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I found these two questions: http://askubuntu.com/questionhttps://askubuntu.com/question

They are both marked as duplicate, and they both reference the other question as the linked question that is supposedly duplicated.

Obviously one of them has to be the original, right? Can this be fixed? Or is there a third unlinked question and answer I'm missing?

Perhaps this isn't a bug, but it sure feels like one from a user standpoint. I wouldn't think proper design should allow closing a question by marking it as a duplicate of another question that is already marked as a duplicate. I spent far longer than I care to admit following the breadcrumb trail until I realized it was the same two questions.

I found these two questions: http://askubuntu.com/question

They are both marked as duplicate, and they both reference the other question as the linked question that is supposedly duplicated.

Obviously one of them has to be the original, right? Can this be fixed? Or is there a third unlinked question and answer I'm missing?

Perhaps this isn't a bug, but it sure feels like one from a user standpoint. I wouldn't think proper design should allow closing a question by marking it as a duplicate of another question that is already marked as a duplicate. I spent far longer than I care to admit following the breadcrumb trail until I realized it was the same two questions.

I found these two questions: https://askubuntu.com/question

They are both marked as duplicate, and they both reference the other question as the linked question that is supposedly duplicated.

Obviously one of them has to be the original, right? Can this be fixed? Or is there a third unlinked question and answer I'm missing?

Perhaps this isn't a bug, but it sure feels like one from a user standpoint. I wouldn't think proper design should allow closing a question by marking it as a duplicate of another question that is already marked as a duplicate. I spent far longer than I care to admit following the breadcrumb trail until I realized it was the same two questions.

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How did this circular-referencing duplicate question happen?

I found these two questions: http://askubuntu.com/question

They are both marked as duplicate, and they both reference the other question as the linked question that is supposedly duplicated.

Obviously one of them has to be the original, right? Can this be fixed? Or is there a third unlinked question and answer I'm missing?

Perhaps this isn't a bug, but it sure feels like one from a user standpoint. I wouldn't think proper design should allow closing a question by marking it as a duplicate of another question that is already marked as a duplicate. I spent far longer than I care to admit following the breadcrumb trail until I realized it was the same two questions.