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Any two or more questions which cover the same topics and/details and can be answered by one of the existing questions.

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Wrong duplicate chosen for closed question, okay to just edit in the correct one?

Hard to come up with a shorter or clearer title, sorry. 'Cannot Upgrade my Ubuntu' was closed as a dupe, and it is. The issue is that the wrong duplicate was chosen by mistake (with possibly none of …
5 votes
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Can we re-open this question asking how to throttle bandwidth per-user?

This question, 'Is there an easy way to limit user bandwidth usage?' was closed as a duplicate. The possible duplicate, 'How I can limit Download/Upload bandwidth?' does not answer the new question, o …
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Should duplicates be merged into the newer or older question?

Duplicates should be merged in whichever way requires the least effort to consolidate good answers between the two. …
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This question mistakenly flagged as a duplicate, correct?

This question from an experienced AU member was closed yesterday. I think it was a mistake to close it. The question is clear and the linked duplicate does not fully answer the original. Direct quot …
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Linking Encouragement

Since we are part of the larger Stack Exchange family of websites, I knew duplicates would be an issue well covered already. Duplicates about duplicates on two Metas, oh, the irony. … My preference going in to this was to see users asking and answering duplicates lose reputation when the duplicate was closed. …
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