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Flag as duplicate from another Stack Exchange site? [duplicate]
I recently noticed a question that was asked by the same user, the exact same content, at the same time (within minutes) across two Stack Exchange sites - Stack Overflow and Geographic Information ...
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URL text box is no longer autofocused in duplicate flag dialog
Reproduce:
Goto any question
Enable keyboard shortcuts, and press M F 4
(or alternatively just click Flag->a duplicate)
Observe that the text box is not autofocused. (so you have to click on it or ...
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Cannot flag duplicate question if it has the identical title [duplicate]
Why we do not refuel and assemble in orbit? - Space Exploration Meta Stack Exchange
Why we do not refuel and assemble in orbit? - Space Exploration Meta Stack Exchange
are identical posts.
I tried to ...
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Flag as "a duplicate" vs "should be closed -> duplicate of"
I recently noticed that there are two very similar flags that can be used, "a duplicate" and "should be closed -> duplicate of".
They look like they should accomplish the exact same task, and I don't ...
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How to deal with a duplicate question if you can't flag
So, on Biology Stack Exchange, I found this question: Why do snails come out of the grass when it rains?
I did some searching and I found a very similar question that had already been asked and ...
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Proper response to user abusing "flag as duplicate" [duplicate]
My 4 year old question was flagged as a duplicate of this 4 month old question by the same user who posted that question. My question has more upvotes on both the question and the answer, and is (...
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Flag as duplicate option is ... duplicate? [duplicate]
It just came to my attention that when flagging (not VTC) a Question as duplicate one is presented with the following options:
As we can see, among those is the "a duplicate..." option. However, if ...
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Remove duplicate on someone else's post [duplicate]
I was testing an answer locally on someone else's post recently, only for it to be marked (in error) as duplicate.
Whilst I can see why the duplicator (for want of a better word) did what they did; ...
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Duplicate flagging reason description requires the 'original' to already have an answer [duplicate]
When flagging a question as duplicate, the description of the action that provides the premise behind the flagging choice reads "This question has been asked before and already has an answer.".
I was ...
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How to handle well-formulated duplicates vs bad original question [duplicate]
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I came across one of those questions that must have been asked before. While searching for the same question on SO, I stumbled upon this question, which asks essentially the same thing. So ...
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Duplicate question from same user, neither one has answers [duplicate]
What should I do if I see that a user has posted the exact same problem multiple times? Neither of the questions have answers, so I can't flag the latter one as a duplicate of the first one. Is it ...
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Why doesn't the "marked as duplicate" notice include the user who voted to close?
In this question, I got a notice that my question was a duplicate, and I clicked a button to confirm that it was.
But it says that only the Community user marked the question. Wouldn't it also ...
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Why do we have duplicated "mark as duplicate" when voting / flagging questions? [duplicate]
I was wondering when marking / flagging a question as a duplicate, I see two identical options: "A duplicated "mark as duplicate" "
One in the first page:
Another under "Should be closed" page:
I ...
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When flagging a question that is already closed as duplicate, error message is incorrect
I was viewing a question for a while, then decided to flag it.
When clicking the flag link, I got:
In words, for sake of search:
This question has been put on-hold since you loaded the page -...
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How to handle a trivially inapplicable/incorrect "duplicate question" flag
On a topic for which I have fairly extensive experience a question has been flagged as a duplicate of another one that is for a completely separate case. A person with any experience in the field ...
