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Tagged with duplicate-questions bug
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Unable to edit the duplicate list
I have the javascript dupe hammer on SO. I closed Uploading image file to php server as a duplicate earlier today, and I was just trying to edit the duplicate list to add a more appropriate question.
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When trying to specify a question on another site as a duplicate target, the error message displays incorrectly on sites with ampersands in their name
When flagging/VTCing a question as a dupe, and the link pasted into the box is from a different site, the error message looks like this:
But on the 17 sites with ampersands in their titles (as well ...
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No margins on closing as duplicate when link to the post is provided
There are no margins next to post score on "closing as duplicate" popup when direct link to the original post is provided. E.g.
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Duplicate selection doesn't allow to pick an item without searching
When you are a mod or a gold-badge and you want to edit the list of duplicates, the standard model shows suggested questions. One cannot pick any of them and has to search for a suitable question ...
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"Delete this answered question?" dialog shows up but it's not my question
I just got shown the "Delete this answered question?" dialog for a question that isn't mine. I think (it's not easy to reproduce for testing) the circumstances that led to this were:
Try to ...
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"edit your question" link on author-only guidance on duplicate questions has wrong URL on sites other than Meta Stack Exchange
When a question is closed as duplicate, the post owner has their own guidance to edit their question. The guidance also include "edit your question" link.
The link is supposed to redirect ...
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Repeatedly shown possible duplicate checkboxes on my question after dismissing it
My question currently has some duplicate votes, but I can't seem to get the message to go away and stay that way:
A community member has suggested a similar question that may solve your problem.
Does ...
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How did these duplicate questions occur? [duplicate]
A user managed to post two copies of the question at the same time.
Hi, I'm getting this error MySQLdb._exceptions.ProgrammingError: not enough arguments for format string
Hi, I'm getting this ...
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Wrong instructions in email about duplicate question
I just got another email because one of my questions was closed as a duplicate. The mail (screenshot) suggests me to
Select the suggestions that answer your question. Your question will be associated ...
GlorfindelMod
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Duplicate question target doesn't have an upvoted or accepted answer, but the success notification still pops up when trying to associate
After Changes to "close as duplicate" it looks like you can't suggest a duplicate target, if that question doesn't have upvoted or accepted answer.
Well I had question that looked like a ...
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Blue close vote count wraps to two lines [duplicate]
I've got this issue on ruSO, but it probably happens on all SE sites. When closing a question as a duplicate, the number of votes already given for the same question wraps to two lines. As far as I ...
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'Duplicate accepted' banner suggests there are multiple originals
When you 'accept' a duplicate target for your question, the question will be closed and a banner will be shown:
Great! We'll associate your post with these questions so future visitors can easily ...
GlorfindelMod
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Please tweak the behavior of the dupe "does this answer your question?" message so it does not suck
I have no problem with my question being closed as a dupe; hey, I got an answer! Yet, the way the "Does this answer your question" message works is not great at all. Let me explain.
I post ...
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Why wasn't this No Longer Needed flag automatically marked as helpful when the comment was deleted?
There's something strange going on with a comment under this question:
How do you find how many questions have been asked on a given site?
Timeline (September 17th, 2021, UTC):
16:45:10: created by @...
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Clicking on vote count in the Linked Questions list does not give a “noredirect” link
The problem
According to this meta answer, linked questions in the sidebar should have noredirect=1 passed. This was done due to an annoying redirect (explained better in the question than I ever ...
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