Aren't we suppose to flag duplicate questions instead of posting comments about possible duplicates. Or it is the best practice to post a comment in addition to flagging a question as duplicate?
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Best practice is to comment AND flag questions. Commenting helps drive people to the correct question, as well as gives the author a chance to try out the solutions on the duplicate. Often times questions are in fact a duplicate; however, occasionally it turns out that the question which was to be the duplicate doesn't actually solve the question. The resulting question then is edited to refine the issues at hand.
answered May 3, 2012 at 20:40
