Timeline for Don't delete comments with link to duplicate if they are modified
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| Jan 7, 2019 at 19:47 | vote | accept | Mad Scientist | ||
| Jan 7, 2019 at 16:53 | history | edited | Nick CraverMod |
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| Jan 7, 2019 at 16:53 | answer | added | Nick CraverMod | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jul 16, 2018 at 6:48 | answer | added | Rob | timeline score: 1 | |
| S Jan 31, 2017 at 16:13 | history | bounty ended | CommunityBot | ||
| S Jan 31, 2017 at 16:13 | history | notice removed | CommunityBot | ||
| Jan 30, 2017 at 5:45 | comment | added | tripleee | Wouldn't it be nice if there was a facility for undeleting these comments? | |
| S Jan 23, 2017 at 15:10 | history | bounty started | Shadow Wizard | ||
| S Jan 23, 2017 at 15:10 | history | notice added | Shadow Wizard | Authoritative reference needed | |
| Jan 23, 2017 at 15:10 | history | edited | Shadow Wizard | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| S Jan 11, 2017 at 16:57 | history | bounty ended | CommunityBot | ||
| S Jan 11, 2017 at 16:57 | history | notice removed | CommunityBot | ||
| S Jan 3, 2017 at 15:37 | history | bounty started | Martin Tournoij | ||
| S Jan 3, 2017 at 15:37 | history | notice added | Martin Tournoij | Draw attention | |
| S Aug 1, 2015 at 7:13 | history | bounty ended | reneMod | ||
| S Aug 1, 2015 at 7:13 | history | notice removed | reneMod | ||
| S Jul 25, 2015 at 21:01 | history | bounty started | reneMod | ||
| S Jul 25, 2015 at 21:01 | history | notice added | reneMod | Canonical answer required | |
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| Jul 31, 2014 at 16:46 | comment | added | Joshua Taylor | Just as another bit of anecdata to support this request, there's a feature request on MSO, “This question already has an answer here” banner too easy to miss that points out that people will read the comments and still miss the duplicate banner at top. By deleting these comments, the system is making it harder for people to find the duplicate, even when only the standard "possible duplicate of …" comment is deleted. | |
| Jan 30, 2014 at 11:44 | history | edited | Mr.Wizard | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| S Oct 28, 2013 at 14:12 | history | bounty ended | Arjan | ||
| S Oct 28, 2013 at 14:12 | history | notice removed | Arjan | ||
| S Oct 21, 2013 at 14:28 | history | bounty started | Arjan | ||
| S Oct 21, 2013 at 14:28 | history | notice added | Arjan | Draw attention | |
| Sep 3, 2013 at 22:09 | answer | added | ben is uǝq backwards | timeline score: 64 | |
| Aug 29, 2013 at 20:13 | comment | added | Joshua Taylor | On TeX.SX (Aug 29, 2013), I flagged a question as a duplicate (since I don't have the rep there to cast a close vote), and edited the comment to explain how the answer applied to the duplicate question, but it was deleted. I asked about it on TeX meta, and came here when I learned that it's network wide. It started with "Possible duplicate of…", I suppose, but it should have had a non-zero edit count, since I edited it. | |
| Aug 20, 2013 at 8:13 | answer | added | jscs | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 17, 2013 at 19:58 | answer | added | jscs | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jul 23, 2013 at 16:24 | comment | added | Arjan | And again I'm not sure about myself, or I'm seeing the same randomness @Josh reported. My previous comment was backed by the other URL still being shown in the linked section (not anymore right now). And meanwhile a developer has confirmed that my comment was deleted by Community upon closure. But: not so much in another question which I voted to close today, where my 100% manual (upvoted & edited) comment is still there after closure... | |
| Jul 23, 2013 at 11:42 | comment | added | Arjan | Ah, just had a 100% manual comment deleted again (here). It included two URLs, one of which I also used to vote to close after posting that comment. It did not hold the text "possible duplicate of", but did include the word "duplicate". (I even made a screenshot, but was stupid enough to have lost that when the question was eventually closed. One can still see the other URL in the linked section though.) | |
