676855 - need script for auto detect duplicates at getsatisfaction

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(support.mozillamessaging.com Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

need script for auto detect duplicates at getsatisfaction (step 1).
perhaps two types of potential duplicates
1. topic has same author, and roughly matches at least two words, of say 5 or more characters
2. topic has different author, and matches at least N words of topic

The easy one is #1.

(step 2 will be script to do merge the duplicates found in step 1)

Comment 1

[Roland Tanglao needinfo please :rolandtanglao, :mohnkuchen, :adobo, :sinigang, :roland]

wayne: could you give me some testcases please?
i.e.
1. two GS urls of two topics by the same author that are duplicate
2. same as #1 but different authors

implementing 2. might be difficult but we'll see :-)

Comment 2

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

I have one example of #1 (same author)
Helen
- http://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/thunderbird_problem-y1o5b
- http://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/thunderbird_problem-8txcu

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

example #2 of same author
Jan
- http://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/determine_installed_version
- http://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/determine_installed_version-1hp3d5

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

example 3, same author, 3 months apart
- http://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/get_rid_of_compact_files_popup_when_i_delete_a_message
- http://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/stop_compact_window

Comment 5

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

example 4
- http://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/empty_inbox_need_help_please
- http://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/empty_inbox_need_help

Comment 6

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

example 5
- http://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/deleting_from_all_mail-zlu37
- http://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/deleting_from_all_mail

(I seem to be hitting all the wackos today)

Comment 7

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

example 6
- http://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/how_do_i_get_messages_out_of_compacted_folders
- http://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/how_do_i_get_a_message_out_of_a_compacted_folder

Comment 8

[Roland Tanglao needinfo please :rolandtanglao, :mohnkuchen, :adobo, :sinigang, :roland]

thanks for the test data wayne

i am getting there:
here's the pseudo code i have so far:

https://gist.github.com/1137754

Comment 9

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

#7
http://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/how_to_turn_off_thunderbird_5_0_message_preview_pane_permanently-1gav6x
http://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/how_to_turn_off_thunderbird_5_0_message_preview_pane_permanently