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Could we describe what we think two questions have in common, when claiming that one question is possiblely a duplicate of another?
I know that when someone claims that a question is a duplicate there is an option to edit the question to make it more clear how it's different from the other question. Sometimes it can be clear how ...
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If a different question contains the correct answer, should the question be marked as a duplicate? [duplicate]
The situation I am referring to is this recent question on the Worldbuilding Stack Exchange.
The situation is as follows:
Question A is created with a certain question. Question B is an older, ...
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In what situation can I post a similar question without it being closed as a duplicate? [duplicate]
I came across two different situations which seem to require a reasonable duplication of a question:
Is it allowed to post the same question related to the same issue, but in two different languages?
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How to be more polite and accommodating? [duplicate]
Here's my beef. I've noticed over the past couple of days, and even before I joined this (the StackExchange) community that most of you aren't kind to your fellow user. I'm not trying to get up on a ...
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Etiquette for Merged Question: What to do with obsolete parts in answer?
Recently one of the questions to which I had answered got merged with another question (as it was a duplicate).
The problem is that only a part of it was duplicate. There was an original part (about ...
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Is it OK to retrospectively close as a duplicate? [duplicate]
Suppose a question is asked, answered and accepted, then at some later date another duplicate question is asked, also answered and accepted, but no one picks up the duplication.
If the second ...
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I answered a possible duplicate question on Meta
I think I answered a duplicate, or perhaps its not a direct duplicate. The question is asking about a specific case, but the question has been answered in a more general/less localized way already.
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Cross-posting to external sites? [duplicate]
I've just flagged this question for cross-posting (to/from an external site, not within the SE-framework), and indicated in a comment that I'd done so.
I got a comment back, that there was nothing ...
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Single question thread with multiple questions, some duplicates
I've recently run into many questions where to author asks several related questions in one post, many of them asked before.
I'm wondering what out policy is on such questions:
Should I vote-close ...
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What's the etiquette for answering two similar questions?
A user asked this question (casperOne seems to have closed it already), which was a problem that the user did not know how to accomplish, to which I answered and was able to help said user.
An hour ...
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Should I delete my answer to a question that's marked as a duplicate?
Suppose I answer a question, and it later gets closed as a duplicate. Should I delete my answer (perhaps copying any unique bits to a new comment or answer to the other question), edit my answer to ...
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Value in re-asking a completely answered question [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Asking a previous question again. Isn't it useful?
Like all good citizens of stack overflow I do searches for for the answer I am looking for before posting. As well, in ...
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Should I copy my answer to a duplicate question to the original question?
I answered to first replacement of a string in a file using sed and it was marked as possible duplicate. Then I looked at How to use sed to replace only the first occurrence in a file? (the original ...
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Is it rude to point out the questioner couldn't possibly have checked existing answers before asking their question?
Should we post comments pointing out how easily other existing questions and answers were found?
How about making fun of the questioner?
I often want to do both of these things, and in fact just ...
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What, if any, is the etiquette when you answer a question which turns out to be a duplicate?
Is there an etiquette for how to deal with (your own) answers in questions that later get identified as duplicates? For example, I answered Convert String 'ten' to Integer 10, which someone ...
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