This tag is referring to the process of identifying and closing questions that are exact duplicates of another question.
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How to handle duplicate questions when old one is not accepted
Since the changes in closing, no question can be marked duplicate if the old question doesn't have approved or upvoted answer.
Now there was this question that is 100% identical to this one, but ...
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can I add a question if I know it will be a duplicate of another question?
I have an existing question: how to download a file from bash without curl, wget, etc
I think the question would find a wider audience by adding an additional question with a new title, e.g.
"How ...
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Different votes on Identical questions posted at same time [duplicate]
Two duplicate questions posted at the same time. Here and here.
They were posted about a new feature that was implemented overnight (overnight for me), and the original question is only 13 hours ...
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How does one know if a question is already answered [duplicate]
Sometimes when i ask a question, i get a response that the question is already answered with a link to the answer. How does the answerer know it? I means he cannot manually go through the Q&A ...
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“Closed as Duplicate” text is misleading when the duplicate is from the same user [duplicate]
This question was recently closed on Stack Overflow as a duplicate of another question. That original question did not have any answers.
However, the close reason clearly states:
This question ...
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Why do we actively refer users to already existing answers of questions?
EDIT: I mean in the context of Stack Overflow, but other sites in the Stack Exchange may apply.
I just don't understand cases when, for e.g., somebody asks a very specific question, and a user, ...
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Vanishing close-votes when the original version of a duplicate is deleted?
I voted to close this question as a duplicate of this earlier question (now deleted, after being closed as off-topic and voted down to -6), so did one other user. The author of both questions deleted ...
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How should duplicates of language independent questions be handled?
I recently saw a question closed as a duplicate that in my mind goes under the category "Same answer but not the same question". It's the most common question around, loss of precision in floating ...
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Meta duplicates don't require an answer. Don't suggest there is one when that's not true
This request was sparked by this particular question. The vote to close as a duplicate on Meta, in contrast to the main site, does not require for the duplicate to have an answer. Yet, the closure ...
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My question was marked as a duplicate, but the referenced question only has comments [duplicate]
Today I asked this question:
Why are some questions closed "off-topic" or "not constructive" years after they have been posted?
After I got 3 good answers and many comments, my ...
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What should I do if my feature request is a duplicate of a previous one?
I have a feature request: Add checkbox (including "other" with free text) for reason of Up / Down voting
It has recently be marked as duplicate of an older request: Encouraging people to ...
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Top repeated questions?
I know that in the Python tag, we have A LOT of repeated questions. One feature that might address this would be if the "top questions" list promoted duplicates above their numerical score.
One way ...
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Should a Close - Duplicate supercede other Close votes?
I'm happy with the progress being made on StackExchange with how Close is handled. I'd like to propose another small tweak, with this question as concrete example:
AutoCad Plant 3d model on web
When ...
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Duplicate questions with no answers
I noticed that questions marked as duplicate have this placed at the top:
This question already has an answer here:
But what if question A gets marked as a duplicate of question B, but question B ...
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Option to close as duplicate of linked question
Disclaimer: This question assumes sufficient familiarity with the Close dialog.
In the Close -> Duplicate dialog, when no vote has yet been cast, there is a list of similar questions, otherwise there ...
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Close as Duplicate always lists same (unrelated) questions
For at least the past week or so, every time that I go to close a question in the iOS/iphone/related tags, it ALWAYS includes this question as the top candidate for closing: How to check for an ...
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When does comment get auto-generated when flagging question as potential duplicate?
When I've flagged questions as potential duplicates in the past, a comment was auto-generated to that effect. When I just did the same thing, no such comment was generated (How to structure Util ...
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Should it be possible to identify an already-closed question as a duplicate of another question?
Recently, I found a closed question here that is nearly identical to another question here, and I don't see any option to identify the first question as a duplicate of the second question. I want to ...
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Using duplicates as answers on Meta?
I've noticed a pattern here on Meta (this is a meta-meta post!)
Namely, people seem to like answering questions by marking them as a duplicate. For example, 'why didn't I get rep from these two ...
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Will asking too many duplicate questions lead to a question ban?
I'm aware that if a number of a user's question are deleted or heavily down-voted it could cause a ban, but will simply asking too many duplicates alone get someone question banned?
I'm also aware of ...
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Question same but with different answer and posted at different time
Suppose that person "A" posted the question in the SO and that was answered by person "B" say 6 months ago. Now, if person "C" posts the new question which is close to "A"(may or may not be without ...
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When to flag question as duplicate?
Possible duplicate:
What's the rule in considering duplicated questions?
I have recently become more involved in modding actions on StackOverflow and am still learning what reason fits ...
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Close as duplicate dialog: Accepted, highest-voted answer not shown
I voted to close a question as a duplicate of this question. After entering the URL, the close dialog displays the question and its answers. In this dialog, I could only see 10 of the 12 answers (one ...
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What to do about non-duplicate question about to be closed as duplicate?
I'm a little concerned about a question I recently asked.
Someone came along and voted to close as duplicate but it seems that was done without reading the two questions (you can see the other ...
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If a question is both too broad and a duplicate, should it be closed as “too broad” or “duplicate of…”?
