Talk:Solve hanging lantern problem: Difference between revisions

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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)