This tag is referring to the process of identifying and closing questions that are exact duplicates of another question.
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Unable to close twice posted identical question as duplicate of the closed
I can understand that it makes no sense to close a real question as a duplicate of an not yet answered question.
But this also doesn't permit me to close an exact same question (with only a few ...
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Two kinds of Duplicate closing are too confusing - suggestion for a possible fix
Question closed as duplicate before Changes to "close as duplicate" (part deux):
Question closed as duplicate after Changes to "close as duplicate" (part deux):
This ...
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Why are questions closed as duplicates if you could have never found them without knowing the answer?
This question on Stack Overflow was declared a duplicate, which is per the rules, but absurd.
The simple reason is that an intelligent person who had never seen the obscure feature, could not ...
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When to close as a duplicate?
After reading and commenting on this question, I noticed a similar one pop up. Looking at the writing style and users' names, I guessed that they were the same user, though I wasn't 100% positive. ...
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Deleted questions should not disappear from the Questions list in my Profile [duplicate]
One of my questions was deleted and as such disappeared from my Activity and Questions tabs. There's no way for me to find this question now. It may have been marked as duplicate, but even in cases of ...
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Please remove 'may already have an answer' from question
This question about interactive communication between PHP and Python was voted to be a possible duplicate of this very basic and poorly-worded question.
Could the resulting notice please be removed? ...
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Order of duplicated questions
My question: JARs from library project are not visible in application projects has been marked as duplicate but referenced question was added later than mine one. Moreover all answers and comments ...
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I've found a lot of duplicates of the same question. How can I merge them all?
I've noticed that the question of whether or not it's possible to switch the browser to fullscreen using JavaScript has appeared on Stack Overflow many, many times, and I'm not sure how all of these ...
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How to deal with cross-site exact duplicates?
These questions:
bash script merge and python slicing
bash script file merge / piping and Python slicing
Are exact duplicates, so I attempted to flag one as such, and got an error message along the ...
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I accidentally marked the wrong question as a duplicate. How can I replace it with the correct duplicate? [duplicate]
I accidentally flagged this question as a duplicate of this question, when I intended to flag it as a duplicate of this question. I am presented with the message "You have already flagged this post ...
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What should I do if a question was closed as unconstructive, when it actually is constructive but also a duplicate? [duplicate]
There was another meta discussion about this question recently.
The question had been closed as unconstructive, but it looked okay to me, so I cast a reopen vote. But then I thought, "this is a ...
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Closing a question as a duplicate of a NARQ should reopen the NARQ automatically
Seeing that it is possible to close a question as a duplicate of closed "not a real question" (NARQ) post, I propose that the NARQ be automatically be reopened with votes from the closers of the child ...
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Old questions getting out of date and new questions get flagged as duplicates?
Is there a discussion regarding questions and answers getting too old or inefficient?
Has any one else considered the risk of good, more valid, questions getting removed as duplicates, even though ...
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Same question as another user, answer didn't work for me [duplicate]
What is the best way to add a question to an existing question?
That is, a question was asked and answered, but the solution either didn't address the whole issue, or didn't work for me.
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Why doesn't Google power freeform SO searches, e.g. in duplicate question search?
Well, thing is, they do so much better... to the point I find myself typing "stackoverflow java var args" into my Chrome address bar, only to be saying "no no no! I don't want to 'Search ...
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Why is my request to remove my own duplicate question denied [duplicate]
I asked several questions here at meta. Some of them were duplicates and marked as such.
I do not want to add to the cluttering, and they are downvoted (the community didn't like the questions), so I ...
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I answered a possible duplicate question on Meta
I think I answered a duplicate, or perhaps its not a direct duplicate. The question is asking about a specific case, but the question has been answered in a more general/less localized way already.
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Multiple Duplicate-Marks [duplicate]
Why does the infamous "Marked as duplicate by" message tend to have multiple users in it? Is it marked as a duplicate once many people mark it as one, or do other people just mark it as well to ensure ...
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Duplicate leads to closed as not constructive
Root: Tomcat 7 vs Jetty
... is marked as a dupe, which leads to:
Tomcat VS Jetty
... which is closed a not constructive.
I am confused. And here I was Googling to compare Tomcat vs. Jetty and find ...
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I couldn't vote to close a duplicate question with no upvoted answer [duplicate]
These two questions are nearly identical:
Java logic in my code
nonstatic variable pRef cannot be referenced from a static context
They were asked by different users, but the code is basically the ...
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Should a question's closed reason be changed from NARQ to duplicate if a duplicate is found?
I just answered a C# question that was asked by someone who clearly doesn't know C#. The question was almost immediately closed. I don't have a problem with the question being closed, but I do have ...
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Question incorrectly closed as duplicate
Again, I believe my question about string concat was incorrectly closed as Duplicate.
Why?
As stated in the comments:
In fairness, that is definitely not a duplicate question - it focuses on ...
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Attitude shift over time in unmarked duplicates
What is a realistic timeframe to reach consensus or review a topic?
Does marking duplicates hinder fresh perspective on certain topics?
For example, there's a 32-point difference on the topic of ...
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An insight on duplicates
I have a few questions related to duplicates, which I could not find answers for.
