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I am a new user to the Stack Exchange network.

I am making a proposal to add to the FAQ a Question: How to avoid asking duplicate questions?

This will be especially useful to the new users (FAQ is supposed to help new users, I guess).

Please explain the following:

  1. How to effectively search for an answer/question? (Please add the discussion How do I search?)

  2. Will asking a specific question about a system whose answer is in another question which deals with the general aspect of the system be considered a duplicate and closed? (Meaning question is not exactly a duplicate, but answer can be found by extensive reading of answers from other related questions)

  3. Please add the question to the FAQ: When will a question be considered a duplicate? and When it will be not considered a duplicate?

This is not a duplicate of the question 'how to avoid asking duplicate questions' because this deals with adding that question to faq.

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    You are my favorite kind of new user. Welcome!
    – Matthew Haugen
    Jan 2, 2015 at 2:35
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    Why wouldn't we just add this question (and its answers) to the FAQ? How can I avoid asking duplicate questions?
    – Fish Below the Ice
    Jan 2, 2015 at 14:22
  • That is good, but please add “an improved search engine for se” too under the title how to search effectively to find what I want or something similar. That post really helped me to refine my search
    – One Face
    Jan 3, 2015 at 0:33
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    This is not a duplicate.
    – One Face
    Jan 3, 2015 at 21:05

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