What further steps can I take to distinguish a question incorrectly closed as duplicate? [duplicate]

Question

The perfect question for my problem is erroneously closed as a duplicate. The one answer doesn't work; in fact, it's an answer to the (allegedly) duplicated question. Maybe that (and the fact that the answer was, at one point, accepted) is part of the problem.

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I've done all the right things to get it reopened:

1. I commented on the question itself
2. I commented on the unsatisfactory answer
3. I carefully examined the alleged duplicate to make sure it was different
4. I edited the question to highlight the differences
5. I flagged it for moderator attention ... twice, or tried to, anyway - see below
6. I'm asking about it on Meta

Answer 1

Number six in your list is pretty much the end of the line. Meta is the final appeals court for stuff like this. Action tends to be taken pretty quickly one way or the other once a post is highlighted here -- although it may not always be the action you're desiring or requesting.

You have indeed done all the right things; all you can do now is wait for other members to vote.

Two notes, though, if I may -- you can't re-flag because your original flag has not been processed yet. You should, ideally, wait until that happens before raising the issue here.

Second, the edits you performed on the question invalidated the accepted (at the time) answer by listing as "not working" exactly the things that the OP indicated had worked. This is also not ideal. It seems that the OP agreed with you and un-accepted the answer, so it's water under the bridge, but if you run into this again, I'd say you should make your own post that includes the distinguishing information.

Thanks for putting all this work into the question!