Questions tagged [duplicate-questions]
For the process of identifying and closing questions that are duplicates of another question.
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Could or should the "search first, ask question later" principle be made more prominently visible?
I'm relatively new (roughly a month), so please excuse any great misunderstandings.
Presumptions / Impressions:
(A) It may vary a bit per case or community, but in general, the approach seems to be ...
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What should I do if a question I'm considering asking would be closed as a duplicate, but I don't understand the duplicate's answer?
To make this clear, I’m asking about a question that I would have that has already been answered but is still difficult to understand or confuses me. I have read this on duplicates, but I’m wondering ...
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No margins on closing as duplicate when link to the post is provided
There are no margins next to post score on "closing as duplicate" popup when direct link to the original post is provided. E.g.
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Duplication by an old post with obsolete tag
There's an old and currently obsolete tag mobile-web (if used for non-chat questions). It so happened that current site behavior (responsive design) works the same as for an old mobile site. Should we ...
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How to put alternative / synonym words (phrases) in questions?
Alternative question:
When multiple known cases will match answer for your question,
what's the best way to pack them in the question title (or body)?
Additionally to this question itself, an example ...
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Rephrase text for possible duplicate with no answers
One more time I got a possible duplicate notice on my question. This time there's no answer on the suggested question:
I know the duplicate mechanic on SE, but completely disagree with the current ...
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Badge suggestions: Finder, Hunter, and Detective [duplicate]
To encourage helpful dupe-finders (regardless of whether they can close vote or flag), I am thinking of the following badges:
(bronze) Finder: Find a duplicate that gets the question closed as a dupe ...
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Improve alignment when multiple duplicate suggestions are shown
When a question you asked is proposed (but not closed) as a duplicate, there's a box showing duplicate suggestions. A while ago, I noticed it looks a bit odd when multiple duplicates are shown:
It ...
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Access to save lists in the close as duplicate modal
Now that we have the option to create multiple save lists, can we have the option to show the content of said lists in the "Close as duplicate" modal dialog?
I have a couple of questions ...
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Duplicate selection doesn't allow to pick an item without searching
When you are a mod or a gold-badge and you want to edit the list of duplicates, the standard model shows suggested questions. One cannot pick any of them and has to search for a suitable question ...
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"Delete this answered question?" dialog shows up but it's not my question
I just got shown the "Delete this answered question?" dialog for a question that isn't mine. I think (it's not easy to reproduce for testing) the circumstances that led to this were:
Try to ...
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"edit your question" link on author-only guidance on duplicate questions has wrong URL on sites other than Meta Stack Exchange
When a question is closed as duplicate, the post owner has their own guidance to edit their question. The guidance also include "edit your question" link.
The link is supposed to redirect ...
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Improve the user experience for duplicate closures
Duplicates are one of the most important features of the entire Q&A system. They are the consequence of the decision to create a repository of knowledge and to try and increase the signal-to-noise ...
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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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Why doesn't the "Does this answer your question?" duplicate link include the user ID number?
It seems automatically generated comments such as this:
Does this answer your question? Ramsey-Turan number
don't include the user's ID number. As I understand, people can earn the "Announcer&...
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