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Reopen a question closed as a duplicate of 3 different ones?

Five users voted and the question was reopened. I think you should vote to reopen even when you’re biased. It’s a good idea to add a comment for reviewers explaining why you think the question should …
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Why do question share links include my user id?

When I click share below a question I get a small box containing the share link to that question like that: Apart from the question number, this link also contains my user ID (last number). What a …
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Where do I find the links for duplicate questions?

Links to duplicate questions can be found directly beneath the question title at the beginning of the question body:
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Are there any active mods here? I asked for help with deleting my account and got no response

To delete your account just follow How do I delete my account?, essentially: While it's strange nobody answered in fact it's not at all necessary to contact the probably busy mods for an account de …
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How to search AU for a string containing “$”?

Today I tried to search for this answer, but the only thing I could remember from it was $_, so I tried to search for this term: https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%24_ To my surprise the result page cla …
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What should we do with answers only saying what not to do and advising readers to follow ano...

No, we should not allow this as an answer. If the information is important enough to keep it, it should be added to the solution answer as either a comment or – much better! – an edit. This should of …
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How long should I wait for an answer on here?

We get a lot of questions on Askubuntu, so aside from giving as much information as you can which is nicely covered by the help page How do I ask a good question? it’s also very important to prese …
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Coloured Text to highlight emphasis

I doubt this is intentional – it‘s syntax highlighting, which in this case was added automatically when the question was tagged python, see its Tag Info page: Code Language (used for syntax highli …
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Why am I not mentioned in the “marked as duplicate” label? [duplicate]

Yesterday I flagged number of loopback addresses as a duplicate of How to add a loopback interface?, and as far as I can tell from the automatic comment I was the first and only one to do so. Now that …
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