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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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Answering Duplicate questions

I don't see a problem here. There are some cases when I sometimes answer questions and at the same time VTC as a duplicate. A question can be answered shortly, but the duplicate question has a good bu …
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7 votes

Formal policy on duplicate/similar answers for similar questions on Ask Ubuntu?

Instead of posting hundreds of identical answers it is better to post one answer and close all other questions as duplicates. …
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3 votes
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I suspect that some person acts as "Community" user

It is supposed that "Community" is an automated service. But a couple of times it made some human decisions. Like this question. I voted to close as duplicate. But as soon as the issue was fixed, " …
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How can a new user escalate an old unanswered question?

The answer is simple: ask a new question. The new question can't be closed as a duplicate of an unanswered question.
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Are duplicate questions hidden now?

It seems to me that questions closed as duplicate are hidden now. They are visible only to the post author and users with the close/reopen votes privilege. That means that these questions will not be …
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