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This question is closed as exact duplicate by Charlie Martin. Then why doesn't it have a "Possible Duplicate" block on the top of question? Also Charlie is not a moderator then how come he had alone closed this question?

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  • Not really relevant, but Charlie's profile is great: "God I've been doing this a long time -- since 1969. And the temptation to answer some teenage hacker with 'you'll understand when you grow up' gets stronger and stronger. In the mean time, stay the hell offa my lawn."
    – Pops
    Commented Jun 30, 2011 at 21:11

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It was closed before the current rules (5 votes and duplicate added) were implemented.

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  • so the rules are not from the beginning.
    – Harry Joy
    Commented Jun 30, 2011 at 10:58
  • @Harry - no - all the rules on the site have evolved over time based on experience of using them and how they break as the site grows.
    – ChrisF Mod
    Commented Jun 30, 2011 at 11:01
  • Okay...
    – Harry Joy
    Commented Jun 30, 2011 at 11:02
  • @HarryJoy: StackOverflow's old west was ought nine.
    – user1228
    Commented Jun 30, 2011 at 13:37

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