Timeline for How exactly are we supposed to treat duplicates of questions that have no upvoted/accepted answers?
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| May 7, 2013 at 16:13 | comment | added | Karan | @DanielBeck: Yeah, these changes have certainly thrown many of us for a loop. We were all used to closing as dupe irrespective of answer status; you much longer than me of course. | |
| May 7, 2013 at 16:08 | comment | added | Daniel Beck Mod | @Karan Sorry about that -- apparently I'm a bit slow to adapt after closing duplicates for two years. Thanks for the reminder. | |
| May 7, 2013 at 14:11 | comment | added | Karan | Must admit it doesn't help matters when we're sent mixed signals like this. | |
| Apr 18, 2013 at 14:01 | vote | accept | Karan | ||
| Apr 18, 2013 at 14:01 | comment | added | Karan | Ok, done. I'll duly leave all such questions be even if I know for sure that they are dupes. Less time wasted for both me and you guys! Thanks a lot for the clarification, cheers. | |
| Apr 18, 2013 at 13:57 | comment | added | slhck Mod | FYI an oldie where we basically agreed that we could simply close old question as dupes of newers: How can we take care of our old duplicates? | |
| Apr 18, 2013 at 13:56 | comment | added | slhck Mod | The question already had an upvoted answer when you flagged it. If there's really a question where the newer one gets an answer, then you can vote to close the older one as a duplicate—the age doesn't really matter, does it? I don't want to argue about the rules for closing duplicates though. You were asking how to flag these things, and I'm advising you to leave them. If you'd like to have these criteria changed, please start a discussion on Meta Stack Exchange. | |
| Apr 18, 2013 at 13:53 | comment | added | Karan | So essentially instead of one question without an answer, we end up with two or more without answers? How is that any better? Or if the newer version garners answers, how does that help older dupes that are unanswered? Do we copy-paste the answers there as well? There has to be a better way - the current process is far from satisfactory. | |
| Apr 18, 2013 at 13:44 | history | answered | slhckMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |