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109 questions linked to/from How does duplicate closing work? When is a question a duplicate, and how should duplicate questions be handled?
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What is a "merged" question?
Questions can be merged into other questions.
What is a merged question?
When should questions be merged?
Who can merge questions? How do I request it?
What happens to merged posts?
Anything else I ...
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What's the difference between MathOverflow & Mathematics.SE? [duplicate]
If I have a maths question, on which site should I ask: MathOverflow or Mathematics.SE?
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What are these notices above my post?
My post has been marked with an informational notice in a box above it.
What should I do about this?
Who attaches notices to posts?
What kinds of notices are available?
What should I do if I think a ...
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Are moderators now allowed to delete ChatGPT-generated posts?
I've flagged some ChatGPT-generated posts (in June) on Stack Overflow. Recently they've been reviewed, and most of my flags were helpful. Then the posts I flagged were deleted.
Are moderators now ...
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Is there a reason why calls for the MRRP post being [featured] are being ignored? [duplicate]
The post Feedback post: Moderator review and reinstatement processes affects the community as a whole. It is supposed to exist to collect feedback from users regarding the recent changes.
Surely it ...
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Could we be a little less eager with the duplicate votes to close?
It was pointed out to me it was unfair to single out folks with dupe-hammers for this. It was a poor choice of words, on my part. The core of the post is still something I feel needs addressing, so I ...
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Dissonance between allowing signposts and forbidding crossposts
I want to call out the dissonance between Stack Exchange favoring redundant content within one community and forbidding redundant content between multiple communities.
How can we say that duplicate ...
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Do we need a "blank" character in Markdown? [duplicate]
From this question on SU;
Notice the u in chromium isn't italic, as it should be, given the situation.
However, you can't do something like that (although the prettify box says you can), so do we ...
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What is best way to find duplicate questions? [duplicate]
First off, if this is an exact duplicate somewhere, I will find it quite ironic (and even more clearly need an answer to this question...).
I am wondering how to best find duplicate questions. ...
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If another question/answer *perfectly* answers a question (but the question is quite different), is it appropriate to answer with just a link?
In reference to Policy inheritance and inaccessible protected members, there is another question that has the perfect answer (accessing a protected member of a base class in another subclass).
I am ...
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Posting Q & A, then closing the Q as duplicate?
I posted a question and answered it myself. I then self-closed this question as a dupe. Is this an accepted practice?
I wanted the next person who steps on this rake to be able to quickly find the ...
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Why can't you delete duplicate questions with answers?
So why can't you delete duplicate questions with answers?
I asked a question and I researched as much as I could have. But, after I asked someone posted a question that had completely different ...
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I found an answer to two duplicate questions, both of which have no answers yet. How do I handle the situation?
In my own search for an answer I found two questions that are ultimately about the same problem. Neither question had an answer, so I was not able to flag either as a duplicate (side note: this was ...
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Should I feel bad if most of my famous question badges are from duplicates?
I asked some questions on Ask Ubuntu. Some of them even got me a few Famous Question badges. Then something happened and they all got closed as duplicates.
After seeing this I started to question if I ...
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