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Why are there two different post notices applied to duplicate questions? One has an edit link, and one doesn't. Which one is applied to which questions?

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    I think one is "On hold" which is semantically different from "Closed".
    – User1000547
    Commented Oct 7, 2013 at 16:46
  • @mikeTheLiar I've seen the second one even after the 5 days...
    – user215114
    Commented Oct 7, 2013 at 16:53

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As stated in the comment, the second post notice only appears for the original poster of the question. Other users only see the first notice. In the past, only the first one would appear to all users.

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