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Jeff Atwood
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Question merging happens all the time. You usually don't see it because you're not a party to the posts getting mixed into the pool together or the question is out sight and out of mind.

Duplicates are merged when the answers and the question pretty much say the same thing with nothing new to add. If there is something new, it may be merged anyway.

Personally, if the two merge candidate questions have a combined answer count that will mean pagination occurs when they meld, it's either time for a prune or they're left standing alongside each other.

Merging helps people not have to jump all over the place to find the answers since they'll now be under the same question.

The stubs, which lead you to the master question, are rarely deleted. When they are it's because they're exact same word and phrase duplicates and serve no purpose sticking around whatsoever.

Question merging happens all the time. You usually don't see it because you're not a party to the posts getting mixed into the pool together or the question is out sight and out of mind.

Duplicates are merged when the answers and the question pretty much say the same thing with nothing new to add. If there is something new, it may be merged anyway.

Personally, if the two merge candidate questions have a combined answer count that will mean pagination occurs when they meld, it's either time for a prune or they're left standing alongside each other.

Merging helps people not have to jump all over the place to find the answers since they'll now be under the same question.

The stubs, which lead you to the master question, are rarely deleted. When they are it's because they're exact same word and phrase duplicates and serve no purpose sticking around whatsoever.

Question merging happens all the time. You usually don't see it because you're not a party to the posts getting mixed into the pool together or the question is out sight and out of mind.

Duplicates are merged when the answers and the question pretty much say the same thing with nothing new to add. If there is something new, it may be merged anyway.

Personally, if the two merge candidate questions have a combined answer count that will mean pagination occurs when they meld, it's either time for a prune or they're left standing alongside each other.

Merging helps people not have to jump all over the place to find the answers since they'll now be under the same question.

The stubs, which lead you to the master question, are rarely deleted. When they are it's because they're exact same word and phrase duplicates and serve no purpose sticking around whatsoever.

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Question merging happens all the time. You usually don't see it because you're not a party to the posts getting mixed into the pool together or the question is out sight and out of mind.

Duplicates are merged when the answers and the question pretty much say the same thing with nothing new to add. If there is something new, it may be merged anyway.

Personally, if the two merge candidate questions have a combined answer count that will mean pagination occurs when they meld, it's either time for a prune or they're left standing alongside each other.

Merging helps people not have to jump all over the place to find the answers since they'll now be under the same question.

The stubs, which lead you to the master question, are rarely deleted. When they are it's because they're exact same word and phrase duplicates and serve no purpose sticking around whatsoever.