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I seen many duplicates that actually have useful answers and upvotes to that question. So what if, when the duplicated question becomes flagged, the answers are then automatically migrated to the original question?

For example:

From https://stackoverflow.com/questions/duplicates/292/user32?user32:


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What you're asking for already exists: Duplicates can be merged. This moves all of the answers to one question and leaves a placeholder behind. If you find a duplicate that's a good candidate for merging by all means flag it for a moderator.

I'm against automatic merging, however. There's no guarantee that the duplicate actually does have useful answers. Further, sometimes duplicates aren't exact duplicates. Merging them would be a mistake.

See also: Merge question after finding it as a duplicate- Feature request

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