## Maybe, but with the merging ...

I was looking at this question today looking forward to flagging for merging: 

- https://askubuntu.com/questions/93148/how-to-install-deb-files-the-old-fashion-way

The problem is some of those answers are okay, but if we were to merge them with the original they become out of context. Of course with popular questions we wouldn't want to have all the one-liner fast-gun answers from duplicates starting to pile up on the original question.

There have been plenty of times though when a person's answer on the new dupe is nicer than the original, and I leave a comment encouraging them to post it on the original question instead. 

Perhaps a canned comment or message on the duplicate? Something like "Thanks for this answer, but this question has been asked before and we like to keep information in one place, can you put this answer on the original question? Or better yet, update an existing one there to be better!" or something. 

I really love this feature however I am hesitant if a person took the time to try to answer the question that we just go through them deleting them all. Is it possible to selectively merge only some answers into the original? 

Also we should do a query finding dupes with posts (sorted by views) so we can get the low hanging fruit immediately.