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Tagged with closing exact-duplicates
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How should we handle these two similar Minecraft world border questions?
I want to bring attention to a situation involving two similar questions about deleting world borders in Minecraft. The first, "How to delete worldborders in Minecraft?", was asked in 2017. ...
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When should "Why is it bad practice to test for item names?" NOT be used as a duplicate target?
I'm writing this because I notice that this question has been closed as a dupe of this. This is wrong, for a reason I am about to explain below. I left a comment on the question asking for it to be ...
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Why is the community bot closing questions?
Why? I couldn't find anything, I'm just wondering? Does the bot deem that the wording is too similar or something?
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Handling dupes asking for updated info
Recently we had a Pokémon Go question asking for how a specific feature works as of a specific patch. We also have an old question which asks about how the feature works. I believe the answers on the ...
DragonrageMod
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Should we reword the closure text for duplicate questions?
When we close a question as a duplicate of another, the following is displayed on the question:
I thought that the normal protocol was to have the original author edit the existing the question that ...
Timmy JimMod
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Duplicate Questions: A Result?
Last August, we had a discussion about a new approach to duplicate questions, and it was decided that we would have a trial period that would go from then until January of 2017 and afterwards we would ...
DragonrageMod
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Duplicate trial: "Duplicate" to "Not a Duplicate" to "Now a Duplicate" process
From Duplicate Questions: A Trial
The broad rule is: Do not close questions as duplicates if the target question does not help the new asker.
I understand that there is split opinion for support ...
user101016
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Duplicate Questions: A Trial
We asked whether you wanted to try something new, and the votes say yes.
So, starting today, and running until January 2017, we're going to do things a little differently in regards to duplicate ...
WipqoznMod
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Is there a duplicate for that? Pokémon GO Edition
Well, with all the trouble people are having with duplication (see my recent meta about dealing with one such dup problem), I figure we should have a nice easy accessable list for people to easily ...
DragonrageMod
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Duplicate Questions: A New Look
A long-standing de facto rule has come about over the course of Arqade's existence. The sentiment here is that any two questions asking for the same information are necessarily duplicates. I can ...
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Are these two duplicate questions, and if so, how should they be handled?
First off, I'll provide the details of both questions so you don't have to keep switching tabs to look at them.
The two questions in question are Is a Pokémon's weight and height relevant? posted July ...
DragonrageMod
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Skyrim 'follower not wearing armor' question dupe closure should probably be the other way around
RE: My companion won't wear her armor (2011-11-18) and My housecarls won't stay dressed! (2012-01-15)
The former, older question has recently been closed as a duplicate of the latter. Now as ...
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What should be done about these similar Skyrim questions that ask if certain NPCs are available for marriage?
Seems to me that the later questions of the following should be closed as duplicates of the oldest one. Should they be closed? What should be done about these questions?
How can I determine if an NPC ...
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On ending Chronological Oppression with respect to the matter of Question Duplication
Yesterday, a question was asked. It wasn't a very good question, but it was a valid, cromulent question. I wouldn't downvote it, or vote to close it in a vacuum, but I also wouldn't upvote it either. ...
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What happens if only a part of a question is a duplicate?
Melee weapon usage by wizard has a couple of votes to close as a duplicate of How do I set a mouse button to a regular attack?. However the new question actually has three parts of it, only one part ...
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Why was the following question closed?
I just saw that the following question was closed for being a duplicate:
In The Old Republic ship-based minigame, is there a way to destroy shielded targets?
However, this question was asked an hour ...
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Closed Questions & Duplicates
We have at least one question ( https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/1184/dosbox-abandonware-games-where-to-find-closed ) which was flagged as a duplicate of another question, and then that ...
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Should similar questions be closed because they are exact duplicates? [duplicate]
Exact duplicate of:
Should different questions that yield similar/duplicate answers be closed?
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