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How to flag two unanswered questions as duplicates?
If you’re convinced that two unanswered questions are duplicates, flag one for moderator attention and explain your reasoning. 1 the site is a meta site 2 the questions were posted by the same user 3 a moderator closes the question
What should I do if I have a duplicate question?
If one question has great answers but bad wording, and the other has poor or no answers but great wording, edit the badly-worded question and close the other one as a duplicate. If in doubt, close the more recent question as a duplicate. It’s a duplicate. What do I do?
Is there a way to merge duplicate questions?
Merging: Moderators can merge duplicate questions, which moves all of the answers to the same question. This only works if the questions have identical or very similar wording. If you think two questions should be merged, check whether the answers as worded would make perfect sense on the other question.
How to flag a duplicate question in meta stack?
If you don’t, click the “flag” button under the question, select “a duplicate…”, and paste a link to the target question. If you’re the first to signal the duplicate, a comment will automatically appear under the question to mention the duplicate.
Can a question be closed as a duplicate of another?
For instance, a question can be closed as a duplicate of another question that is merely related. One example of this is a question that is already addressed in a small part of another question (e.g. an faq question): in this case, the former question can be closed as a duplicate of the broader one.
How should duplicate questions be handled in Stack Exchange?
According to Stack Exchange co-founder Joel Spolsky, we should only close real duplicates, and according to co-founder Jeff Atwood, there are three kinds of duplicates: cut-and-pastes, accidental duplicates, and borderline duplicates (requiring judgement as applied by the community).