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| Jul 29, 2013 at 1:34 | comment | added | Owen | "If people have to describe the minutiae of circumstance justifying their questions then it could easily make them much longer, harder to read, and less general." This is really true. I think there needs to be a presumption that the full story and motivation extends beyond what the OP wrote in the question. | |
| Jul 28, 2013 at 10:13 | comment | added | Cody Gray | No, the right thing to do in that circumstance would be to ask a new question, linking to the original but explaining that your particular circumstances are different and that the answers to that question do not work for you. That's perfectly acceptable. | |
| May 23, 2011 at 16:03 | history | answered | James | CC BY-SA 3.0 |