Timeline for What to do with same answers to different questions by the same user?
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| Mar 20, 2017 at 10:18 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Dec 24, 2016 at 14:19 | comment | added | Run5k | @nKn , I understand your perspective but I don't think that would be applicable to entirely different problems. One of the primary goals of Super User is to build a comprehensive collection of high-quality questions and answers that people can reference. I essentially agree with the feedback from Ramhound and Ben: if a question is primarily a duplicate of a previous query, flag it appropriately. But the scenarios I posted above are a perfect example of how the same technical solution can apply to vastly different problems, and as a result the author shouldn't be diverted to another question. | |
| Dec 24, 2016 at 13:28 | comment | added | nKn | @Run5k I get your point, but then they're the same answers after all (although they've been posted on different questions). I wonder if it wasn't more correct to post it just once and refer to it on different questions by leaving a comment "hey, check out my answer on this question, as it applies here too http://.." | |
| Dec 23, 2016 at 13:49 | comment | added | Run5k | "Logically if a question has the exact same answer, then they are duplicates of one another." That isn't necessarily true. For example, I have recommended the procedure to disable Fast Startup in Windows 10 to people with entirely different circumstances: one who couldn't access the files on his Windows partition within a dual-boot configuration, and another with an old laptop whose wireless NIC wouldn't initialize properly during a power-on sequence with Fast Startup enabled. | |
| Dec 19, 2016 at 18:43 | history | edited | DavidPostillMod |
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| Dec 19, 2016 at 18:16 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/super_user/status/810911712023089154 | ||
| Dec 18, 2016 at 0:09 | vote | accept | nKn | ||
| Dec 16, 2016 at 19:34 | comment | added | Ramhound | When I catch users submitting the same answer to multiple questions I submit a comment that they should flag one of the questions as a duplicate of the other question. Logically if a question has the exact same answer, then they are duplicates of one another. I then issue a non-helpful vote on the answer to the least helpful question. | |
| Dec 16, 2016 at 19:25 | answer | added | Ben N | timeline score: 15 | |
| Dec 16, 2016 at 19:08 | history | edited | nKn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 16, 2016 at 19:08 | comment | added | Burgi | I think they spam the same answer in order to get easy rep. I treat them all as standalone answers, although sometimes they highlight duplicates that can get closed off. | |
| Dec 16, 2016 at 19:04 | history | asked | nKn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |