but the three main criteria I use to determine whether a previous answer exists in our archives are: 1) if I've answered or edited an answer to a similar question myself; 2) if I've read an answer to a similar question, for example when I was helping to compile the FAQs; 3) if the question sounds common enough that it should have been answered before, in which case I check the archives myself. Since I've been moderating for a while now, I mostly use the first two, although I'm told some of our newer moderators simply use a Ouija board.


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