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Tagged with duplicate-questions reputation
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Why can't < 250 rep. people close their questions as duplicates?
I asked this question. Later, I found an answer to another question that answered my question. I was about to close the question as duplicate, but I realized that I didn't have the 250-rep privilege ...
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What is the minimum reputation amount required to view questions without replies tagged as "duplicate""?
When not logged in, attempting to visit a question that is marked as duplicate of another and doesn't have any replies, redirects to the original question (i.e. the question displayed in the "possible ...
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Why does one lose reputation for posting a duplicate? [duplicate]
I don't believe it is harmful to have the same questions written in different ways. Many times I search for a question but can't find it, only later to have someone share a question that is phrased ...
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Marking questions as duplicate is ruining reputation rise in general
This is a deeper concept than it appears to be. Reputation of newbies on Stack Overflow almost never grows.
The day-to-day (regular) problems that a person faces in programming are already answered ...
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Is rep required to flag posts?
I want to know if on the Stack Exchange sites, is it is required to have reputation and if yes how much to flag posts? It seems to me that I cannot use some flagging options.
Here is an example:
I ...
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Etiquette on posting possible duplicate for a new user
I still don't have enough reputation to comment on a question.
I have come across questions which are duplicates. What do I do?
Do I answer telling this is a possible duplicate, please look at ...
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How do I participate in a question when I have a low reputation? [duplicate]
I have a question similar to an existing one. I would comment, but my reputation is too low. How do I participate to that question? Should I answer, edit or start a new question that may be marked as ...
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How are these two questions different?
The two questions are:
final characters in Java
Java - char, int conversions
The first one is the new one. The second one is an old one which I answered 6 weeks ago. These questions are very similar....
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Should we halve the number of upvotes on a duplicate post?
Should questions that are marked as duplicate have their upvotes (not the total votes) set to halve of the original post's upvotes, if the dupe's total votes is more than the original's?
For example; ...
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Why not treat initial close-as-duplicate similar to answers from a rep perspective? [duplicate]
Of the vote-to-close reasons, marking as "duplicate" seems unique in that:
It immediately results in the OP getting his question answered
It frequently requires knowledge of the subject comparable to ...
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Give less reputation on answers when question is marked as duplicate [duplicate]
We always come across questions that are duplicate. If a question already has comment that it is possible duplicate. Then, I always check if that is the correct duplicate and if yes, I flag it as ...
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Should there be new action on duplicates?
Let me hope that this is not a duplicate, as I've did some research and havn't found something that is exactly the same!
As I'm getting more "used" to StackOverflow way of working, I'm doing more and ...
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Reputation for finding an exact duplicate [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Give an incentive for finding duplicate questions
I've noticed that finding an exact duplicate of a question and voting to close is an act of real research on the part of the ...
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Add +2 reputation points for accepted flagging as duplicate [duplicate]
This question is similar to:
Why there isn't reputation points for successful flagging?
, but with a small refinement,
only first flag will get +2 reputation
only accepted and committed flag will ...
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Should questions that are "Linked to" earn extra "Rep", á la "Street Cred"?
Should a question that gets linked to... "get a bump"... for it's ability to stand the test of time, answer most - if not all - there is to say on a topic, and that manifests itself as something that ...
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