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My question did not get an appropriate answer [duplicate]
Regarding I subscribed to Stack Overflow feeds to my email but haven't received any till today:
I asked a question and I got some comments. I was not able to get an appropriate answer and I have ...
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Why was the recent question about where to ask questions about Metasmoke and Smoke Detector deleted so quickly?
Another user recently asked the question Where can I ask questions about Metasmoke and Smoke Detector? and it was promptly closed as a duplicate of my older question Where can questions about our ...
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Why do some questions closed as duplicates lack a duplicate target? [duplicate]
The question https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/345815/336163 (asked less than ten minutes ago) was closed as a duplicate less than five minutes ago, but it lacks any semblance of a duplicate target.
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Request: Don't delete duplicate questions with unique titles and please think twice before downvoting them
Judging by the score, it seems a sizable number of users appear to disagree with the request. The downvotes don't bother me, they don't, but I would like to be sure that everyone is on the same page ...
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Could we be a little less eager with the duplicate votes to close?
It was pointed out to me it was unfair to single out folks with dupe-hammers for this. It was a poor choice of words, on my part. The core of the post is still something I feel needs addressing, so I ...
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Should meta requests be closed as duplicates of announcements if the same thing is requested in an answer to the announcement? [duplicate]
Whenever a new feature is announced by the SE team, it's typical for people to report bugs and request features by posting answers to the announcement. However, it often happens that some people who ...
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Should Meta questions be duplicated to draw more attention to issues? [duplicate]
An assertion that "several users told you that having more questions about the same topic is actually better" caught my eye as a point for meta discussion. My response was a few comments below but ...
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What is an appropriate way to indicate a previously asked question needs to be readdressed? [duplicate]
I'm about to use a specific example to highlight a general question
I recently posted an answer to What to do with cross-site duplicates? That question was originally asked, and a best-answer chosen,...
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"That solved my problem" doesn't make sense if the target question is unanswered
Can we get an alternative to the "That solved my problem!" button that doesn't make the presumption that it solved my problem? I.e. "Yes, that's the problem I have."
In some cases, SE (et. al.) ...
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How can we make completed feature-request posts appear when searching for information about the feature?
Often, in order to discover information about the functionality of the Stack Exchange software, I search here on Meta. For example, recently I had a question about flags. I found the answer to my ...
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How is a feature request a duplicate of a support question? [duplicate]
I asked Could we allow users to challenge moderators' decisions? but it was marked as a duplicate. But I believe it isn't a duplicate because the questions linked to are asking how to use a ...
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Duplicate-closing should be harder on meta to encourage the evolution of discussion and opinion
Stack Exchange sites are generally concerned with asking and answering questions that can be answered in a fact based manner. Meta is entirely different. Meta allows, and even encourages, questions ...
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Should we close support questions where the answer is “no” as duplicates of corresponding feature requests?
I just came across this support request in the close-votes review queue, where it was proposed as a duplicate of this feature request. The answer to the support request is “no, you can’t do that”, ...
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That solved my problem is rarely true on Meta [duplicate]
On Meta, a lot of duplicate targets are unanswered, so, while it's a duplicate it doesn't actually solve my problem.
Please could the text on meta be changed to "Yep, it's a duplicate" or "Oops, I ...
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This (meta) question already has an answer here? Not really
Here in Meta Stack Exchange we can close a question as duplicate of a question without any answer whatsoever. I won't get into whether it's right or wrong, just stating this as a dry fact.
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