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Gold tag badge didn't allow single-vote duplicate question closure [duplicate]
As a gold badge holder for [the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim] tag on Arqade, I encountered an unexpected issue while reviewing a question in the Close Votes review queue. Despite the gold tag badge ...
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Unable to edit the duplicate list
I have the javascript dupe hammer on SO. I closed Uploading image file to php server as a duplicate earlier today, and I was just trying to edit the duplicate list to add a more appropriate question.
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Duplicate selection doesn't allow to pick an item without searching
When you are a mod or a gold-badge and you want to edit the list of duplicates, the standard model shows suggested questions. One cannot pick any of them and has to search for a suitable question ...
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Unable to edit duplicate lists from the first questions review queue, after closing a duplicate question
As a gold tag badge holder, I have the ability to unilaterally close questions (with those tags) as duplicates and, by extension, I also have the ability to edit the duplicate links on those questions....
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Add keyboard shortcut for editing the list of duplicates
Users with a gold badge in a tag are able to edit the list of duplicates for a question. There are no keyboard shortcuts defined for this. For example, a rather routine task is to close a question ...
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A user answering duplicate questions and dupe-hammering them afterwards [duplicate]
For a long time now a six-figure user has been consistently answering questions from a certain tag and dupe-hammering quite a few of them right afterwards. I didn't think much of it until recently:
I ...
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Add some line breaks in the "duplicate list edited" message in the timeline and revision history [duplicate]
When a gold badge user or a moderator edits the duplicate list of a question, it now properly shows the new list's links in the timeline.
This change is great, but I think we can do even better.
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SpevacusMod
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Users with a gold tag badge should be able to add questions with no accepted or upvoted answers to the duplicate list for an already closed question
When anyone other than a moderator attempts to close a question as a duplicate, they can only select questions that have at least one answer that is upvoted or accepted. Even users with a gold badge ...
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Is there a limit to how many questions can be added to the duplicate list?
A question can be a duplicate of more than one question. Moderators and users with gold tag badges can add questions to the list of questions that a given question is a duplicate of. I was recently ...
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Order of duplicates is reversed in iOS app [duplicate]
Users with gold tag badges can close a question as a duplicate of multiple other questions. When they do so they can also set the order that the duplicate displays in. I recently closed a question and ...
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How should I recommend a different duplicate target?
When I encountered this question I recommended closing it as a duplicate of this post, but I soon noticed that the question was not quite similar enough, and none of the answers really answer 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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Discrepancy in duplicate messages, including the inability to edit the duplicate list [duplicate]
I had always seen questions that are closed as duplicates with the following message at the top of the post:
This question already has an answer here:
[link to existing question] X answers
Here is a ...
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Why can I bypass the duplicate-closure-prevention-system on some questions but not others?
Regular users cannot close questions as duplicates if the original question is unanswered (as per Stack Exchange definition of answered, i.e. answered and upvoted). If they try to do so they receive ...
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Editing the duplicate list doesn't really work on mobile with the new responsive design
When trying to add a duplicate target to a closed question on my iPhone, I'd like to paste a URL in the box where you're supposed to 'search, or enter a question link or numeric id'. However, the ...
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What is the community's opinion on modifying older-style duplicate closures to the newer style?
This is not a duplicate of Editing duplicate banner edited into the text of the question. The main question there is only if something "special" will happen if someone edits out the automatic text. ...
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Allow gold badge users to "propose" duplicates, to give the author a chance to contest the proposed duplicate
Please note: this is not a duplicate of How Do I Opt Out of Privileges?, which asks to give gold tag badge holders the ability to cast normal close votes in case they're not sure of their vote. I ...
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Reopening a question isn't clearing its duplicates list
Moderators and gold tag users can edit duplicate links. This was done here, for example.
All good so far.
However, when a question that was closed as duplicate and its duplicates list has been ...
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Let gold tag badge duplicates prevail above those of other close voters
I just closed a question as duplicate of another with my gold tag badge dupe-hammer (timeline).
I used another duplicate target as the one another user suggested which had just one vote until the ...
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Reopening a question does not clear the custom duplicate list created by gold hammer
I noticed a question that was closed as duplicate, but the dupe targets were wrong. Gold hammer edited the list to add another target in addition to the original, but still both were wrong.
I did ...
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Should dupehammer wielders use their powers to wipe obviously incorrect close-as-duplicate votes?
Occasionally, a user will cast a close-as-duplicate vote that's clearly incorrect. If that vote closes the question as duplicate, a gold tag badge user in a tag for the question ("dupehammer user") ...
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Duplicate list "edit" link erroneously displayed on non-closed questions
Summary: A broken duplicate list "edit" link is shown to the author of a post in the "possible duplicate" banner when the author also has a gold tag badge and the question is flagged but not yet ...
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Duplicate list edits should be shown on the question itself
Editing the list of duplicates on a question bumps said question and appears as a revision in the questions revision history, there is no indication on the question page itself though.
So this is ...