| Jul 22, 2013 at 6:34 | comment | added | Arjan | For reference: in April 2010 Jeff wrote If you don't want the comment deleted, make sure it doesn't begin with "possible duplicate of" and also OK, the "possible duplicate of..." comments are only deleted now in the case where the question was closed as a duplicate. They are also not deleted if they have a non-null EditCount (that is, the little pencil icon). | |
| Jul 10, 2013 at 19:12 | comment | added | CodeCaster | Today, I started a question that seemed to be a duplicate of this one, har har. I don't understand why anyone would even want the comments to be removed. Do we remove comments requiring clarification after the question was edited? Do they take up too much database space? Is a comment containing a link that is later edited into the question ... duplicate? | |
| May 15, 2013 at 19:45 | comment | added | jscs | I swear this keeps bouncing back and forth between happening and not happening. This week, it is, and it's driving me nuts. | |
| May 2, 2013 at 16:06 | history | edited | Mad Scientist | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 6, 2013 at 20:43 | comment | added | Arjan | And @Josh commented Jan 27 on my deleted answer: Not sure what's going on, but I've once again had an edited "possible duplicate of <auto-inserted-link>, <link I added>, <link I added>, <link I added>" comment deleted just now. This seems to just be a buggy situation to me. Comment was here: stackoverflow.com/questions/14551665 (I've manually re-posted the other links.) | |
| Jan 14, 2013 at 18:31 | comment | added | Arjan | It might still only apply to edited comments. (Which is fine for this feature request, but might not solve the issue @Josh and myself were seeing earlier with our own comments that also happened to reference the same duplicate post.) | |
| Jan 13, 2013 at 21:47 | comment | added | Arjan | @Josh, it seems this was fixed. That is: even an auto-comment of mine was left untouched when a question was closed, so I assume manual comments are no longer deleted either. | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 21:06 | comment | added | jscs |
Twice in the past few days I've seen my customized comments removed that just happened to contain a link to the duplicate. Just now, I had composed the comment first, Yadda yadda yadda. This is [a duplicate](link://to.duplicate). And so on and so forth. and then voted to close. The comment no longer exists, although it had other information which is referred to further along in the thread. This is broken, either again or still. The more recent one was immediately before this comment.
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| Aug 12, 2012 at 16:47 | comment | added | Arjan | Ah, the author of the 2nd comment confirmed it was deleted manually. So, it seems things are resolved indeed. | |
| Aug 12, 2012 at 15:37 | comment | added | Arjan | Ah, it seems this has changed: even an edited "possible duplicate" auto-comment was not deleted here. (screenshot) Though elsewhere a manual comment (screenshot before, after) was deleted, but maybe by its author. | |
| Aug 2, 2012 at 18:46 | comment | added | Arjan | Same happened to me here, where I did not vote to close, but did post a comment that linked to what became the duplicate. I did use the word "duplicate" though. | |
| Jul 27, 2012 at 16:58 | comment | added | Arjan | Yeah, sorry, I just edited "even" and "auto" into my comment. I fully agree with what you're asking, and I think I've seen what you're describing too. But then: I often question my own memory ;-) | |
| Jul 27, 2012 at 16:56 | comment | added | Mad Scientist | @Arjan I don't think I put that in front, I wrote the comment first and then voted to close as duplicate. I think the heuristic is even more aggressive than Jeff says. | |
| Jul 27, 2012 at 16:53 | comment | added | Arjan | Agreed. For a long time I thought that even edited auto comments were not deleted, but then when wondering about the same, I read Jeff's answer: "If you don't want the comment deleted, make sure it doesn't begin with "possible duplicate of". | |
| Jul 27, 2012 at 16:45 | history | asked | Mad Scientist | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
