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Another idea: why not downvote any "extra" answers to duplicate, closed questions? If the only thing certain users respond to is votes, then maybe a few downvotes are in order? Or, perhaps disallow voting on closed questions entirely?

After looking at the examples Diago cited, I am not sure there is a problem.

  1. ThisThis answer on a question closed as subjective by the community caused some interesting comments.
  2. ThisThis question which is not computer related has 1 answer. Common pattern here: Vote to close and answer question.
  3. ThisThis exact duplicate generated 1 high rep answer.
  4. ThisThis question should have been closed outright.
  5. ThisThis is another multiple duplicate question.

None of these closed questions resulted in any significant rep, and the answers did not seem harmful.

The one exception is the cut-and-pasted duplicate answer on #5. In this case, I think the (answer to the) closed question should be deleted, primarily because of the blatant cut-and-paste rep gain, which means any rep gained would be removed on recalc as well.

Another idea: why not downvote any "extra" answers to duplicate, closed questions? If the only thing certain users respond to is votes, then maybe a few downvotes are in order? Or, perhaps disallow voting on closed questions entirely?

After looking at the examples Diago cited, I am not sure there is a problem.

  1. This answer on a question closed as subjective by the community caused some interesting comments.
  2. This question which is not computer related has 1 answer. Common pattern here: Vote to close and answer question.
  3. This exact duplicate generated 1 high rep answer.
  4. This question should have been closed outright.
  5. This is another multiple duplicate question.

None of these closed questions resulted in any significant rep, and the answers did not seem harmful.

The one exception is the cut-and-pasted duplicate answer on #5. In this case, I think the (answer to the) closed question should be deleted, primarily because of the blatant cut-and-paste rep gain, which means any rep gained would be removed on recalc as well.

Another idea: why not downvote any "extra" answers to duplicate, closed questions? If the only thing certain users respond to is votes, then maybe a few downvotes are in order? Or, perhaps disallow voting on closed questions entirely?

After looking at the examples Diago cited, I am not sure there is a problem.

  1. This answer on a question closed as subjective by the community caused some interesting comments.
  2. This question which is not computer related has 1 answer. Common pattern here: Vote to close and answer question.
  3. This exact duplicate generated 1 high rep answer.
  4. This question should have been closed outright.
  5. This is another multiple duplicate question.

None of these closed questions resulted in any significant rep, and the answers did not seem harmful.

The one exception is the cut-and-pasted duplicate answer on #5. In this case, I think the (answer to the) closed question should be deleted, primarily because of the blatant cut-and-paste rep gain, which means any rep gained would be removed on recalc as well.

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Another idea: why not downvote any "extra" answers to duplicate, closed questions? If the only thing certain users respond to is votes, then maybe a few downvotes are in order? Or, perhaps disallow voting on closed questions entirely?

After looking at the examples Diago cited, I am not sure there is a problem.

  1. This answer on a question closed as subjective by the community caused some interesting comments.
  2. This question which is not computer related has 1 answer. Common pattern here: Vote to close and answer question.
  3. This exact duplicate generated 1 high rep answer.
  4. This question should have been closed outright.
  5. This is another multiple duplicate question.

None of these closed questions resulted in any significant rep, and the answers did not seem harmful.

The one exception is the cut-and-pasted duplicate answer on #5. In this case, I think the (answer to the) closed question should be deleted, primarily because of the blatant cut-and-paste rep gain, which means any rep gained would be removed on recalc as well.