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• When someone flags or votes to close a question as a duplicate, the system automatically posts a comment to that question which reads "This question is similar to: [link]. If you believe it’s different, please [edit] the question, make it clear how it’s different and/or how the answers on that question are not helpful for your problem.". The comment will be automatically upvoted whenever someone else votes or flags to close as duplicate with the same question link - in that case, an additional comment won't be posted. The comment will be automatically deleted if the question is closed as a duplicate, provided it's not been edited.

• When voting (not flagging) to close a question, the user can choose "A community-specific reason" and choose "other", adding a custom reason. When doing that, a comment will be added on their behalf with the exact text they wrote, usually something like "I'm voting to close this question because...". The comment will be shown as an available "community-specific" close reason for others voting to close, and the comment will be automatically upvoted if someone else votes to close and chooses that option.

• When choosing the "Recommend Deletion" action in the Low Quality Posts review queue, an automatic comment will be added to the actioned answer, unless the user selects the "no comment necessary" option. If the selected automatic comment is already present on the post, a duplicate comment will not be added.

  • If the answer leaves the review queue without being deleted, the comment will be automatically deleted by a weekly script, unless someone else replied to the comment.

• If you post an answer that is very short and consists of an internal link to anywhere on the Stack Exchange network, it will be considered a "trivial answer" and will be automatically posted as a comment instead.

• If a user is prompted by the system to continue an extended conversation in chat (see below) and chooses to do so, an automatic comment will be posted with a link to the relevant chat room.

• When a moderator moves a post's comments to chat, an automatic comment will be posted with a link to the chat room.

• When someone flags or votes to close a question as a duplicate, the system automatically posts a comment to that question which starts with "This question is similar to: [link]". The comment will be automatically upvoted whenever someone else votes or flags to close as duplicate with the same question link - in that case, an additional comment won't be posted. The comment will be automatically deleted if the question is closed as a duplicate, provided it's not been edited.

• When voting (not flagging) to close a question, the user can choose "A community-specific reason" and choose "other", adding a custom reason. When doing that, a comment will be added on their behalf with the exact text they wrote, usually something like "I'm voting to close this question because...". The comment will be shown as an available "community-specific" close reason for others voting to close, and the comment will be automatically upvoted if someone else votes to close and chooses that option.

• When choosing the "Recommend Deletion" action in the Low Quality Posts review queue, an automatic comment will be added to the actioned answer, unless the user selects the "no comment necessary" option. If the selected automatic comment is already present on the post, a duplicate comment will not be added.

  • If the answer leaves the review queue without being deleted, the comment will be automatically deleted by a weekly script, unless someone else replied to the comment.

• If you post an answer that is very short and consists of an internal link to anywhere on the Stack Exchange network, it will be considered a "trivial answer" and will be automatically posted as a comment instead.

• If a user is prompted by the system to continue an extended conversation in chat (see below) and chooses to do so, an automatic comment will be posted with a link to the relevant chat room.

• When a moderator moves a post's comments to chat, an automatic comment will be posted with a link to the chat room.

• When someone flags or votes to close a question as a duplicate, the system automatically posts a comment to that question which reads "This question is similar to: [link]". The comment will be automatically upvoted whenever someone else votes or flags to close as duplicate with the same question link - in that case, an additional comment won't be posted. The comment will be automatically deleted if the question is closed as a duplicate, provided it's not been edited.

• When voting (not flagging) to close a question, the user can choose "A community-specific reason" and choose "other", adding a custom reason. When doing that, a comment will be added on their behalf with the exact text they wrote, usually something like "I'm voting to close this question because...". The comment will be shown as an available "community-specific" close reason for others voting to close, and the comment will be automatically upvoted if someone else votes to close and chooses that option.

• When choosing the "Recommend Deletion" action in the Low Quality Posts review queue, an automatic comment will be added to the actioned answer, unless the user selects the "no comment necessary" option. If the selected automatic comment is already present on the post, a duplicate comment will not be added.

  • If the answer leaves the review queue without being deleted, the comment will be automatically deleted by a weekly script, unless someone else replied to the comment.

• If you post an answer that is very short and consists of an internal link to anywhere on the Stack Exchange network, it will be considered a "trivial answer" and will be automatically posted as a comment instead.

• If a user is prompted by the system to continue an extended conversation in chat (see below) and chooses to do so, an automatic comment will be posted with a link to the relevant chat room.

• When a moderator moves a post's comments to chat, an automatic comment will be posted with a link to the chat room.

