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#4506 Duplication in RSS due to fixing typos?

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2010-09-17
2010-09-17
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Very frequently in Slashdot's RSS feed, I'll find two entries linking to the same article, with the only difference being a typo fix or other minor correction. I don't believe that editing an article should result in a duplicate RSS entry.

Example from today (2010-09-17):

Honda's Exoskeletons Help You Walk Like Asim by timothy
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/TAG5zthmAP0/story01.htm

Honda's Exoskeletons Help You Walk Like Asimo by timothy
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/yfTXgHwgdg4/story01.htm

Following these links leads to
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/09/17/0656204/Hondas-Exoskeletons-Help-You-Walk-Like-Asim?from=rss
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/09/17/0656204/Hondas-Exoskeletons-Help-You-Walk-Like-Asimo?from=rss

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