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Line 21: If you take the given example in this task (a column of 1, a column of 2, a column of 3), and translate it to [[Permutations with some identical elements]], with 1 element of A, 2 elements of B, 3 elements of C, you see that you will get 60 results, just like the result here. -- [[User:Spoon!\|Spoon!]] ([[User talk:Spoon!\|talk]]) 23:42, 18 June 2022 (UTC) :There are several tasks on RC which are very similar to each other. With more than 1500 (draft) tasks, it can be difficult for a new task author to check whether a similar task has been posted before. :I even created a task myself ([[Own digits power sum]]) which later turned out to be a duplicate of [[Narcissistic decimal number]]. I hadn't realized this at the time because of the completely different title and I think one could probably say the same about the current task. :If it's realized more or less straightaway that it's a duplicate, then the administrator (Thundergnat) can delete it but once the task is bedded in and there are a lot of solutions it becomes much more difficult for him to do so as the solution authors aren't going to be too happy if they've put a lot of time and thought into their solutions. :Attempting to merging the two tasks is also not usually a good idea because, if the context is different, it tends to mess up the original one. :For these reasons I believe the task should be allowed to stand even though it is arguably a duplicate as you say. --[[User:PureFox\|PureFox]] ([[User talk:PureFox\|talk]]) 09:55, 19 June 2022 (UTC) ::I've added a related link, which should help a bit. --[[User:Petelomax\|Pete Lomax]] ([[User talk:Petelomax\|talk]]) 10:12, 19 June 2022 (UTC) :::Good idea. I've just done the same for my own 'duplicate'. --[[User:PureFox\|PureFox]] ([[User talk:PureFox\|talk]]) 10:26, 19 June 2022 (UTC)