On: Ask HN: why do some non-trollish articles get [dead]ed?

[pg]

That one got killed automatically because the domain is banned. I think the domain was banned because someone once spammed us with links to it.

Another reason non-spam/troll stuff gets killed is because it's a dupe.

[jmatt → pg]

Another reason non-spam/troll stuff gets killed is because it's a dupe.

It's hard to find dupes when all you have is a link you want to post. For example earlier today:

http://www.google.com/search?q=http://www.positech.co.uk/tal...

returns nothing

even though the story is already posted:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=275780

Too often the names of the stories alone don't work. Or the name is misleading or otherwise bad.

Is there is a better way to see if a dupe already exists?

[brlewis → jmatt]

No, there's no good way to check for a dupe besides watching all the incoming stories. So don't get offended if your submission gets killed; it's not a mark against you.

[mariorz → pg]

OK, thanks. So should we flag other kills like that in the future?