Conversation started Mar 2, 2018 at 23:45.
Ano
Ano
Mar 2, 2018 23:45
@Shog9 Can you please explain meta.stackexchange.com/questions/290420/…?
Travis J
Travis J
Mar 3, 2018 00:19
@Ano Dupehammer says "exact".
Ano
Ano
@TravisJ Evidence?
Travis J
Travis J
I just looked at about 30 posts in my closure history, all of the dupehammers had the "exact" wording. All of the non hammers had the classic wording.
So, observational evidence I suppose.
I challenge you to disprove my theory. One non dupehammered post with the "exact" wording, or one dupehammered post without would suffice (although, it may be that the wording was altered at a certain date in which case these may be slightly inconsistent).
Ano
Ano
Mar 3, 2018 00:43
@Shog9 Is this correct?
What about moderator closures where the mod didn't have a gold badge?
Internally, the mod powers prevail, but the gold badge is still shown for clarity.
Shog9
Shog9
Mar 3, 2018 00:59
Heh... So, funny story
There are a few variations on the Duplicate notice
4, to be precise
When viewing your own question, you get a version that encourages you to edit if you don't think it's a duplicate
But the prime difference is supposed to hinge on whether or not the duplicate links to an answered question
Because, one would think, saying "this question has been asked before and already has an answer" is kinda inappropriate if there's no answer
So there's a little check to flip the message if the original isn't answered
...except...
...it looks at the wrong question
...it looks at the question that was closed
so if a question is closed as a duplicate and doesn't have answers, it gets the "exact duplicate" message
if it does have answers, it gets a message implying that the target has answers.
Which is completely pointless, since if you can see the message then you can see the answers - or lack thereof - on the question you're looking at.
Go. Figure.
aaanyway, here you go @TravisJ
I'll leave explaining the frequency of this happening for hammered posts as an exercise for the reader
 
Conversation ended Mar 3, 2018 at 1:06.