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Originally posted by Fantaloonastic
Also, I understand the annoyance if two posts posted directly after each other are in essense saying the same, but I really see no reason why one should delete a post if they just spend minutes of their voluntairy time to write up a good, decent and informative post.
I agree. I think the intent of the poster is a major factor. If you start typing a good reply to an unanswered post, and someone else replies before you're done, neither poster deserves to be penalized.
However, you should never knowingly post duplicate information.