How about a merged "battery questions" thread?

[miles01110]

How many of the following threads are actually unique and necessary? And this is only from the past week or so.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=733960
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=732943
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=732965
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=733864
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=730835
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=733195
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=725335
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=727296
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=733409
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=729430
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=730163
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=728140
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=732081
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=730361
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=732764
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=733528
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=732142
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=731218
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=732575
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=722460
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=728868
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=729083
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=728997
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=730206
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=728020
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=722460
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=728069
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=729103
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=727527
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=733959
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=728375
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=727083
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=732721

[xUKHCx]

How many of the following threads are actually unique and necessary?

A lot of them, from a quick scan there is a whole range of different topics, hardware and scenarios covered.

You have people with bulging batteries, issues relating to the 17" model, calibrating, issues with the 13", reconditioning old battery, battery not charging, topping batteries off, integrated batteries etc. etc.

Yes there are a few threads that could be merged together but that list does not show the problem.

[miles01110]

A lot of them, from a quick scan there is a whole range of different topics, hardware and scenarios covered.

You have people with bulging batteries, issues relating to the 17" model, calibrating, issues with the 13", reconditioning old battery, battery not charging, topping batteries off, integrated batteries etc. etc.

Due to the "integrated" nature of the battery in the entire Macbook Pro line, questions relating to those are hardly as unique as they were before WWDC. Calibrating/capacity threads usually go hand in hand; "I have a new 13" MBP and it says my capacity is only at 98%....is this normal????????" and even then the calibration procedure for battery model X is effectively the same for battery model Y.

Bulging batteries might be the odd one out.

[xUKHCx]

There are some differences inherent with the different hardware that the computers have and also the types of use that the groups who use them. So there is an obvious case for having one thread per size. There is also the case for having one calibrate your battery thread but then there always has been and there are countless previous threads about those issues anyway. There is also a guide about batteries (http://guides.macrumors.com/Laptop_Battery_Guide).

The list of threads you provided contains far more diverse issues than just the simple case that you are arguing for so the evidence provided is not relevant. e.g I just clicked a random sample from that list:

White MB
Best strategies for looking after batteries
2007 MBP
New uMBP 13" short life
Issues with all battery makers giving inflated battery life times
Jun 2009 uMBP battery capacity
Battery suddenly lost 3 hours of charge
Can a uMBP battery be installed in a uMB case
Topping off batteries
Blacbook battery internal cable issue
Macbook doesn't recognise the battery
2008 MB battery dying
Battery buldge
White MB vs. uMBP battery life
Reconditioning old battery

These are all pretty much unique and diverse issues and so suggesting that they be merged is not proper.

I don't doubt that there are issues with duplicate threads as there are and always will be about each and every topic. The issue is finding the appropriate threads to merge.