# Display "Similar To" earlier if we have an exact title match

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-similar-to-earlier-if-we-have-an-exact-title-match/68630>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2017年八月23日 16:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-similar-to-earlier-if-we-have-an-exact-title-match/68630 "2017-08-23T16:01:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [2017年八月23日 16:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-similar-to-earlier-if-we-have-an-exact-title-match/68630/1 "2017-08-23T16:01:18Z")

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At the moment, we hold off on doing a similarity search for topics till there is a minimal amount of text in the body of a topic.

This has 2 flaws:

1. If there is an exact title match we do not display it early (you may only find out after save)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/1/11e5185cbce45121b5b6959b969a3ef250f66210.png)

1. If there is an exact title match we are not even guaranteed to find it

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/2/f2f047898fbd095f8222e2c66a1595afb8318587.png)

I think we should leave a **special**  **magical** spot for “exact topic title match” at the top of the similar dialog and even try to get it there earlier if possible as soon as you tab out of the title.

Regardless it saves people time cause if they have dupe title to start with, either

1. The title is pretty bad and needs to be fixed
2. Its actually a duplicate

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2017年八月24日 02:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-similar-to-earlier-if-we-have-an-exact-title-match/68630/2 "2017-08-24T02:49:37Z")

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I think it’s easier to just ignore the body requirement, definitely use body if you have it, otherwise match on title only. Probably an easy code change?

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2017年九月6日 22:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-similar-to-earlier-if-we-have-an-exact-title-match/68630/3 "2017-09-06T22:58:40Z")

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Can you add this to your list @zogstrip?

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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [2017年九月15日 23:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-similar-to-earlier-if-we-have-an-exact-title-match/68630/4 "2017-09-15T23:04:03Z")

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Ok this is now in 🍑

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8ed318c4fe5fa4189945df668ad131c82adbacee](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8ed318c4fe5fa4189945df668ad131c82adbacee)