Is it appropriate to flag a question as a duplicate when the possible duplicate is unanswered?
I have come to a ...
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Show us detailed close vote count for migrations / duplicates, after voting
When you open the close dialog after having voted yourself, you get the same dialog as normal, but without the radio buttons. You can see the vote counts on the different categories. However, you ...
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Moderator deleted an answer. How we know what was his reasons for?
There is a question on StackOverflow posted today (Apr, 26th) that I flagged as duplicate of another question (answered Feb '11), have barely the same question.
At any rate, I've answered the ...
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Voting mutually duplicates
Today I saw this question in the close vote review queue, which was flagged as exact duplicate of another question. Paradoxically, the possible duplicate was closed because it was a duplicate of the ...
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Reconsider community deletions on closed, downvoted questions when closed because duplicate
Currently, Community deletes closed questions with downvotes as part of a self-cleaning measure. The problem is that we generally don't want to delete duplicates, as they improve searching, increase ...
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Mark As Duplicate description not appropriate for Double Posts [duplicate]
The current description for Mark As Duplicate is as follows:
This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new ...
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Duplicates not being linked when using alternate link text
On this question, kleopatra has pointed out a duplicate question in the comments but has embedded the link and used custom text to describe it. On the right hand side, there was no Linked section ...
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What to do when my question has a duplicate on another Stack Exchange site? [duplicate]
What should I do with my question:
Should I use different method names or overload parameters in Java?
Since it appears to have been answered on another Stack Exchange site:
Should we rename ...
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question appearing simultaneously in Stackoverflow and Cross validated
Is there a way to close the question or mark it as duplicate in Stackoverflow that already appeared on Cross Validated or vice versa?
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Shouldn't the closed-as-duplicate banner update when the title of the target changes?
I recently noticed that duplicate banners (on math.SE, at least) do not update when the target question's title has changed. The specific example I came across was this question, that was closed as a ...
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Should anything be done about a duplicate post if the OP deletes the original?
newer post
older post
The new one is basically an exact duplicate of the older one. The older one was deleted approx. 1 minute before they posted the new one.
What is the proper action to take in ...
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Double entity encoding in suggested duplicate list
While reviewing a suggested close vote, one option was to resolve as duplicate of How can I parse XML using Java?. This question starts with a code block of XML source, however the summary of the ...
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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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Possible duplicate link missing
I originally posted a comment to this question which contained a link to a possible duplicate question. I figured the question was more suited to be closed with this duplicate link, so I deleted my ...
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Is there a public statistics on duplicates?
Was wondering if there is a way to see the specific subjects that "star" in SO.
I believe number of duplicates of a specific question can give good insight.
Is there such a statistic and if there is ...
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Mark questions as duplicate of tag wiki
Prompted by this question: Reference - frequently asked questions about PDO
Where a user (who happens to have edit permissions on the tag wiki) posted an FAQ as a question in hopes that people would ...
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Removing the duplicate mark after editing
If after being marked as duplicate, a question is edited to show how it is different from a previously asked question, can the duplicate mark be removed? I've seen various discussion about tackling ...
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Allow site-specific metas to indicate duplicates of questions on the main meta
One of the users on Academia just posted the question "Should comments with multiple @ references be allowed", which is a duplicate of the question "Allow more than one @name notification per comment" ...
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Why my question marked as duplicate?
Yesterday I posted the question and it was marked as dupicated.
Isset()/Empty(), Arrays and Ternary Operator [duplicate]
The suggested topic How can I create a new operator in PHP? does not answer ...
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How long does “This question may already have an answer here” banner appear if the 5 votes are never reached?
How long does the "This question may already have an answer here" banner appear if the 5 close-as-duplicate votes are never reached? For example, if a question receives two close-as-duplicate votes, ...
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Misuse because of… misuse? Non duplicate question marked as duplicated
I'm talking about this question: Avoid developers to see included plain text code..
It was marked as duplicated, while in the comments we can clearly see it's not a duplicate. So the users with the ...
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How to handle the duplicate unanswered(down voted) question? [duplicate]
I was wandering around on stackoverflow today and noticed this question asking about necessity of autosave in his application with this comment having link of the duplicate question asked by same ...
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An “Exact Duplicate” question doesn't mean there's already a helpful answer
My duplicate question was just closed for being an exact duplicate.
So naturally I looked to see what this answer is.
This answer doesn't really apply. It's a "me too", but it doesn't tell me if ...
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What is the best way to prevent asking a duplicate questions [duplicate]
Yesterday I posted my first question here with a nice answer and some useful comments...
And then it was rightfully closed as a duplicate.
I felt a bit of a dumb ass not having found that earlier ...
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Cross-posting to external sites? [duplicate]
I've just flagged this question for cross-posting (to/from an external site, not within the SE-framework), and indicated in a comment that I'd done so.
I got a comment back, that there was nothing ...
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Show duplicate header in the VTC preview
Currently, when I try to close a post as a dupe of another post which is a dupe, I get:
Obviously, I'd like to find the original dupe link. For that, I need to open in a new tab, and then get it:
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Do you get penalized after a certain number of duplicate questions?
Is it possible to be penalized (e.g., be banned from asking future questions or have points deducted) after having a certain number of your questions closed as duplicates?
