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What if my question with many details is a duplicate of an existing much simpler question? [duplicate]
I have a fairly technical question (regarding whether a particular C++
program is valid according to the standard). I have done quite a bit of
research to try to answer it on my own, and while that ...
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Users in the non-AI "write title during review" group of the title drafting experiment have an empty and non-interactive duplicate suggestions section
The duplicate suggestions section is inaccessible and invariably empty for users in the 'write title during review' test group of the title-drafting experiment. It is disabled and cannot be reached. ...
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Stop asking me to check existing questions if there are no relevant matches
Every time I ask a question, I have to click submit twice. First because I want to ask a question and then a second time because SO is spamming me with possible duplicate questions.
I never check for ...
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Should I improve/rewrite an existing, unanswered question or ask my own near-duplicate?
I recently had a problem and looked for a solution here on Stack Overflow.
I found a similar question asked by someone else, but with almost no details, which might be the reason why no answer has ...
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How can I make sure the question I'm going to post is not going to be duplicate?
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I recently posted a question on the main site, and later pointed out by another user that the question has been answered, not once, but a couple times already. Soon, I found a working ...
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Should I really ask the same question again if the old one was closed as a duplicate?
The duplicate banner tells me:
Your post has been associated with a similar question. If this question doesn’t resolve your question, ask a new one.
Should I keep reposting my question until I ...
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After what time I can ask a duplicate question to my another question which I've just deleted? [duplicate]
I asked a question which haven't got any answer so I want to try again. But asking a new one it even with changes looks like duplicate to the old one so system don't let me to ask it. So I deleted the ...
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How to Improve Stack Overflow's Ask Questions Policy [duplicate]
First of all, Stack Overflow deleted the first part of this comment automatically. I am trying to write "Hi Everyone on Meta" in the beginning. (I know this is automatic, but this is how I ...
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Can I ask a question that's already been asked by someone else but has not received any attention? [duplicate]
My question has already been asked by someone else one month ago. But it has 14 views and no answers, Can I ask it again?
Or should I just upvote OP's question and hope for an answer in the future?
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Is it OK to ask a duplicated question when the original question doesn't have an appropriate answer? [duplicate]
I ran into this situation from time to time that the question that I wanted to ask has already been posted by someone several years ago. However, there are chances that the old posts may not make me ...
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Is asking the same question once in C#, then once in VB, considered duplicate?
Day 1:
Apr 20 '11, compiling assembly from the other just compiled assembly is asked in C#
Apr 20 '11, it's answered with replace assemblyDomain.DoCallBack(assamblykub); with assamblykub()
Day 2:
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When the "Best Answer" is not always the "Right Answer"
I have recently joined SO, interested in Python, pandas, and NumPy, and have noticed a tendency for questioners to favour, and often explicitly request the following:
"One-line" answer
"Most efficent"...
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Can I ask a partial duplicate? (Buried in the middle of a Bob Question)
The question I'm considering asking is: Can I see (while debugging) the full SQL that will be sent to the server for my parameterized query (after all the parameters have been escaped, substituted, ...
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Reputation points for the questioner whose answer gets voted up
When an answer gets voted up, the person who has asked the question should get reputation points added, because at the core of Stack Overflow it is the huge cache of questions by the questioner which ...
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What to do after realizing to have opened two "similar" questions?
Some days ago I've opened a question titled "How to properly define a TCustomFrame's child class?" in which I've explained my attempt and the error message that was blocking me.
Thanks to Sertac ...
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