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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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I've been posting here since 1999. Most of these questions have been answered several times since then.

Like Google, the person looking for information needs to think about how to search. If you want members experience with "Audio Research preamps," put the data in exactly, rather than just the word "preamp."

For ideas on how to improve your electrical, search the dozens of "Dedicated lines" posts. We have certified electricians who have answered specific questions on this subject. Where else can you get accurate FREE information such as that?

Same for NOS tubes. Put in the words New Old Stock , or NOS rather than the word "tube." There is data on almost every tube type, with many posts delving into performance differences between specific pieces of high end audio.

Perhaps this is overly simplistic for those of us that understand how Audiogon works, but as this thread has accurately pointed out, there is a wealth of information here if one takes the time to look.
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