Questions tagged [merged-questions]
Questions that have been closed as duplicates may sometimes be merged by moderators. One question is retained as a stub while all answers appear on the other.
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Question merge log still mentions 'bookmarks' instead of 'saves'
When merging two questions, the log mentions 'bookmarks' in the next-to-last line, even though Bookmarks have evolved into Saves:
Beginning merge of question.Id = 396316 into question.Id = 176961
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Are merged questions indexed by search engines?
Scenario:
question A is closed as duplicate of B
user raises a flag on A to request it gets merged into B
flag is declined because some variation on "loosing a good signpost"
I know the ...
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No zero number specified for answers count on question merging
During questions merging (available for mods) there's a place for number of answers on target question:
But in case if there's no answer there's no number at all (zero number is expected):
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Possible bug with question deletion
I just tried casting a delete vote on a question. I was given an error because the question was a target of a duplicate closure. In addition, the question closed as a duplicate was later merged with ...
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Comment flags visible on wrong page after merging questions
I just merged a question with an answer which had a couple of comments flagged as 'No longer needed'. When I visit the merged question, the answer is gone, but the comment flags are still visible in ...
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When and how can a merged question be deleted?
From What is a "merged" question?:
If the merge stub is later deleted, the asker will lose the reputation they earned from it unless it had a score of at least 3 and was visible for at ...
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What is so special about merging duplicates that need locking for the merge source?
In the improvement about implementation of question there's no indication why the stub should be locked, since the only difference between a merged question and a duplicate is that answers in one were ...
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Attempting to edit a Merged question shows wrong error: "Suggested edit queue is full"
Difference between URI and URL has been merged, but also shows "Possible Duplicate" within the question text.
I went to edit out the in-question duplicate. But pressing the edit button shows ...
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How do I unfollow a migrated question? [duplicate]
I followed this question at CrossValidated, which was subsequently migrated to Math.SE.
I am now seeing the CV question in my "Following" tab on my profile, with an "unfollow" link....
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Are duplicates ever merged or removed?
I've been on SO since the start and vaguely recall the idea was duplicates should actually be removed, but their titles still retained somehow - often a closed question is the top result on Google for ...
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The question could be merged several times if you resend merge request
Merge a question.
Press F5 (try to refresh the page) on the redirected page (where you look on the merge result).
The browser will ask you, if you want to resend post request.
Chose resend.
New record ...
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A mod migrated my old question to another SE site where I have already asked a new better question - how to merge these? [duplicate]
I have asked this question on Retrocomputing; it got answers there, but was later closed and commenters suggested it would be a better fit for Computer Science.
Because my Retrocomputing question ...
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What happens to the comments when two questions are merged?
When two questions are merged, answers from the source question are moved to the target question.
Question. Is the same true for the comments? Are the comments under the source question moved to ...
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How to find duplicates that could be deleted?
From the faq post How should duplicate questions be handled?
Should duplicates be deleted?
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Duplicates that are word-for-word copies or that are so poorly written that they are not useful may be ...
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Allow Trusted Users to edit merge stubs
I'd like to have Trusted Users (at 20,000 Reputation) granted another edit power: the ability to edit (or suggest edits to) merge stubs in circumstances where it would be beneficial (instead of having ...
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