• When someone flags or votes to close a question as a duplicate, the system automatically posts a comment to that question which reads "This question is similar to: [link]. If you believe it’s different, please [edit] the question, make it clear how it’s different and/or how the answers on that question are not helpful for your problem.". The comment will be automatically upvoted whenever someone else votes or flags to close as duplicate with the same question link - in that case, an additional comment won't be posted. The comment will be automatically deleted if the question is closed as a duplicate, provided it's not been edited.

• When voting (not flagging) to close a question, the user can choose "A community-specific reason" and choose "other", adding a custom reason. When doing that, a comment will be added on their behalf with the exact text they wrote, usually something like "I'm voting to close this question because...". The comment will be shown as an available "community-specific" close reason for others voting to close, and the comment will be automatically upvoted if someone else votes to close and chooses that option.

• When choosing the "Recommend Deletion" action in the Low Quality Posts review queue, an automatic comment will be added to the actioned answer, unless the user selects the "no comment necessary" option. If the selected automatic comment is already present on the post, a duplicate comment will not be added.

  • If the answer leaves the review queue without being deleted, the comment will be automatically deleted by a weekly script, unless someone else replied to the comment.

• If you post an answer that is very short and consists of an internal link to anywhere on the Stack Exchange network, it will be considered a "trivial answer" and will be automatically posted as a comment instead.

• If a user is prompted by the system to continue an extended conversation in chat (see below) and chooses to do so, an automatic comment will be posted with a link to the relevant chat room.

• When a moderator moves a post's comments to chat, an automatic comment will be posted with a link to the chat room.

• When someone flags or votes to close a question as a duplicate, the system automatically posts a comment to that question which reads "Does this answer your question? [link]", as long as no such link has already been posted in a comment. The comment will be automatically deleted if the question is closed as a duplicate, provided it's not been edited. The comment will be automatically upvoted whenever someone else votes or flags to close as duplicate with the same question link.

• When voting (not flagging) to close a question, the user can choose "A community-specific reason" and choose "other", adding a custom reason. When doing that, a comment will be added on their behalf with the exact text they wrote, usually something like "I'm voting to close this question because...". The comment will be shown as an available "community-specific" close reason for others voting to close, and the comment will be automatically upvoted if someone else votes to close and chooses that option.

• When choosing the "Recommend Deletion" action in the Low Quality Posts review queue, an automatic comment will be added to the actioned answer, unless the user selects the "no comment necessary" option. If the selected automatic comment is already present on the post, a duplicate comment will not be added.

  • If the answer is not deleted as a result of direct action from this queue, the comment will be automatically deleted by a weekly script, unless someone else replied to the comment.

• If you post an answer that is very short and consists of an internal link to anywhere on the Stack Exchange network, it will be considered a "trivial answer" and will be automatically posted as a comment instead.

• If a user is prompted by the system to continue an extended conversation in chat (see below) and chooses to do so, an automatic comment will be posted with a link to the relevant chat room.

• When a moderator moves a post's comments to chat, an automatic comment will be posted with a link to the chat room.

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• When someone flags or votes to close a question as a duplicate, the system automatically posts a comment to that question which reads "This question is similar to: [link]". The comment will be automatically upvoted whenever someone else votes or flags to close as duplicate with the same question link - in that case, an additional comment won't be posted. The comment will be automatically deleted if the question is closed as a duplicate, provided it's not been edited.

• When voting (not flagging) to close a question, the user can choose "A community-specific reason" and choose "other", adding a custom reason. When doing that, a comment will be added on their behalf with the exact text they wrote, usually something like "I'm voting to close this question because...". The comment will be shown as an available "community-specific" close reason for others voting to close, and the comment will be automatically upvoted if someone else votes to close and chooses that option.

• When choosing the "Recommend Deletion" action in the Low Quality Posts review queue, an automatic comment will be added to the actioned answer, unless the user selects the "no comment necessary" option. If the selected automatic comment is already present on the post, a duplicate comment will not be added.

  • If the answer leaves the review queue without being deleted, the comment will be automatically deleted by a weekly script, unless someone else replied to the comment.

• If you post an answer that is very short and consists of an internal link to anywhere on the Stack Exchange network, it will be considered a "trivial answer" and will be automatically posted as a comment instead.

• If a user is prompted by the system to continue an extended conversation in chat (see below) and chooses to do so, an automatic comment will be posted with a link to the relevant chat room.

• When a moderator moves a post's comments to chat, an automatic comment will be posted with a link to the chat room.