Questions tagged [reposts]
Reposting a question means that you post it a second time.
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Multiple reposts and closes
In cases like this Reposted Question where the user has reposted the same question multiple times, is there anything automated that eventually shuts such a user down?
The user has posted the same ...
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Reposting an identical answer on a different question
What is the policy for the following scenario?
I just saw the following answer posted: utf8_unicode_ci vs utf8_general_ci collation differences?
This is a good answer to the question: it details ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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I've narrowed my question down substantially. Should I edit the original or create a new one?
I asked a general question to which I received some answers that were ok, but not really a solution. I narrowed the problem down to one very specific thing, which is much narrower than the original ...
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Deleting your question only to re-ask it [duplicate]
In this question, the OP admitted to deleting his question and then reposting it. I feel like this user has successfully "gamed" the system. His post is not technically a dupe (since he deleted the ...
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Is there a way to pass reputation points when reposting an answer?
A scenario recently arose where a question was asked and an answer from a previous, similar question was completely relevant. I wondered, should I add a comment linking to the previous question or ...
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When is "update your earlier question" no longer appropriate?
I find it hard to believe that this hasn't been asked before, but I wasn't able to find a dupe.
I've seen several new users go through these steps:
post a code sample, without any other info, that ...
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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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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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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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