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[Andrew Robert Nicols <568140@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If I disable javascript, I can hit the Post button multiple times.
Javascript already exists to prevent this.

So we're instead looking at a server side alternative.
We could try selecting any forum posts with the same poster, subject and body posted within a reasonable time frame (1 second will probably suffice). If they exist, don't add the new post.

However, this does seem a little ungraceful. Should we, for example,
offer any error message?

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Prevent duplicate forum posts when double-clicking
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/568140
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Bug description:
Some people seem to submit their posts twice when they post something to the forums. My guess is that they accidentally double-click the submit button.

We should be able to detect this and prevent the double posts either server-side (ideally) or at the very least in Javascript directly in the browser.