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[title] Merge as Duplicate
[* red] Requires 3 community user votes.
-[* icon_note] Duplicate questions are questions that ask the same thing and have the exact same answer.
- [* black] Often two questions are very similar, but the person asking the second question has not searched for or found the first question.
- [* black] The second person has a valid question, so we don't want to attack them for not understanding the system.
-[* icon_reminder] Marking the second question as a duplicate automatically gives it all the answers from the first question.
- [* icon_caution] In this case, you must be able to accurately judge whether a question is truly an exact duplicate.
+ [* icon_note] Duplicate questions are questions that ask the same thing and have the exact same answer.
+ [* black] Often two questions are very similar, but the person asking the second question has not searched for or found the first question.
+ [* black] The second person has a valid question, so we don't want to attack them for not understanding the system.
+ [* icon_reminder] Marking the second question as a duplicate automatically gives it all the answers from the first question.
+ [* icon_caution] In this case, you must be able to accurately judge whether a question is truly an exact duplicate.