Questions tagged [reposts]
Reposting a question means that you post it a second time.
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Use a different template for duplicate automatic comments for reposted questions by the same user
It happens every now and then that a user reposts their question - maybe they don't know how to edit, maybe the question was closed and they wanted to dodge the review queue, or maybe they didn't get ...
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Should I repost somebody else's deleted question if it looks recoverable?
Suppose I know about or find out about a deleted question. I might remember visiting it before it got deleted, or found a reference to it. It may have been deleted for being low quality or having ...
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Delete and repost the same answer [duplicate]
A user posts an answer that is wrong content-wise, meaning that it does not fit under any of the flags. Now, it has received a huge amount of downvotes. Can the user just delete it and add a new, ...
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Should I re-ask a question if I have edited it beyond recognition?
My question has a massive edit history, as I struggled to explain my idea (making this, yes... I know...) and how it was different from the proposed duplicate.
Since editing my question to clearly ...
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Opening a new question after significantly editing another on hold
When is it appropriate to create a new question from a previous one on hold? I had a submission that required several edits to clarify. It was finally placed on hold. I posted another question that ...
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Reposting a Deleted Question (I deleted my profile in the meanwhile)
I asked a question on the Electrical Engineering site regarding RSSI variations. I then flagged it for migration to Physics site since it seemed more relevant there. I deleted it after a few days ...
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What should I do when I feel some other Stack Exchange site would be a better location for someone else's question?
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What should I do when I feel some other Stack Exchange site would be a better location for someone else's question?
How can I do that so that the original poster doesn't mis-interpret my ...
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Is it okay to repost a reformulated question that is closed (or on hold)?
If you
Formulate a question vaguely
It gets closed / put on hold for this
You take the comments to heart and reformulate it
It no longer gets attention but you have not enough reputation to trigger ...
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Is it impolite to repost someone's original question elsewhere? [duplicate]
I saw a question asked that interests me on one of the Stack Exchange sites.
However, I would like a different perspective than that of the site it was posted on.
Is it considered impolite to repost ...
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What will happen if I repost my question with new information?
I am considering reposting a question that has gone "stale" -- that is, it is no longer new and therefore not garnering any attention. It also has content that is no longer relevant: it was a jQuery ...
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Is it ok to to delete and repost a duplicate question?
I asked a question that has been marked as a duplicate. I read a lot of similar questions and explanations in advance but I couldn't find a solution. In the question that should answer my question the ...
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Best way to ask and edit questions when you're in over your head
I believe my question is essentially the inverse of this thread re. updating questions.
I have spent days trying to untangle programming problems involving my OS (10.8.2), homebrew, RVM, XCode and ...
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Is it okay to repost a question that I already asked at another website?
Regarding this question
Is it okay to repost a question from another website that was never answered there?,
is it okay to repost a question which I have asked at another website (such as the ...
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How to deal with an asker who re-posts questions and doesn't accept answers?
My question revolves around a user asking the following, even acknowledging that the question was previously closed so he re-posted it:
Unable to run multiple AJAX calls without refreshing
Now I'd ...
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Can I ask same question again if nobody has answered? [duplicate]
Can I ask same question again if nobody has answered it for some days?
Or is there way to re-post a question after some predefined waiting period?
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