Questions tagged [duplicate-questions]
For the process of identifying and closing questions that are duplicates of another question.
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Duplicate question etiquette: to delete or not to delete? [duplicate]
Let's say I'm a good Stack Overflow citizen: I have a question, I search on SO and on google to see if someone's asked the same thing, and I can't find anything that shows up, so I go ahead and post a ...
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How does duplicate closing work? When is a question a duplicate, and how should duplicate questions be handled?
Questions can be closed as duplicates.
When are two questions considered duplicates?
Which question is the duplicate?
It's a duplicate. What do I do?
Should I edit the question?
Should I answer it?
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Reposting subjective questions as community wiki
After this question was closed Bill K suggested reposting the question as community wiki, as there seemed to be a lot of people interested in the topic.
If a subjective question is closed and the OP ...
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What is an exact duplicate? [duplicate]
Lately, I've been seeing some pretty liberal definitions of "exact duplicate" in some people closing SO questions. If I recall correctly, Jeff had intended to make it so that there were loose rules ...
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If you are not satisfied with answers on someone else's question, should you ask your own?
Suppose you had a question, and you really want a good answer that would solve your problem, but noticed it was already asked by someone else. Now, a lot of answers had been posted and upvoted, and ...
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