When a question is clearly too broad (shopping list style or opinion based) AND it has a clear duplicate (that is already closed) with a lot of good answers and information, should we close the ...
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Cross-site duplicates [duplicate]
What should be done with cross-site duplicate questions?
There is this question about a certain XNA issue: Resize game windows without freezing and stretching?
…And the answer to that can be found ...
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Close an old question of a duplicate I just asked?
I've managed to find what is, essentially, an earlier version of a question I just asked. However, I think my question is written (marginally) better.
Should I vote to close/delete my own question as ...
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Reason for adding comment “possible duplicate of …”
If anyone finds a post as dupe and flagged it means, we are showing the message
possible duplicate of ...
as a comment of that flagged user.
What is the reason for that?
I think it is a ...
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If your question is closed as a duplicate, should you delete it? [duplicate]
Sometimes you don't search for the answer to a question before you ask it. It will be closed as duplicate. Should you, the question owner, delete it? While it is good for search engines finding the ...
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This closure would result in the 'duplicate of' navigation only leading in a circle, except it wouldn't
I tried to close this question (#1) as a dup of this question (#2), but SO told me:
If you want to stop me from creating dup chains then, well I disagree with that, but I can at least accept it.
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Circular duplicate link allowed
Circular duplicate links didn't used to be allowed, but I just did it:
How to access the system tray using the keyboard?
How to access (or switch between) tray icons with shortcut in windows?
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Can we prevent questions from being closed as duplicates of closed questions?
For example, a question that gets closed as a duplicate of a question that is off-topic is also off-topic. It should either be migrated to an appropriate site, if an appropriate site exists and there ...
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How commonplace is “skimming” of duplicates?
What does the *= operator do? was marked as a duplicate of Reference - What does this symbol mean in PHP?
The question asked what the *= operator does in PHP.
Unfortunately, *= isn't mentioned in ...
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How should I edit my question to explain how it's not a duplicate?
My question has been marked as a duplicate by five users:
This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please edit this ...
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Dealing with potential duplicates
I recently encountered a situation where someone's symptom was similar to the symptoms in another question. It's likely the cause was the same, but there is no way of knowing for sure without OP ...
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Closed question says duplicate has answer but doesn't [duplicate]
Refer to this linked question. At the bottom, it says "This question has been asked before and already has an answer." If you look at the duplicate question, it does not have an answer. That is all.
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Duplicate title for “why has xxx happened” on meta
Often, there are questions about why (for example) a question was closed for a specific example, a edit was rejected, etc. However, since users are unable to create questions with duplicate titles, ...
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How to close as exact duplicate of a (closed) question without an answer
I tried to close this
letter within a word strings and lists returning counts
as an exact duplicate of this
Check if each word has an E in it
but I can't because it "doesn't have an ...
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If someone posts a “Possible duplicate of (link)”, how do we get that away?
Say I ask a question. It then gets marked as a duplicate (possible or exact) by someone commenting so. However, the question is not a duplicate, the person who posted the comment either didn't ...
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Possible duplicate not a duplicate
Sorry for the newb question...
My last question has been marked as duplicate of this one.
But they are not the same. Should I be doing something about it? or should I just ignore it and let a ...
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Why does the duplicate header not show up in the off-topic-close dialog?
When voting to close, the duplicate header does not show up in the preview:
Steps to reproduce:
Find a closed (as duplicate) question (f.e. this one)
Find another question
Vote to close as ...
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How to handle duplicates on other sites?
Simple example: better way to import java script files and css files using CDN or from local machine
The exact duplicate is on programmers.se: Referencing external javascript vs. hosting my own copy
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Detect and block question copied exactly from existing questions
Just now I saw this question and this question two questions which are deleted afterwards, which appears to be copied exactly from another existing question, and surprisingly some "users" also ...
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A duplicate question. where the duplicate could have more answers
How to generate barcode in vb.net without using 3rd party tool
This question is a possible duplicate
Code 128 Barcode generation in vb.net
However, after investigating the answers to the other ...
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Does flagging a question as duplicate require that the original must have an answer? [duplicate]
Today was my first attempt at flagging a question as a duplicate. When I stepped through the flagging wizard, I noticed the comment below the "duplicate" choice that says "This question has been asked ...
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Use most-selected duplicate as the first duplicate shown in the banner
When a question is closed as a duplicate, it appears that the choices for the duplicate question links are presented in one of three orders1:
Most answers
First duplicate chosen
Undefined
Any of ...
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Open question links from duplicate dialog inside duplicate dialog
Note: I'm using this question as an example, it's possible that the problem doesn't exist in that specific question.
Say someone asks a question. How do I find the value of this <input> ...
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Questions closed as duplicate aren't showing the duplicate banner with link
This is likely related to the rollout of the new closing mechanisms. Duplicate questions here on Meta are missing the headers linking to their master questions:
Please fix and then close this as ...
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Flag for the same answer declined
This is the question: how in .net i handle a click over a balloon tip, displayed through ShowBalloonTip of a TrayIcon
This is the answer I have flagged: flag
And finally this is an accepted answer: ...
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Question closed as a duplicate of a question which is deleted [duplicate]
I came across a question Resources on learning to develop Android apps? which is closed as a duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1114287/good-book-for-beginning-android-development and ...
