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For example this question was "merged", and this one was "closed". What is the difference?

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The first question was merged because it contained several viable answers that contributed to the question it duplicated. It was first closed as off-topic then the answers were merged into its duplicate. Whereas the second question doesn't contain any answers which would be of value to the question it duplicates. Therefore a merge wasn't performed.

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