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The way this happened in the past was that

  • question a and question b got various votes as duplicates of each other.
  • question a is closed as a duplicate of b
  • question b is closed for some non-duplicate reason
  • the majority votes on b are for duplication and the majority action counts

This edge case was solved by the stack developerssolved by the stack developers writing code that clears the duplication votes on b when a is closed as a duplicate of b but historical closures still exist.

The way this happened in the past was that

  • question a and question b got various votes as duplicates of each other.
  • question a is closed as a duplicate of b
  • question b is closed for some non-duplicate reason
  • the majority votes on b are for duplication and the majority action counts

This edge case was solved by the stack developers writing code that clears the duplication votes on b when a is closed as a duplicate of b but historical closures still exist.

The way this happened in the past was that

  • question a and question b got various votes as duplicates of each other.
  • question a is closed as a duplicate of b
  • question b is closed for some non-duplicate reason
  • the majority votes on b are for duplication and the majority action counts

This edge case was solved by the stack developers writing code that clears the duplication votes on b when a is closed as a duplicate of b but historical closures still exist.

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Robert Longson
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The way this happened in the past was that

  • question a and question b got various votes as duplicates of each other.
  • question a is closed as a duplicate of b
  • question b is closed for some non-duplicate reason
  • the majority votes on b are for duplication and the majority action counts

This edge case was solved by the stack developers writing code that clears the duplication votes on b when a is closed as a duplicate of b but historical closures still exist.