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Add the new duplicate link edit events to the user's own history
Gold badgers can now edit the link list on questions closed as duplicates. However, there seems to be no record of having made these edits anywhere in the user's own history. One would think they ...
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Trying to game the system should not break the system (aka need friendly errors when messing with dupehammer powers)
I wondered what will happen if I try to edit duplicate links of a question which is not even closed. So I browsed to this URL. I was expecting a friendly error like "This question is not closed", but ...
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Gold badge holder changes to duplicates are not displayed in iOS app
When gold badge holder is adding multiple questions using the new mechanism, the iOS app only shows a single duplicate (the original target). It would be great if all of the duplicate links were ...
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Additional duplicates not showing up in sidebar as linked question
If a question has been closed as a duplicate of multiple other questions (with the new multi-dupe feature), only the first (original) dupe target shows up in the sidebar's linked questions list:
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A return button for the new duplicate edit thing
The new duplicate edit thing is great!
A bug/feature that caught my eye:
When I go to the duplicate list edit menu but choose not to edit anything, there is no button to go back.
I have to use the ...
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Add Link to questions in the revision note for duplicate question changes
When the duplicate list is edited currently the revision history just lists the post IDs of the duplicate list before and after the change:
Can those post IDs be actual links to those questions?
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Error modal underlaps duplicate finder when attempting to add a second duplicate to a question
Steps to reproduce:
Edit a duplicate question and attempt to add the same question as a second duplicate.
Expected behavior:
I should see an error telling me I can't add a question as a duplicate ...
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Gold tag-badge holders and moderators can now edit duplicate links
As of a few minutes ago, if you have a gold tag-badge for a tag associated with a question that's been closed as a duplicate, you can edit the duplicate links to replace, add, remove or re-arrange ...
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Can I close, re-open, and close again with the dupehammer on two different tags?
Related: Can't single-handedly reopen a dupehammered Q after editing gold tag to another gold tag
Say there's a question with two tags on which I have the gold badge. I dupehammered it once (with ...
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Gold tag badge holders can unilaterally re-open a question they asked, closed as duplicate by a moderator. Is this expected?
As a moderator on a site, I closed a question as duplicate of another question asked by the same user. It happened that the question was using a tag for which I have a gold tag badge. Since the user ...
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Change "original tags" to "current tags" in the help center description of the dupehammer
The help center tells us the dupehammer works with the original tags of the question:
A question can be closed as duplicate with a single vote from a moderator or a user who has earned a gold tag ...
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It looks like the duplicate banner changed. How does it work now?
I noticed this morning that posts that were closed with a gold badge dupe hammer have a new banner.
A couple of examples of the new look are below.
Is this a new change or just testing as I can't ...
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Give Lesser Tag Badge holders Dupehammer privileges if they have a Gold badge in a related tag
Problem:
It's a fairly common occurrence for newer users to the SE network to post a question with very specific tags to a question, but not a more general, larger tag that is also appropriate. For ...
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Battle of the Dupe Hammers: OP vs. Gold Tag Badge holder, who wins?
Once upon a time, dupe hammer was given to gold tag badge holders. Recently, question authors aka OP received quite a similar hammer as well.
Now, suppose OP who has a gold tag badge asks a question ...
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Dupehammer enabling circular duplicates?
The Stack Overflow question https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23750620/update-values-based-on-case-statement has been closed as a duplicate of How to update values using case statement, which has ...
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Hammer indication missing when closing as dupe through the API
As we all know by now, when a power user is using a binding close vote, there is visual indication:
However, as can be seen here, when I closed a question as duplicate via the iOS app that indication ...
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What is the proper behavior when someone abuses the close-vote superpowers?
I got this question in the re-open vote queue.
I noticed it is marked as a duplicate of a question titled Complete and utter nonsense, which was a bit suspicious. So I looked at the bottom of that ...
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What does gold badge icon near user marked question as duplicate mean [duplicate]
Recently this question was marked by duplicate. Screenshot:
I see an icon of gold badge near user marked question as duplicate (j08691).
And how did he marked it as duplicate alone, not being a ...
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Review queue should give me duplicates with low vote count
Given the new Mjolnir, I have a feature request.
I'd prefer it if when the review queue wants to give me a duplicate on a tag in which I can single handedly vote and close, that it's give me one that ...
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Is the ability to unilaterally close/reopen duplicates for Gold Badge holders SO specific? [duplicate]
This is posted and answered on SO meta: When did I get close-vote superpowers?
Does that mean the ability to unilaterally close/reopen duplicates for Gold Badge holders SO specific? Or does it work ...
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Dupehammer "marked as duplicate by" shows only the gold-badge user, removing previous voters [closed]
Using the new Dupehammer (name subject to change?), I closed a question which was on the Close Votes review queue: How can I call my c# functions from an external js file
The question already had two ...
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Let moderators disable the dupehammer for certain tags
Recently it was announced that the new "weighted" close votes from tag badge holders will be going network-wide. I'd like to request that moderators have the ability to disable this for ...
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