Timeline for Is copying and pasting your own answer acceptable?
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| Sep 1, 2014 at 0:36 | history | edited | Braiam | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 30, 2014 at 2:04 | comment | added | thomasrutter | For me, whether or not a question is a duplicate can be judged upon, among other things, whether the exact same answer would adequately answer both questions. So I use that as part of what I consider a duplicate question, which is why I mentioned that. I do understand your point that I should not have answered a question given that I had voted it as a duplicate. Or that I should not have answered with a mostly copy-pasted answer on a question that I had voted as a duplicate. | |
| Aug 30, 2014 at 1:58 | comment | added | Braiam | @neon_overload no, is not. You are not flagging duplicated answers but duplicated questions, you don't flag a question unless you are absolutely certain they are. Also, my point is not about that, my point is in bold "you can reuse your answers so long you answer different questions." | |
| Aug 30, 2014 at 1:47 | comment | added | thomasrutter |
The fact that the same answer can solve both, doesn't automatically make them duplicated it's a pretty strong indicator though, strong enough to at least flag them as possible duplicates I'd think. I didn't consider that mutually exclusive with providing an answer though, which is why I did both (vote it as a dupe - and provide a mostly copy-pasted answer).
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| Aug 30, 2014 at 0:48 | history | answered | Braiam | CC BY-SA 3.0 |