Is there a mechanism to remove "marked as duplicate" when the original question is deleted?

Question

I've found this question:

Add a new target into rules debian file

which is marked as a duplicate of:

How to specify a control file in dh_gencontrol?

But it turns out to be a deleted question.

Should the first one be reopened? Is there a mechanism that could prevent such situation? Because to me without the original question it makes no sense to leave the "marked as duplicate".

Answer 1

In this case I have reopened the question. There has since been a feature put in place that prevents duplicate targets from being deleted so we shouldn't have to worry about it anymore.