All Questions
Tagged with vote-to-reopen duplicate-questions
11
questions
23
votes
0
answers
174
views
When choosing to leave closed for the duplicate reason in the reopen review queue, allow specifying another duplicate target
Sometimes, I encounter questions in the reopen queue which are closed as duplicates, but for which I disagree with the current duplicate target(s) and think a different one is better applicable/has a ...
6
votes
0
answers
64
views
Why does this particular reopen review task incorrectly show with the old wording of the duplicate close reason?
Prior to February 2013, the duplicate close reason notice used to have the following wording:
This question covers exactly the same content as earlier questions on this topic; its answers may be ...
7
votes
2
answers
108
views
Allow questions to be closed as duplicates without having them reopened first
TL;DR: I want to have my question closed as a duplicate. But first I need to have the question reopened so it can be closed as a duplicate.
On The Workplace, I posted the question How early should I ...
- 15.1k
8
votes
1
answer
66
views
Is it appropriate to reopen a question so it can be closed as a duplicate?
I saw a question on meta about a long standing site bug. It is a bit hard to discern, so some people thought it was unreproducible and closed it as such. However several others have verified that this ...
- 416
0
votes
0
answers
58
views
Closed duplicate threads up for reopen need a reason disputing the closure
This is a frequent problem in the Reopen queue. A question is closed as duplicate. Unlike the most common reasons for reopen (editing to add more to the question), these are near impossible to discern ...
- 27.2k
-9
votes
2
answers
193
views
Questions are being marked as duplicates too liberally; possible solution
There seems to be an issue with questions being closed as duplicates when they are not. Often times just because titles are similar doesn't mean the entire question is the same. Here's one example and ...
- 2,359
26
votes
2
answers
516
views
Should we reopen a question if it is closed with a wrong reason?
The question in question: Triple Less Than Sign in Bash
It is closed as
"Questions asking for code must demonstrate a minimal understanding of the problem being solved. Include attempted ...
- 4,058
-4
votes
1
answer
109
views
Request to Reopen someone's duplicate tagged question [duplicate]
I found a question that is marked as duplicate, even though it seems to not be a duplicate and has a different intent. How can I get the question reopened? The question was posted by someone else (not ...
- 139
5
votes
2
answers
70
views
What is the best way to go about reopening a question for a second time?
Long story short, a post was marked as a duplicate. I nominated it for being reopened, and it was reopened. Then, it was again marked as a duplicate (again wrongfully so). Since I can no longer ...
- 2,020
2
votes
3
answers
168
views
Flag as Not A Dupe
Would it be possible to get a Not a dupe flag, for questions which have been closed as duplicate?
Every now and again I'll see a question that are completely different, and definitely not dupes.
A ...
- 10.8k
18
votes
1
answer
157
views
New "marked as duplicate" function breaks reopen reviews?
Related to this and this.
Now, when reviewing reopen votes on questions closed as duplicates, I've got no link anywhere to the question that the closed question is a duplicate of (i.e. the "...
- 2,664