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I don't read the GP as questioning the worth to HN, but simply asking if the article is a general interest article or if there is some specific reason the article is especially relevant at this moment in time.

Yes, it's possible this was simply a "historical submission", but that possibility alone doesn't answer the question. We shouldn't be in such a hurry to protect HN from degenerating into (say) /. that we make assumptions about intent or silence relevant and potentially interesting questions.

This has been discussed previously, 4 months & 2 years ago. Wouldn't it make sense to group re-posts automatically into the prior discussion so users can track comments?

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=https:%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2...

I don't see any previous discussion there. We only bury posts as dupes if the story has had significant attention in the last year or so. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

We merge threads when two or more are active at the same time, but not when one is months old or more.

Ok, with the lack of comments that makes sense. Thanks.

I agree. Someone here said HN is like a gym. Sometimes people chit-chat, some show off, some 'talk shop', some quietly just do their thing.