@terdon I don't really like downvoting duplicates either unless they are blatantly not making any research effort (most do make enough to not warrant one in my opinion).
@MadScientist Yes, when I do close questions as duplicates of FAQs, I'm careful to edit the autocomment to point out where exactly the question is answered in the target. If the author insists, I do point them to the relevant policy pages where it says it's OK to close questions as duplicates for that reason.
@MadScientist Yes, I have closed feature requests as duplicates of much earlier ones, but I also make a point of educating the author on relevant policies (if it doesn't have a response, how to get attention for the original request, or if it's declined, how to edit the new post into a reconsideration request - state awareness of the earlier request, address the reasons for declining it, and introduce new arguments).
@Mithical How so? Examples and explanations please?
Yes, I do close questions, but I do educate the user on why the close reason applies (e.g. where exactly their question is answered in an FAQ, how to get attention for an earlier request, etc.)
@Mithical I do avoid "no longer reproducible" closures in many cases where people use them, and have often passionately argued against their use on some questions. (I even made a request to change the wording of that close reason to make it more narrow, but that request was downvoted.)
@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog think our habit of closing based on "has answer elsewhere" even when the question itself is not direct duplicate is the problem. I'm to blame here too, since you appear to follow some of the non written "rules" I've set by example over time.
@Shadow9 While yes, it is a gray area on main Q&A sites, there is an explicit policy allowing for such closures here on Meta.SE. I follow that policy, but also in addition make it helpful to the author (i.e. edit the comment to explain how, where, or why the question is answered in the target).
And in my previous incarnation I intentionally posted duplicates of FRs or bugs to get attention for the original reports (sometimes not acknowledging it, other times asking "why wasn't this done yet")
@Shadow9 It's outlined in this post (was enacted by a then-CM in April 2011)
Also, in the early days of my second incarnation, when I didn't know about the policy, I was about to answer a question asking about badge criteria, only for it to be closed as a dupe of the full list of all badge criteria. I asked why they were closing as a dupe of such a convoluted question, only to be told of that policy.
@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog the CM approval of this has long expired.
It needs to be reviewed again by @Journeyman, in the very least, and either edited to reflect current policy, or deleted if the mod team agree to have no policy set.
tl;dr when it comes to general things, I do try to follow policy or established community consensus, even if I personally disagree with it. Example: I'm against closing questions as duplicates if they're already asked as answers to announcements, but since the consensus is to do so, I do vote to close them if they come in review.
Honestly, I'd rather answer with quotes to the FAQ rather than close as duplicate in the majority of cases, but since the policy exists, that's what I do.
The current post -fragment is a great starting point.
> On meta sites, however, it's not unusual for a question to be closed as a duplicate of another question that may not be asking the exact same question, if the answers to that post address the question being asked (especially if the target is tagged faq or is the "official documentation" regarding something).
seems a great point to address
Why is meta different? And what other meta sites do this? On SU we frankly don't bother
How would discussing this not be a dupe of my old question?
@JourneymanGeek I think your existing post is rather broad as it is. It's intertwining multiple types of dupe closures (of FAQs, of old requests, etc.) into one. I'd have separate posts for each type.
result in undesirable or unexpected behavior?
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I have a question about account merging. I would like to merge this account with an old one I have, are question/answer ownership also transferred to the remaining account?
I accidentally posted a question without being logged in. Is there a way to associate that question with my account?
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When animuson answered my question on Merging Accounts Question Roundup, in part of their answer they said:
"Badges are not transferred, but will be automatically re-awarded as the processes run again."
Suppose I had the badge "Scholar" with my secondary account, and I did not with my main ...
@Shadow9 said something like "you have confirmed ownership of both accounts, click "OK" to proceed with the merge. The account "vicpermir" will be deleted and votes will be moved to the other one".
also yes, that answer (and everything else) was merged properly it seems.
It is unclear to me if a mod's try to migrate a question of mine to another site in which I'm blocked (which obviously cannot happen), is problematic for me in the sense, for example, that it can lengthen the duration of a block of asking questions in that particular website to which that mod tri...
That was downvoted for no reason I can see, and closed as a dupe of things that don't answer the OP's question.
MSE is supposed to be where users come to ask questions about how the SE system works. And yet, this guy was downvoted to oblivion (-5!) and had his question closed as a dupe of things that don't answer it. How is this good for anyone involved?
@JourneymanGeek Sure, but the point is that it cannot be abused. So even if someone does try to post on siteA in the hopes that it will be migrated to siteB where they're blocked, it won't work. So no abuse can actually happen, right?
@JourneymanGeek exactly. So people were posting questions on the wrong site on purpose, counting on the site mods to migrate the questions to the proper site for them, thus they could get what they wanted. aka abuse. /cc @terdon
@Magisch Well, this wasn't in the wild. It was in a snake museum, under supervision by professionals. I would also guess the snake's venom had been removed.
> Today, removing a snake’s venom glands is the preferred method of making the snake harmless. The procedure is surgical: an incision is made, the glands are removed, the incision is sewn shut, and the wound is then treated to prevent infection. This is far safer for the snake than removing the fangs themselves. And the snake can continue eating prey that’s already been killed.
@Journeyman possible troll, the question they posted is more than just the ordinary off topic crap, judging from the comments it's intentional trolling. I've already flagged as abusive. What do you think?
The white cobra and the 20 ft. long cobra (not shown) are some of the neat cobra images I found, the one drinking bottled water was pretty good too. One cobra can kill an elephant or inject enough venom to kill 20 people; so handling them is ill advised.
I accidentally posted a question without being logged in. Is there a way to associate that question with my account?
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a.k.a. How can you link a registered accoun...
When animuson answered my question on Merging Accounts Question Roundup, in part of their answer they said:
"Badges are not transferred, but will be automatically re-awarded as the processes run again."
Suppose I had the badge "Scholar" with my secondary account, and I did not with my main ...
